They won't. He's a proven success like Waititi and Gunn. Derrickson though? His movie was great in spite of him.
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Variety: Scott Derrickson out as director of "Doctor Strange 2" due to creative differences
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So does James Gunn. Marvel let him go nuts on those movies.
Not exactly, this is just what studios do - including Warner Bros.
It's a decent chance for an upgrade. Derrickson obviously was passionate about the material (the story of his pitch to direct it attests to that), had a decent handle on the weirdness of visuals (if aping Inception hard), but he's a very middle of the road director regardless. There's no spark there as the likes of Coogler, Gunn or Taika have. Doctor Strange had lots of excellent elements, like casting, costume and production design, visual effects, but never quite rose above "solid familiar origin story". Maybe freed from those constraints and with a little more of his horror background allowed, he would have delivered a superior sequel, but that's irrelevant now, I hope they've got someone exciting lined up.
Nope. Still doesn't work. Where is the failure we are leading back from?
Something that might be worth considering if timelines match up, the Wandavision show which has been spoken about as leading into this somewhat is coming out in 2020, likely towards the end of it..maybe they didn't want to delay Strange 2 due to this and it's what lead to this outcome?
Spitballing obvs.
Spitballing obvs.
Hoping this is the case. Coogler doesn't seem like the type of director who'd sign onto something if he had to cede any creative control either.
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The fact that they are trying to stay on schedule isn't necessarily because they don't care who directs, it's because they probably have to work within the schedules of the actors, the equipment, the lot, and all crewmembers
Yet the salty MCU haters acting like he's Paul Thomas Anderson or something is hilarious.
Only one man can save them now
I would KILL to have this happen. Considering how much Raimi loved Steve Ditko, I could honestly see him consider it.
Did you read what hoops Snyder and Ayer had to go through for their movies? Jenkins had to fight hard for an iconic scene in Wonder Woman.
Given he delivered a billion dollar film he'll be allowed do whatever he wants with BP II.
no doubt, but Fox definitely tried to paint Trank as to sole bad guy in the trades. he sounds like a drunk asshole, but like you said, the studio didn't help things by putting Kate Mara in a terrible wig and trying to change everything about the movie in reshoots. Disney are clearly much more adept at avoiding such utter trainwrecks, but i don't think they're above pulling a similar move in the worst case scenario
We actually have Feige watching over the whole thing, I think we are in good hands. This isn't the Star Wars saga.
I know the knee jerk reaction to news like this might make people go straight to "Disney is playing it safe", but honestly Derrickson is about as safe a director as you're gonna get. They'd have to work hard to find someone with a less distinct voice than him
I think it's safe to assume they do not want the bad publicity that would come from butting heads with Coogler
Maybe that's why they aren't doing anything Black Panther/Wakanda related in the supplemental material and Black Panther 2 isn't coming for another 2 years.
I'm gonna make a bold prediction so save this post everyone so you can congratulate or shame me later:
John Krasinski as director of DS2
John Krasinski as director of DS2
Translation: Disney sent their lawyers to have a little chat with me.
Yeah that would make a lot of sense. If they wanted a home run choice, they'd need a break in production.
Saorise Ronan has to be the next jean grey in a couple of years.
Maybe Strange 2 will take Shang-Chi date of Feb 2021. WandaVision will be in the same 2019 Mandalorian's slot of November-December and will lead into the movie.
The dead speak! The multiverse has heard a mysterious
broadcast, a threat of REVENGE in the sinister voice of
the late THANOS.
WONG dispatches masters of the mystic arts to gather
intelligence, while STEPHEN STRANGE, the last hope of the Ancient One, trains
for battle against the diabolical FORCES OF DARKNESS.
Meanwhile, the dread DORMAMMU rages in search of the
phantom Thanos, determined to destroy any threat to his
power....
broadcast, a threat of REVENGE in the sinister voice of
the late THANOS.
WONG dispatches masters of the mystic arts to gather
intelligence, while STEPHEN STRANGE, the last hope of the Ancient One, trains
for battle against the diabolical FORCES OF DARKNESS.
Meanwhile, the dread DORMAMMU rages in search of the
phantom Thanos, determined to destroy any threat to his
power....
How does he direct a TV series and blockbuster movie at the same time?
Perlmutter wasn't nearly hands-on enough at that point in time to fire Edgar Wright. I really don't buy the notion that he had anything to do with that.
Shang-Chi is due to start filming very soon, and has been in pre-production for a few months, DS2 isn't due to start for four or five months. Doesn't make sense to flip them.
Because it would bug me, here's Eggers talking about being approached to do a superhero movie:
One of the two directors who made really shitty Venom movies.
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