Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Jan 10, 2020 7:04:04 GMT
With Scott Derrickson gone I would like to see the following take a crack at the material,
Tarsem Singh - Singh's a pretty amazing director from a visual stand point, his sense of style does not stop with the CGI and extends to camera framing, sound, lighting, and use of color. Twenty years later The Cell still holds up being as haunting and as beautiful as when it was released. The Fall is just amazing, no question one of the most beautiful and energetic 'fairy tale for adults' features out there. His work in commercials and music videos are simply some of the best out there, i.e. R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" from 1991. Singh is as good as the scripts he is working from though as Self/Less, Immortals(Which does have a comic book type of feel to it), and Mirror/Mirror show if it isn't up to a high standard then at least the visuals might be. He hasn't directed anything film or TV wise since 2017's Wizard of OZ reimagining Emerald City so a Doctor Strange sequel might be up his alley. He does have some connections with the Marvel Cinematic Universe having worked with Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Pace, Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley and Kelly Sue DeConnick(Who wrote for Emerald City and whose run on Captain Marvel influenced the MCU version by not a little).
Mike Flanagan - Flanagan has been fire in the horror scene in the last ten years, Oculus(Starring Karen Gillan) was pretty solid, Ouija: Origin of Evil was pretty much what the first movie should've been, Gerald's Game was nifty, his reimagining of The Haunting of Hill House was pretty spectacular(Especially the episode where it was mostly a single take) and Doctor Sleep was so much better than it needed to be. He's worked his way to the top as mostly an editor and he has edited much of his own work for presentation.
S.J. Clarkson - Already worked on two Marvel projects before having directed two episodes for Jessica Jones, as well as the first two episodes of The Defenders for Netflix: which had a very cinematic look, feel, and energy that subsequent episodes just were not able to match as the series went on.
Fede Alvarez - Guy made headlines when his short Panic Attack! came on YouTube and people like Kanye West shared it on their social media, ultimately leading to getting the directing gig for the 2013 reboot of Evil Dead, which did fine, and followed that three years later with Don't Breathe, another strike hit. Sure, The Girl in the Spider's Web was pretty disappointing but something like Doctor Strange might fuel some much needed creative energy.
Dave McKean - McKean is a legend in the world of comic books being an illustrator of various iconic titles such as The Sandman, Arkham Asylum, Mr. Punch, Signal to the Noise, Violent Cases, Hellblazer, Black Orchid, etc. He has also illustrated novels, children's books, designed advertisements for films, TV, and other products, written stories for literature and for film, and has directed feature films and shorts including an adaptation his and Neil Gaiman's work Mirrormask.
David Slade - Slade is no stranger to comic adaptations having directed 30 Days of Night, after some movies he's been mostly residing in TV but his directing duties in that area are definitely worth noting: Hannibal, American Gods, Black Mirror, Breaking Bad, and the super underrated Awake.
Vincenzo Natali - Natali comes from an illustrative background having storyboarded for a lot of really diverse film and TV productions over the years from the Beetlejuice animated spin-off to cult favorite Ginger Snaps. His movie Cube really opened the doors for his career directing lots of other horror and science fiction thrillers for film and doing a lot of TV from Orphan Black to Hannibal to Wayward Pines to Westworld to American Gods to Marvel's Luke Cage(So it wouldn't be the first time). He's directing the first two episodes of the adaptation of Locke & Key for Netflix.
Tarsem Singh - Singh's a pretty amazing director from a visual stand point, his sense of style does not stop with the CGI and extends to camera framing, sound, lighting, and use of color. Twenty years later The Cell still holds up being as haunting and as beautiful as when it was released. The Fall is just amazing, no question one of the most beautiful and energetic 'fairy tale for adults' features out there. His work in commercials and music videos are simply some of the best out there, i.e. R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" from 1991. Singh is as good as the scripts he is working from though as Self/Less, Immortals(Which does have a comic book type of feel to it), and Mirror/Mirror show if it isn't up to a high standard then at least the visuals might be. He hasn't directed anything film or TV wise since 2017's Wizard of OZ reimagining Emerald City so a Doctor Strange sequel might be up his alley. He does have some connections with the Marvel Cinematic Universe having worked with Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Pace, Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley and Kelly Sue DeConnick(Who wrote for Emerald City and whose run on Captain Marvel influenced the MCU version by not a little).
Mike Flanagan - Flanagan has been fire in the horror scene in the last ten years, Oculus(Starring Karen Gillan) was pretty solid, Ouija: Origin of Evil was pretty much what the first movie should've been, Gerald's Game was nifty, his reimagining of The Haunting of Hill House was pretty spectacular(Especially the episode where it was mostly a single take) and Doctor Sleep was so much better than it needed to be. He's worked his way to the top as mostly an editor and he has edited much of his own work for presentation.
S.J. Clarkson - Already worked on two Marvel projects before having directed two episodes for Jessica Jones, as well as the first two episodes of The Defenders for Netflix: which had a very cinematic look, feel, and energy that subsequent episodes just were not able to match as the series went on.
Fede Alvarez - Guy made headlines when his short Panic Attack! came on YouTube and people like Kanye West shared it on their social media, ultimately leading to getting the directing gig for the 2013 reboot of Evil Dead, which did fine, and followed that three years later with Don't Breathe, another strike hit. Sure, The Girl in the Spider's Web was pretty disappointing but something like Doctor Strange might fuel some much needed creative energy.
Dave McKean - McKean is a legend in the world of comic books being an illustrator of various iconic titles such as The Sandman, Arkham Asylum, Mr. Punch, Signal to the Noise, Violent Cases, Hellblazer, Black Orchid, etc. He has also illustrated novels, children's books, designed advertisements for films, TV, and other products, written stories for literature and for film, and has directed feature films and shorts including an adaptation his and Neil Gaiman's work Mirrormask.
David Slade - Slade is no stranger to comic adaptations having directed 30 Days of Night, after some movies he's been mostly residing in TV but his directing duties in that area are definitely worth noting: Hannibal, American Gods, Black Mirror, Breaking Bad, and the super underrated Awake.
Vincenzo Natali - Natali comes from an illustrative background having storyboarded for a lot of really diverse film and TV productions over the years from the Beetlejuice animated spin-off to cult favorite Ginger Snaps. His movie Cube really opened the doors for his career directing lots of other horror and science fiction thrillers for film and doing a lot of TV from Orphan Black to Hannibal to Wayward Pines to Westworld to American Gods to Marvel's Luke Cage(So it wouldn't be the first time). He's directing the first two episodes of the adaptation of Locke & Key for Netflix.