He has no clout
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Vaggeli — 10 years ago(March 11, 2016 07:21 PM)
Exactly, he needs to play the game, do a Star Wars, an X-Men, a Marvel or a DC, make some money on it, do something
small
that can turn a profit easily, do a sequel to the mercenary studio job and then do one for one of the other studios. Nolan has been lucky enough to have consistant hits, GDT hasn't.
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darkvlader — 9 years ago(May 06, 2016 06:42 PM)
He was going to direct
Harry Potter 3 & 6
and
The Hobbit trilogy
(back when they were only 2), he left HP to do Hellboy and Pacific Rim, and he abandoned The Hobbit once the problems with Tolkien state appeared, he's still credited with Story by because they used part of his scripts.
But yeah, he should play ball with the studios and make a tentpole flick, look at Shane Black, after
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
he was once again in limbo trying to get projects off the ground and nothing, then he does
Iron Man 3
and Blam!
The Nice Guys
gets grrenlighted and he's doing
Predator 4
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BigRich — 9 years ago(May 21, 2016 08:53 PM)
He was going
Yeah, that doesn't count. And whatever "credit" he got for The Hobbit hasn't translated well for his career as a director.
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viper36027 — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 01:37 PM)
They also used his exact storyboards. When Perer Jackson came on board they kept the same shooting deadline so instead of going back into production to do things Peter Jacksons style, they used the storyboards that GDT prepared. Which is also why PJ opted to not use the large scale sets and costumes that made LOTR amazing and instead used an abundance of CGI, cuz money wasn't an problem for this production. TIME was.
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robobalboa — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 11:16 PM)
I'll agree he do1c84esn't seem to get too much respect with a lot of his projects getting pulled or sidelined. How they took him away from Pacific Rim 2 still boggles my mind, Hellboy 3 is a little more understandable, he's such a marginalized character, and the films only really did well on home video
Mountains of Madness he abandoned because of Prometheus
Frankenstein has been attempted and failed.
I don't agree that he needs to beg to do some generic superhero film, or just a property at random to do, I'm sure he's doing fine with TV projects, and his films are made on a modest budget that turn a profit either at the box office or on home video.
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tanis_ivy — 9 years ago(August 25, 2016 07:48 PM)
Imo, the problem isn't with GDT (or any director really).
It's the studios looking to make a lot of money quickly with what they think is a "sure thing". A "sure thing" being what they think audiences want.
For example, after Twilight there was a flood of soft monster movies.
Comic book movies weren't really a huge thing until marvel made iron man and studios saw the earning potential. As a side note, Disney can put out whatever crap they want not because they have Avengers money.
I love GDT'S concepts and stories. But that's not what sudios want, so they'll back burner him.