Sadly, throw McG on there and this is the list Sony will likely be choosing from. Fan boys can delude themselves with talk of a renowned director like James Cameron or a hot up and comer like Neil Blompkamp all they want, but it won't happen. Sony's micromanagement of SM3 is now notorious in the business. Sony trying to micromanage a director who has made them a 2 billion dollar trilogy to the point of quitting is well known as well known to. They won't get a hot director because they won't want to work with Sony under those conditions and if Sony won't give Raimi who made them 2 billion + dollars full creative control, they won't give it to anyone else. Sony is going to be stuck with a D-list yes-man.
My honest guess at this point is McG. He is desperate enough to do it after TS' bomb, needs a big hit, studios love working with him because he is a yes-man and he has yet to go into the superhero genre. Sad, but that's the reality we're facing.
