The Amazing Spider-Man Who Should Direct The Reboot?

[Sawyer]

Joss Whedon

I said it first

Ahem...

Pipedream: Joss Whedon.

 

[Captain Planet!]

Not Michael Bay.

Actually, since the reboot will probably be done wrong anyway, Why not Bay, just for kicks?

 

[BETArayBill]

matthew vaughn

 

[Kargo Warrior]

Out of the mentioned people Jason Reitman and Wes Anderson seem like the best choices as far as tone,writing and humor is concerned.They both blend drama and humor flawlessly.

Why would so many people want Cuaron?He's a tremendously gifted director but his style and tone doesn't have anything that reminds or should remind of Spider-Man.

 

[Kane]

My personal picks for helming the reboot are:

- Neil Blomkamp
- Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker is a pretty good example, methinks, of how they should approach a Spidey reboot)
- Frank Darabont (this one's a wet dream for me)
- Andrew Dominik
- Matthew Vaughn
- Guy Ritchie
- Spike Jonze (not too sure how he'd handle a more straight-forward film, but I'd love to see it)
- Michel Gondry
- Pierre Morel
- David O. Russell (way too hot tempered and *****ey to probably get the gig, though)

 

[Ring Deacon]

My short list of directors I want to see.

James Cameron: I have wanted to see his vision of Spider-Man since the 90's when he wanted to do the movie.

JJ Abrams: Awesome visionary. He knows how to fine young little know actors and put together something great.

Jon Favreau: Knows his way around the Marvel universe and is a fanboy at heart.

Joel Schumacher: I am going to get a lot of hate for this, but I don't blame him for what WB did with Batman and Robin. I loved his work with Phone Booth and Phantom of the Opera. He can do a dark story and if he wants to camp it up again then Spiderman is the way to go for him. Spidey tells jokes not Batman.

Brad Bird: He did superheroes with The Incredibles. I would love to see what he could do with live action....then again who is to say the new movie will be live action? It could be all CGI. if so Brad is the way to go.

Darren Aronofsky: The Wrestler was simplly fantastic. I would love to see him on this project or when Nolan is done finally do his Batman movie.

 

[TMC1982]

Not Michael Bay.

Actually, since the reboot will probably be done wrong anyway, Why not Bay, just for kicks?

Michael Bay to me, is only moderately successful when he shows a certain amount of restraint (e.g. isn't able to work with too big of a budget)/has some sort of filter. Otherwise, the movie will be little more than an overlong cluster-you-know-what of noise, plot holes and crudness (e.g. Transformers 2, Bad Boys 2, and Armageddon).

Joel Schumacher: I am going to get a lot of hate for this, but I don't blame him for what WB did with Batman and Robin. I loved his work with Phone Booth and Phantom of the Opera. He can do a dark story and if he wants to camp it up again then Spiderman is the way to go for him. Spidey tells jokes not Batman.

Does that mean that we'll get nipples on Spidey's costume? Will New York City look like if Las Vegas and Tokyo puked on it?

 

[spider-neil]

josh whedon

would probably screw up the action but you can bet the wisecracks would be fantastic

 

[Saint]

Ahem...

Joss Whedon!

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Joss Whedon would get the action perfect. Plenty of great action sequences in all his shows.

 

[night0205]

...Joss Whedon would do alright I guess. Not a huge fan. I do like Firefly. Idk if I would want him for Spider-man though.

 

[craigdbfan]

No Joss Whedon. Like his stuff but he wouldn't work for SM.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

He's the perfect guy for Spider-Man in a way. Humor, lighthearted moments, peppered with dark moments, plenty of action.

Spider-Man's his style.

 

[Saint]

No Joss Whedon. Like his stuff but he wouldn't work for SM.

I'm not sure how anyone familiar with Whedon's work could describe him as anything but perfect for Spider-Man. Since Astonishing X-Men I've been waiting for Marvel to hand him a Spider-Man book to play with, too...

 

[craigdbfan]

As much as I enjoyed Serenity (seen all of Firefly as well) the GA didn't enjoy it much.

With that said he wouldn't work for SM.

He doesn't even have an extensive enough filmography and lack of directorial experience to work on a film like Spider-Man. Let alone having a convincing enough background that he could handle a massive endeavor like this.

Not that I'm completely against the idea of a director with a few projects in his bag but they at least need to have a movie that "clicked" with both GA and that target audience.

Raimi had this. Whedon does not. Raimi had a far more versatile background in terms of working with movies which helped him in creating two successful SM movies.

Sure Whedon is good at managing micro projects (television mainly) and creating good stories within those boundaries but thats about it.

He's a much better writer than a director IMO.

 

[ravn0s]

kevin smith

:P

 

[spider-neil]

the people born to write spidey's wise cracks;

* stan lee
* roger stern
* bendis
* dan slott
* greg wiseman

and...

* joss whedon

 

[Kanon]

I'm not sure how anyone familiar with Whedon's work could describe him as anything but perfect for Spider-Man. Since Astonishing X-Men I've been waiting for Marvel to hand him a Spider-Man book to play with, too...

Whedon is perfect. Buffy series had kick ass action, and a lot of humor and good dialogue.

kevin smith

:P

Since we are doing that game: I said it first

 

[spider-neil]

if a director is announced by the end of the month then I think sony was sounding out a new guy WHILST sam was prepping for SM4 which is dirty imho.

 

[CrypticOne]

My personal picks for helming the reboot are:

- Neil Blomkamp
- Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker is a pretty good example, methinks, of how they should approach a Spidey reboot)
- Frank Darabont (this one's a wet dream for me)
- Andrew Dominik
- Matthew Vaughn
- Guy Ritchie
- Spike Jonze (not too sure how he'd handle a more straight-forward film, but I'd love to see it)
- Michel Gondry
- Pierre Morel
- David O. Russell (way too hot tempered and *****ey to probably get the gig, though)

HAHA! That's funny. It'd be awesome.

I'd personally want Peter Jackson. Epic!

 

[Kanon]

You know... I actually might give Schumacher a chance... he probably has a court order to stay away from comic book movies, but...

 

[Reikowolf]

Zack Snyder

 

[kedrell]

As much as I enjoyed Serenity (seen all of Firefly as well) the GA didn't enjoy it much.

With that said he wouldn't work for SM.

He doesn't even have an extensive enough filmography and lack of directorial experience to work on a film like Spider-Man. Let alone having a convincing enough background that he could handle a massive endeavor like this.

Not that I'm completely against the idea of a director with a few projects in his bag but they at least need to have a movie that "clicked" with both GA and that target audience.

Raimi had this. Whedon does not. Raimi had a far more versatile background in terms of working with movies which helped him in creating two successful SM movies.

Huh? Raimi never had a breakout hit before Spider-Man. He had films that became cult classics and one that was critically acclaimed(A Simple Plan) but none were real "hits" at the box office. But don't think this means I'm for Whedon on this. Ugh, I just don't get what the some people like about his work. I couldn't stand Serenity and the GA seemed to agree. Seemed like a SciFi channel movie to me.

 

[Ultimate Doom]

james cameron, lol

 

[Doctor Jones]

Yeah Cameron is out of the question for me. Just looking at his screenplay for his SM film a decade ago he shouldn't be anywhere near this film, other than special effects.