Who Should Direct The Avengers Movie?
Oct 16, 2009 by Kofi OutlawNow that Jon Favreau has said he won’t be directing the Avengers movie, who should sit in the director’s chair? We have some ideas…
Let me start off with some the of names of potential Avengers directors that have surfaced as of late.
The director of Layer Cake and the upcoming comic book movie Kick-Ass has already put his bid in to helm The Avengers, and he’s not a bad candidate to consider. Early word is that Vaughn has done something truly special with Kick-Ass (expect that film to be a breakout hit in 2010), and for those who are divided over Layer Cake (is it an awesome gangster flick or a Guy Ritchie knock-off?) it’s hard to deny that the film was slick, stylish, with some really spectacular sequences. It also made stars of Daniel Craig and Sienna Miller, who are both currently enjoying superhero movie paychecks as James Bond and The Baroness in G.I. Joe, respectively.
However, IMHO, Vaughn’s strength is his sense of style. I haven’t seen Kick-Ass yet, so maybe Vaughn has turned a corner as far as action sequences go, but right now I imagine he would make an Avengers flick that was “cool” and “slick” with some lackluster (though forgivable) action sequences. That formula worked for Jon Favreau in Iron Man, but we obviously need more from The Avengers.
The director of The Incredible Hulk has also expressed his desire to helm more superhero flicks, and there were enough fans of his version of Hulk (and sure to be even more when his remake of Clash of the Titans is released next year) to warrant his nomination.
However, I think that like Incredible Hulk, Leterrier falls into that “Solid, but not great,” category of directors. And while it’s an OK category to be in when directing films about B-list superheroes, The Avengers is going to need more than the standard set-piece-to-set-piece blockbuster blueprint in order to be great; it will need real heart, real charm, and the sort of goosebump-inducing awesomeness that I’m not sure that Leterrier can deliver on his own. Having said that, we’ve heard that he is IS interested in directing the Avengers movie.
To his credit, though, it was Leterrier himself who nominated the “crazy plan B” that I’m about to pitch to you now:
Continue reading for my “crazy plan B” for directing The Avengers…
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Team movies are expensive to make. Avengers will be EXPENSIVE!!
X-Men cost 75 million..cheap by today’s standards!!
X2 125 million
X3 210 million
Fantastic Four 90 million
FF2 125 million
Look at how x-men’s costs for production skyrocketed…
FF were okay films and still cost a small fortune
An Avengers or Justice League film cannot be made cheap..
The average cost for most Marvel/DC character movies is north of 150 million.
They will be ponying up some major dough to get these types of films made.
Yes greenknight333 your point is well taken. That’s why no matter what the story must not only be good but balanced in the way the best comics are.
1. The story must be accessible by the average movie attendee.
2. The story must not drag but can’t move at keystone cop speed. Commonly known today as M.Bay speed.
3. You must show the story not tell the story.
4. Art house technique has little value in this genre. Tread there at your peril.
5. Graphic sexuality is unnecessary. If you have to go there your doing it wrong.
6. Fan service must be balanced.
7. Logic must be consistent with the reality of the story.
8. Actors must look and feel the part.
There’s a few that I intended to add but forgot them as I was listing, that’s how bad I’m slipping. Feel free to add to the list.
I’ve written a few posts on the discussion of “Joe Quesada Talks Captain America, Spider-Man 4 & More”, which should have been here, and not to spam this site (my apoligies), but for those of you haven’t read it. My suggestion is Boyd Kirkland.
Here’s a little background info on him:
http://www.dragonlance-movie.com/movie/crew/boyd_kirkland.asp
He sure does have hands-on experience with all of these characters for many years.
well said and put greenknight. I agree with everything you just said. How on Earth they would make an Avengers film without heavy reliance on cgi is beyond me. Self-delusion indeed….lol
There are only 3 Avengers? I kind of thought there were 4.
I’m going to throw another name into the ring. How about Len Wiseman?. I think he would be an excellent choice for Director, but it seems he’s already busy working on some projects.
@Magnetic Eye
I actually mentioned him on another article regarding directing The Avengers, but only because he seems to be very good at getting great camera movements/angles for action scenes. That kind of creative camera-work would look good in The Avengers movie, but other that, I don’t know much about him. I know I really liked Live Free or Die Hard, but that’s about it.
Everyone here is forgetting about Ultron! He is the greateset Avengers villan! The director could have Hank Pym being mind controlled by the government to create anew defense system. Its not goodd botit is a start
@kofioutlaw
didnt cameron also direct aliens & t2?
I hope that the person who do the move, will do it justice. I known Joe Simmons, very well, and I read all I can about Captain America and I remember the day that Joe sign the shield for the move.