joe johnston used to be a good director when i was young(the rocketeer,jumanji).nowadays he is a deception(jurassic park3,captain america).

Before they announce the director, Touchstone did distribute The Prestige, so Nolan does have a Disney connection of sorts. lol

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What a kiss-ass. I hope he'll never get the gig. He's a mediocre director. Wolfman, Jurassic Park 3 and especially Captain America.... Enough said.

It's a nice story but I certainly hope he doesn't get it either.

I enjoyed Captain America, but I don't want Johnston on it. Too hit or miss.

Johnston did The Rocketeer, which has the right level of exuberance required, even if it is paper thin. And I think Captain America is somewhere around that mark too.

How familiar are people with the two other SW directors' non-Star Wars films? I've seen 2 of Marquand's and 10 of Kersh's... Kersh in particular is a very interesting, very unusual filmmaker, and nothing he did beforehand would make you think he was equipped to make one of the greatest adventure films of all time.

ArmandFancypants wrote: How familiar are people with the two other SW directors' non-Star Wars films? I've seen 2 of Marquand's and 10 of Kersh's... Kersh in particular is a very interesting, very unusual filmmaker, and nothing he did beforehand would make you think he was equipped to make one of the greatest adventure films of all time.

That's a good point.

Ive always wanted to check out another film by Kersh but have never had the chance. I'm definitely curious, though.

Kershner directed RoboCop 2.

I like RoboCop 2. He was a great director.

I the past Star Wars films have always been a colaboration of multiple people. Lucas generally draw the story (at least the basics). With empire, the script was rewritten by several people and finally re-rewriten by Lucas with help and the director practically had nothing to do with the script.

Today, with these big movies, generally there's a more solid relationship between scriptwriting and directing, sometimes the director even writes or rewrites the script. With Lucas, I think he screwed the prequels because no one had the guts to try to speak to him and tell him that he was doing bullshit with some of his decisions. I think a colaboration would be more suitable.

anikom15 wrote:Kershner directed RoboCop 2.

I like RoboCop 2. He was a great director.

Never seen it, should I? Always thought those sequels were direct-to-VHS material.