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Jetfire
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Fuck it then.
"Batman 3" and "Superman" both in 2012 -- and in IMAX?
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Make like the Dude: have a White Russian and chill.
Spiderman 3 sucked.
X-Men 3 sucked.
The Matrix 3 sucked.
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 sucked.
What other trilogies have come out recently that had crappy conclusions?
As an artist, wouldn't you rather the person in charge take the time they need to make a quality film? Is two years long enough to write and film a movie? Sure, but if the director doesn't feel confident about doing it in that timeframe, why force him? As I recall, Nolan wasn't sure he even wanted to do another Batman film because he wasn't sure he could make one with quality equal to The Dark Knight.
Artists aren't in the business (or at least they shouldn't be in the business) of making things as quickly as possible just to rake in cash. They should be concerned with the quality of their work. However much time they require should be up to them.
X-Men 3 sucked.
The Matrix 3 sucked.
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 sucked.
What other trilogies have come out recently that had crappy conclusions?
As an artist, wouldn't you rather the person in charge take the time they need to make a quality film? Is two years long enough to write and film a movie? Sure, but if the director doesn't feel confident about doing it in that timeframe, why force him? As I recall, Nolan wasn't sure he even wanted to do another Batman film because he wasn't sure he could make one with quality equal to The Dark Knight.
Artists aren't in the business (or at least they shouldn't be in the business) of making things as quickly as possible just to rake in cash. They should be concerned with the quality of their work. However much time they require should be up to them.
Are the writing/directing team that spits out Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans, etc., considered artists? 
They've got another reference movie (they're not called spoofs by some since there aren't actually jokes, just references to other movies) coming out called Vampires Suck.
They've got another reference movie (they're not called spoofs by some since there aren't actually jokes, just references to other movies) coming out called Vampires Suck.
Yeah I was shocked when I read about Zach Levi testing for the role. I could totally see him as Clark Kent but not Superman. As for the length of time between productions...it's not surprising that Nolan would want to take a break. The productions on both films have been intense for him and the actors. Also he was genuinely surprised by the overwhelming box office success of "The Dark Knight" and needed time to himself and he and Jonah and David needed to find a story that would either top that or at least match it. Not to mention that he'd been wanting to film "Inception" for at least eight years and felt the time was right in his career to take advantage and do it.
And of course those who worked closely with Heath Ledger on The Dark Knight - including Chris Nolan and Christian Bale - would have needed some time to get over his death. Jumping straight back into another Batman film isn't necessarily something they were in the right frame of mind to do. I'm sure the break did them all good from that point of view.
Three years is pretty standard. The original STAR WARS movies were all released three years apart.
And the last thing you want is to let a good creative team burn out by forcing them to churn out the same thing over and over. I love writing STAR TREK novels, but I'd go nuts if I had to keep writing them one after another. That's why I also do ALIAS and CSI and UNDERWORLD and every thing else. That way I won't get bored with STAR TREK . . . or DC Comics . . . or whatever . . . .
Letting Nolan do other things in between BATMAN movies seems to be working well. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Jetfire
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What part of this do you not get?
[edit] I got too much BS in my life to worry with this. Have a nice life people.
Also I think there was a recent interview from Chris where he stated that they did have ideas for a story and have been working on Batman 3 for a while now...just the script wasn't done until recently (if it even has yet). The wait between productions is about two years anyways. I think there was a year or so between "Batman Begins" and "The Prestige".
What's really ironic about that is that Brandon Routh has been guest-starring with Levi on Chuck....
It's only ironic if he gets the part.
(Especially since Chuck beat Routh's character in climactic fight scenes. Accidentally symbolic?)Somebody should whip up a Photoshop of him in the suit! (But please, not the blue-and-burgundy SR version.)
http://geektyrant.com/news/2010/7/1...ting-superman-reboot-zachary-levi-auditi.html
How to get over Nolan not directing your movie: Hire another Nolan! This would indeed be Christmas if it turns out to be true.
How to get over Nolan not directing your movie: Hire another Nolan! This would indeed be Christmas if it turns out to be true.
From Clint Morris at Moviehole:
Just because someone can write well doesn't mean they have the chops to direct. Writing and directing are two very different things. There may be a lot of filmmakers who have done a terrific job writing and directing all or most of their movies (i.e. Tarantino, Allen), but that doesn't mean it's easy for everyone. Kevin Smith has even admitted to struggling with directing even through writing comes pretty easily to him.
I would feel more comfortable with someone who has at least one solid movie under their belt taking the reigns on the Superman franchise. Marc Webb being picked to do a the new Spider-Man movie gives me more confidence than the prospect of Jonathan Nolan directing a Superman movie, even though I think the movies Nolan has written are superior to "(500) Days of Summer". I don't think "(500) Days of Summer" was perfect, but it definitely showed that the guy can do some tremendous visual storytelling (particularly in the musical and split screen sequences).
I would feel more comfortable with someone who has at least one solid movie under their belt taking the reigns on the Superman franchise. Marc Webb being picked to do a the new Spider-Man movie gives me more confidence than the prospect of Jonathan Nolan directing a Superman movie, even though I think the movies Nolan has written are superior to "(500) Days of Summer". I don't think "(500) Days of Summer" was perfect, but it definitely showed that the guy can do some tremendous visual storytelling (particularly in the musical and split screen sequences).
This bemuses me. How can our first guess likely be the right one, if everyone will likely guess someone different (and if no one is thinking of them--the two statements seem quite contradictory). My first guess was Jeffrey Donovan, but that's probably because I just watched Burn Notice yesterday (he would be good, though, and I wouldn't mind an over-30 Superman).
I don't watch many popular TV shows, which stars are considered hot right now?
