The Amazing Spider-Man Who Should Direct The Reboot?

[Crook]

Interesting blurb from Vaughn on the frontpage interview:

SHH: As far as your relationship with comics books, do you think you'll continue in that direction?
Vaughn: I'd love to. I'd love to. In an ideal world, I'd like to do the big version of a superhero film. I'd like to do my "Dark Knight" but with a different character. Big epic comic book superhero film.

Question is would Sony let him make that grand vision? Perhaps if the first is a success, he'll have more reign. But this is assuming he even gets the job.

 

[KenK]

Vaughn might be an interesting choice. He got a lot of praise for Stardust, and anyone who's seen Layer Cake knows what he can do with a crime caper. He's got a drastically diverse resume between those two films and the upcoming Kick-Ass. If the movie is as good as people are saying, it definitely would be something for Sony. Question is, how long can they really wait to see how the film connects with the general public and major critics. A handful of people the movie's been screened for at film festivals isn't enough.

 

[JP]

No.....it was terrible.

It's almost identical to Raimi's first movie.



Webb and Vaughn are my top picks.

 

[craigdbfan]

Vaughn is my dream pick.

The man has a sincere affinity towards the comic book/superhero genre. I know some here have been enamored by Webbs direction in 500 days but Vaughn definitely gets my pick. I loved both Stardust and Layer Cake and hearing great things about Kick Ass only heightened my enthusiasm that Sony will pick him.

 

[Crook]

Nimrod Antal is Sam Raimi’s Pick for the Spider-Man Reboot?

Posted on Thursday, January 14th, 2010 by Brendon Connelly

The last name touted as front runner for directorship of the new Spider-Man series was 500 Days of Summer’s Marc Webb. Okay - there’s that infamous Freakonomics theory that your name can shape your life, but maybe it seems this Webb might not stick. Another new name has been put forward, and this time it’s none other than Nimrod Antal, director of Kontroll, Vacancy, Armored and the upcoming Predators.
So, what did he do to deserve this honor?

According to Quiet Earth, it shook out a little like this:

Sam Raimi met Nimrod on the Sony lot before his first US film, Vacancy. They clicked, so Sam hired him to direct Armored. Now, Predators is getting some great word-of-mouth around tinsel-town. Warners loves it and now Sam Raimi and Sony want the director back at the studio to helm Spider-man.
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Their source is apparently “an industry insider” which is at once vague and discouraging, and this sort of story is way outside of the Quiet Earth’s typical comfort zone, but I like the site a great deal and they have a rock-solid reputation for trustworthiness.
The angle with Webb is apparently that he’s an expert in the young and hip and his Peter Parker and Mary Jane could have the same pizazz as Summer’s Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. The angle with Antal, seemingly, is that he’s got experience with action sequences and - and this is the most interesting thing to the rumour, I think - satisfies both Sam Raimi and Sony.

Is the implication here that Sam Raimi is being kept on as a producer or consultant, or somehow being given some exit privileges that afford him say in his successor. Of course, even a credited position can easily mean nothing at all and we all know how Joel Schumacher’s Batman films turned out even though they had Tim Burton’s name in the credit block.

 

[Project862006]

Isn't Kick ass kind of a Spiderman Parody?

 

[Deaths Head II]

I like Nimrod, but I haven't seen anything that suggests he would be suitable for Spider-Man.

 

[terry78]

Nimrod, hmmm. I saw Vacancy and I saw Armored, the latter of which was surprisingly entertaining. I wouldn't hate.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

does Nimrod Antal have any visual flair or style? I never saw any of his movies, and if there's a possibility of him directing the next spiderman, I'd like him to have some sort of style. Say what you will about the characterization, whether you liked it or not, but Raimi's spiderman movies LOOKED cool. They had style and played out visually like panels from a comic book. Can Antal delver in that respect?

 

[omid17]

isn't he also directing the Predators movie

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I'd like to see how Predators ends up before deciding on Nimrod.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Nimrod Antal is Sam Raimi’s Pick for the Spider-Man Reboot?

Posted on Thursday, January 14th, 2010 by Brendon Connelly

The last name touted as front runner for directorship of the new Spider-Man series was 500 Days of Summer’s Marc Webb. Okay - there’s that infamous Freakonomics theory that your name can shape your life, but maybe it seems this Webb might not stick. Another new name has been put forward, and this time it’s none other than Nimrod Antal, director of Kontroll, Vacancy, Armored and the upcoming Predators.
So, what did he do to deserve this honor?

According to Quiet Earth, it shook out a little like this:

Sam Raimi met Nimrod on the Sony lot before his first US film, Vacancy. They clicked, so Sam hired him to direct Armored. Now, Predators is getting some great word-of-mouth around tinsel-town. Warners loves it and now Sam Raimi and Sony want the director back at the studio to helm Spider-man.
​

Their source is apparently “an industry insider” which is at once vague and discouraging, and this sort of story is way outside of the Quiet Earth’s typical comfort zone, but I like the site a great deal and they have a rock-solid reputation for trustworthiness.
The angle with Webb is apparently that he’s an expert in the young and hip and his Peter Parker and Mary Jane could have the same pizazz as Summer’s Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. The angle with Antal, seemingly, is that he’s got experience with action sequences and - and this is the most interesting thing to the rumour, I think - satisfies both Sam Raimi and Sony.

Is the implication here that Sam Raimi is being kept on as a producer or consultant, or somehow being given some exit privileges that afford him say in his successor. Of course, even a credited position can easily mean nothing at all and we all know how Joel Schumacher’s Batman films turned out even though they had Tim Burton’s name in the credit block.

*sigh*

I was hoping Raimi's influence on Spider-man movies was over.

 

[spider-neil]

*sigh*

I was hoping Raimi's influence on Spider-man movies was over.

*sam with hypnotism medallion*

'use vulture...use vulture...'

 

[DarkSovereignty]

^ ::snaps fingers and steals wallet::

 

[Castro]

oh, i thought Robert Rodriguez was doing Predators..hmm..

 

[kedrell]

Maybe Rodriguez is just producing it.

 

[kedrell]

*sigh*

I was hoping Raimi's influence on Spider-man movies was over.

QFT! Let's have a clean break please.

 

[Project862006]

Raimi has'nt had influence since sm2

 

[kedrell]

Hal Fischman's part in Spider-Man 3 is Raimi through and through. I still get shudders at the level of cornball, golly gee-wiz, aw-shucks junk that was in those movies.

 

[spider-neil]

Raimi has'nt had influence since sm2

its funny because its true

 

[War Party]

Vaughn all the way! Love everything he's been involved in.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Wes Anderson would be interesting.. potentially awesome. Anybody know his stance on the superhero genre? Is he a fellow geek?

 

[Project862006]

those wish list directors were to even possible

LOL

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

its funny because its true

Let me guess, the stuio forced Raimi to give Parker an emo haircut and dance around like a doofus. They forced him to make Sandman the killer of Uncle Ben. They forced him to give Green Goblin 2 a snowboarder outfit. None of those decision Raimi would ever make on his own.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Let me guess, the stuio forced Raimi to give Parker an emo haircut and dance around like a doofus. They forced him to make Sandman the killer of Uncle Ben. They forced him to give Green Goblin 2 a snowboarder outfit. None of those decision Raimi would ever make on his own.

Why are you trying to block out the fact that Sony pushed Raimi? It's true. They pushed him.