The Official Choose A Director Thread

[\S/uperman]

I'll never forgive Bryan Singer for Super Returns, the selfish little prick and his movie about a whole lot of nothing. Sad thing is, I liked him before that. I loved Usual Suspects and Apt Pupil, plus I liked the first X-Men. I thought the 2nd one was overrated, but not bad. Then he made Superman Returns and, well, screw you Bryan Singer!

I will never want to see another Superman film by Singer. I like his other movies, but for some reason he ignored all fan favorite elements of a modern Superman movie. He really did make a 3 hr movie about nothing pretty much.

Seinfeld had a show about nothing but at least it was watchable

 

[JokerLedger]

you have complete faith in Chris Nolan who is the brother of Jonathan. . you can not have faith i a guy who never directed a singel shot.

so please without lies

It doesn't matter if he hasn't directed a single shot in his career because his writing credits speaks volumes. Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight are well-written movies with great stories. You have to take into account that he's been on the set with his big brother throughout the filming of these movies so he already knows exactly how a movie set works. Jonah knows the process of film making and I do believe he has what it takes to direct a big budget blockbuster.

I'm gonna repeat what I said earlier. He hasn't directed a single shot yet in his career but that's not important because he's going to be backed up by cinematographers, camera operators, and the VFX people that take care of all the technical stuff.

Jonah knows how to tell a damn good story and I'm confident he can direct one too.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

theres a huge difference between writing and directing. perhaps you've never read a screenplay before, but visuals are generally left to the director, just because Jonahs a competent screenwriter doesn't guarantee that he'll deliver on the visuals.

 

[Dark Knight]

this is an insult to the talented Singer.

hes superman maybe was not perfect. but Singer has talent when it comes to directing.

SR was a decent directed movie.

Nah...it is an insult to Singers execution when making a Supes film.

It is NOT an insult on his overall filmmaking skills.

There is a difference. Singers SR was just a very underwhelming Superman movie, especially since there hadn't been a Superman film for close to 20 years before that.

Only way to go is up when it comes to making another Superman movie IMO.

 

[ALP]

Goyer can't direct his way out of a paperbag. He's a good writer at times but....it's good that WB isn't allowing him to direct a tentpole feature like MOS.

 

[Rust]

Gil Kenan - City Of Ember

Rob Bowman - Reign Of Fire

Brad Bird - Iron Giant

Andrew Stanton - Wall-E

Sam Raimi - Spiderman

Troy Duffy - Boondock Saints

Sam Mendes - Road to Perdition

Frank Darabont - Shawshank Redemption, The Mist

 

[Dark Knight]

Gil Kenan - City Of Ember

Rob Bowman - Reign Of Fire

Brad Bird - Iron Giant

Andrew Stanton - Wall-E

Sam Raimi - Spiderman

Troy Duffy - Boondock Saints

Sam Mendes - Road to Perdition

Frank Darabont - Shawshank Redemption, The Mist

Darabont or Mendes would be interesting choices.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea goyer probably wouldnt be selected as a director. He isnt that bad of a director, but still needs to work on his skills and all that. He is a great writer though and should stick more with writing.

Now back to jonah man i would just love to know already is wb going to go with him or not. Personally i still would be curious to see what he can do. But i still rather have someone with more experience directing. Since this is an important film for WB to get done right this time.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Actually he is that bad.

 

[Comicfan]

How about Zack Snyder?

He has a very comic-ish Style


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And having done three pictures with Legenday Pictures, I think he might actually be a candidate...

 

[Comicfan]

Gil Kenan - City Of Ember

Rob Bowman - Reign Of Fire

Brad Bird - Iron Giant

Andrew Stanton - Wall-E

Sam Raimi - Spiderman

Troy Duffy - Boondock Saints

Sam Mendes - Road to Perdition

Frank Darabont - Shawshank Redemption, The Mist

Brad Bird could be an Interesting choice... can he do live action?

 

[GreenKToo]

brad bird would be awesome, but i've accepted that Jonah will be the guy until something tells me otherwise. I'm not wild about it either, but whatcha gonna do, ya know.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Brad Bird could be an Interesting choice... can he do live action?

He's attached to direct MI-4.
As for Rust's list. Aside from Troy Duffy who simply doesn't impress me because of his Boondock Movies , several candidates are good. It's just that their work will prevent them from directing supes.

Brad Bird is currently attached to make MI-4 for a dec 2011 release.
Ditto stanton who is shooting the live action John Carter of Mars. btw if WB doesn't hurry the ***** up , Pixar & Disney might snag all the IMAX screens and several 3d screens for dec 2012.

If i'm not mistaken Darabont is making a new tv series.
Raimi could possibly direct but he's attached to make the World of Warcraft movie for WB and Wizard of Oz movie for Disney.

Bowman is just meh IMO. You need to get a proper director for supes. And Bowman isn't that. When you screw up something like The Mummy 3 , you know that Supes isn't up your alley.

That leaves both Mendes and Kenan. I haven't seen City of Ember but didn't the reviews say that visually the movie was quite good
And yes i'd love to see Mendes do Supes.

 

[Comicfan]

http://www.**************.com/fansites/Ozymandias/news/?a=18428

Why Zack Snyder is the Perfect Director for The Man of Steel!
There are many choices out there for the director of the Superman reboot, The Man of Steel, but there is only one guy for the job...

 

[dark_b]

perfect?

thank god i dont take serious fanboys who love Snyder only because he made the Watchmen movie.

 

[Dark Knight]

http://www.**************.com/fansites/Ozymandias/news/?a=18428

Completely agree on this take of why Nolan and Snyder would form a great movie making team.

I have said this many times before.....but I think Zach Snyder Directing the next Superman film with Christopher Nolan Producing would be freakin KICK ASS....too bad the chances of it happening are not very good.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

He's attached to direct MI-4.
As for Rust's list. Aside from Troy Duffy who simply doesn't impress me because of his Boondock Movies , several candidates are good. It's just that their work will prevent them from directing supes.

Brad Bird is currently attached to make MI-4 for a dec 2011 release.
Ditto stanton who is shooting the live action John Carter of Mars. btw if WB doesn't hurry the ***** up , Pixar & Disney might snag all the IMAX screens and several 3d screens for dec 2012.

If i'm not mistaken Darabont is making a new tv series.
Raimi could possibly direct but he's attached to make the World of Warcraft movie for WB and Wizard of Oz movie for Disney.

Bowman is just meh IMO. You need to get a proper director for supes. And Bowman isn't that. When you screw up something like The Mummy 3 , you know that Supes isn't up your alley.

That leaves both Mendes and Kenan. I haven't seen City of Ember but didn't the reviews say that visually the movie was quite good
And yes i'd love to see Mendes do Supes.

Bowman didn't direct mummy 3, he did the first x files movie, and reign of fire as mentioned earlier, you're thinking of rob cohen, who could actually portray some spectacular flight sequence, evidenced by the movie stealth.

 

[BestGirl]

Snyder would only be a good fit for Superman if he could do a stylistic 180 from Watchmen.

 

[Comicfan]

Snyder would only be a good fit for Superman if he could do a stylistic 180 from Watchmen.

Don't you think he can?

 

[BestGirl]

Don't you think he can?

Maybe. He seems to prefer darker stories. I remember an interview with him in which he said he liked Watchmen because of all the sex and blood. He's also said in the past that he thinks Superman is too too innocent (I can't remember the exact word he used) for the modern era. So I think Snyder could conceivably change his style to suit Superman but I doubt he'd want to.

 

[DorkyFresh]

i still think Ron Howard would make an awesome Superman movie. he's got all the right credentials.

 

[Comicfan]

Maybe. He seems to prefer darker stories. I remember an interview with him in which he said he liked Watchmen because of all the sex and blood. He's also said in the past that he thinks Superman is too too innocent (I can't remember the exact word he used) for the modern era. So I think Snyder could conceivably change his style to suit Superman but I doubt he'd want to.

He said NO to a superman movie, because he didn't know how to approach it

"They asked me to direct a Superman movie, and I said no. He's a tricky one nowadays, isn't he? He's the king daddy of all comicbook heroes, but I'm just not sure how you sell that kind of earnestness to a sophisticated audience anymore."

But since he isn't doing the script, and he could possibly be working with the Nolans...

 

[dark_b]

i still think Ron Howard would make an awesome Superman movie. he's got all the right credentials.

from a technical standpont yes. the question is how would the tone be?



2 days ago i watched Back to the Future again. someone needs punch Zemeckis into a coma. then after he wakes up someone needs to hypnotize him to stop making CGI movies and to direct superman.

Zemeckis from the 90's is 99% perfect for superman.
-tone
-spectacle
-action
-tension
-emotion
-humor
-scope
-experience with practical and CGI effects

 

[BestGirl]

He said NO to a superman movie, because he didn't know how to approach it


But since he isn't doing the script, and he could possibly be working with the Nolans...

I still don't think his style is right for Superman. I just base that on 300, Watchmen, and the stills from Sucker Punch.

 

[Delete]

How about Zack Snyder?

The people behind the Batman movies are making this. No way they go outside the circle for the everything in slow motion guy.