Tags: Star Wars, George Lucas
Categories: Fanboy Fix, The Five
100000726081798 said...
I have few more choices for a possible director for the new "Disney" Star Wars. Ang Lee, director of the great movie "Crouching Tiger, hidden Dragon" would be one choice. The other would be Zhang Yimou, director of the great movie "Hero" which starred kung fu superstar Jet Li. Hey, everybody, how about Kenneth Branagh, who directed "Thor?" And what about David Lynch, who was originally asked by George Lucas to direct one of the original 3 Stars Wars, but turned it down? Also, here's some food for thought. Which one of the great directors of the past could have done a more than credible job of directing Star Wars? David Lean? John Ford? Stanley Kubrick? King Vidor? Sergei Bondarchuk? Akira Kurosawa? Frederico Fellini? Sergio Leone?
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tiqvah said...
I'd actually stay further away from the 'great' directors. As someone that established has to pee all over the tree to make it theirs rather than going with the legacy.
ursamajour said...
I like all these suggestions except Affleck. Something feels off there. Blomkamp would be fantastic, I think. And Tartakovsky should have been higher on the list. His "Clone Wars" shorts were the first things I had seen that felt like what the prequels should have been. I just don't know how he would do at live action. Perhaps a collaboration between Blomkamp and Tartakovsky would be the best, with Lucas producing, naturally.
1628391268 said...
Ben Affleck did a great job with 'The Town' but he's still too green for my taste. My pics would be Spielberg, Nolan, Ridley Scott, P. Jackson, Whedon or R. Zemeckis. John Williams MUST do the score, that is non-negotiable and an absolute deal breaker.
513962561 said...
Everything you just said.. I Agree. Whedon may be the overwhelming popular vote, I think Ridley Scott or Peter Jackson would do a great job, however I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) both are working on other projects (Jackson with the 3 part Hobbit movie & Halo and Scott with Prometheus 2 and a few other things) I don't think we'd find anyone arguing for a score from anyone but John Williams.
100003867001434 said...
My vote for director of the new Star Wars films is David Yates.
615226354 said...
Where has everyone been? Forget these suggested directors. They do not cut it. Am I the only one here who has seen SKYLINE? Talk about a fantastic combination of real life and animated video combined to produce a movie that bad dreams are made of! And that is an excellent impression. Vote for THE BROTHERS STRAUSE as the new directors for the new SW franchise!!
1278068926 said...
OK both you and twilightsmystery are wrong, in different ways. I agree with twilightsmystery's idea, but they didn't give enough reason. The thing is, in most cases, only the main star of the show actually gets a decent career outside of Disney, and that doesn't even occur much. There's only a handful of actual stars. Additionally, Disney doesn't make many memorable movies. I think their best so far was Pirates of the Caribbean. And even that saga isn't at the level that Star Wars is at. Plus, there are Disney fans and Disney haters. A large portion of Star Wars fans are not Disney fans, since Star Wars is a cult classic and Disney is very mainstream. Overall, Star Wars would have been better off if it had been sold to Spielburg.
twilightsmystery said...
I didn't say anything about breaking their bank and I really don't care WHO makes the movies. It's a bad idea. If Lucas wanted the saga to be 9 episodes, he certainly could have made that happen at some point in the 35 years since A New Hope was released. You obviously haven't done your research very well, however, as evidenced in this quote to MTV by Mr. Lucas himself: "This was never planned as a nine-episode work." The media (pounced when) I made an offhand comment, 'It might be fun to come back when everyone's 80 and do another one of these', but I never had any intention of doing that." (...to be continued)
The prequel trilogy already did enough damage to the franchise through poor story lines, bad acting, idiotic characters, and the use of CGI elements for characters (both new and old) that would previously have been performed through puppetry, which severely reduced the believability of those characters, IMHO. Any future installments seem certain to simply take this damage to the next level.
yajairobi said...
Completely agree with you,no more should be made
100000613534664 said...
Unless of course, they model it after the pre-established EU. Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy was incredible and the New Jedi Order arc was just breathtaking.
Okay this comment was supposed to be a reply on the comment below this. I even clicked the correct reply button. Whatever.
The same thing is happening to me. My replies are going under the wrong thread.
YES! While I still think Star Wars should be left alone as-is, Speilberg would have at least had an inkling of an idea of how to continue with this franchise.
UGH! Am I the ONLY Star Wars fan who thinks the idea of Disney creating more movies in the franchise is a horrible idea?!?! The original trilogy was AWESOME, then the prequel trilogy came along and, while it was engaging and told the story of how Anakin Skywalker was seduced by the Dark Side and became Darth Vader, the movies didn't have anywhere near the attraction that the original three had. And now Disney is planning not only an Episode VII, but also is planning to release ANOTHER new movie every two to three years? They're going to destroy Star Wars and I, for one, refuse to go see any new movies that are released, regardless of who writes, directs, or acts in them.
First, Disney isn't a bad company to be doing this movie series. Just because the word Disney conjures up childhood images doesn't mean it is an immature company to create movies. Secondly, Lucas always intended for there to be 9 episodes, so if has decided to sell his company why shouldn't the new owners move forward with the original idea? Lastly, I'm sure your refusal to go to the new movies isn't going to break the Disney bank.
(copying my replies under the correct thread...I HOPE!) I didn't say anything about breaking their bank and I really don't care WHO makes the movies. It's a bad idea. If Lucas wanted the saga to be 9 episodes, he certainly could have made that happen at some point in the 35 years since A New Hope was released. You obviously haven't done your research very well, however, as evidenced in this quote to MTV by Mr. Lucas himself: "This was never planned as a nine-episode work." The media (pounced when) I made an offhand comment, 'It might be fun to come back when everyone's 80 and do another one of these', but I never had any intention of doing that." (...to be continued)
624265619 said...
JJ ABRAMS. come on. lost, fringe, star trek, mission impossible, super 8, all amazing flicks. ben affleck? come on guys, hes a decent actor, but what has he done? jj abrams is definitely my choice, and if christopher nolan was still around he would be a great choice. also peter jackson is great, if he can do to star wars what he did to lord of the rings. however, i believe that JJ abrams is the best fit for this series because of his previous work.
17823141 said...
Are you kidding me? This is a HORRIBLE list. Just because these people directed some sci fi stuff doesn't mean al all that they're cut out for Star Wars. And while S.W. is TECHNICALLY a sci fi, it is much less so than a political fantasy drama. What drives the story? That they're in space? NO! It's all the fantasy elements, like the Force. The director MUST be an intellectual director, foremost, to work a multifaceted story. Any of the above choices will result in the shallow linear swashbuckle that we all are dreading will become of the series.
1323806666 said...
I Agree!!!
I just saw "CLOUD ATLAS" and I nominate the WACHOWSKIS (the directors of Cloud Atlas) to do the next "Star Wars" only they have the imagination to bring some fresh air into the Stars Wars World. But my most radical choice would be why not have the Great JOHN WOO or TSUI HARK direct "Star Wars?" It's about time they did. Can you imagine Jackie Chan or Michelle Yeoh in that Star Wars world? An offbeat choice for a director for Star Wars would be someone like WOODY ALLEN, BRIAN DEPALMA or CLIVE BARKER. TYLER PERRY has said he wanted to do a science fiction movie.
1121440543 said...
I REALLY hope you are kidding about Tyler Perry. You know the world he usually depicts. You know how his characters behave, especially toward children! Perry belongs off the list, PERIOD.
vidvamp said...
Star Wars is going to need a compelling story and interesting characters. Otherwise it will just be gold foil on bathana poodoo. The director is not nearly so critical as the writer and the casting choices.
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