Star Wars (May the Force be with you)

[exhawg]

I wonder if a nerd like Kevin Smith, would be a good choice. He would definately know the genre.

Kevin Smith suffers from the same fanboy respected, but commercially lacking issues that Whedon always faced until Avengers. Something like Star Wars might be perfect to give him his first blockbuster. If Smith did have a hand in it we hopefully wouldn't have to deal with horribly written romance scenes like Lucas shoved down our throats in Episodes II and III.

I think Whedon, Smith, or even JJ Abrams would be great for Star Wars, but Smith is the only one that doesn't already have a sci-fi/comic film franchise.

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

Not really. The only reason being that I don't really want a dark, moody & overly complicated Star Wars.

At it's heart Star Wars should be fun pulp action. In all honesty Joss Whedon would be a better fit (although that would mean an uber female jedi minor character getting more screen time than makes sense).

I see your point... but I guess i like dark, gritty and complicated films... just please please please please don't make it anything like "the Mummy" series..especially the 3rd one...

 

[brodybuck21]

I see your point... but I guess i like dark, gritty and complicated films... just please please please please don't make it anything like "the Mummy" series..especially the 3rd one...

^^^this^^^

 

[AKAK]

Kevin Smith suffers from the same fanboy respected, but commercially lacking issues that Whedon always faced until Avengers. Something like Star Wars might be perfect to give him his first blockbuster. If Smith did have a hand in it we hopefully wouldn't have to deal with horribly written romance scenes like Lucas shoved down our throats in Episodes II and III.

I think Whedon, Smith, or even JJ Abrams would be great for Star Wars, but Smith is the only one that doesn't already have a sci-fi/comic film franchise.

Yes, yes. Let Ernie Cline write it!

Of course that would probably lead to Seth Rogan as a Jedi Knight.

 

[BayBuck]

I wonder if a nerd like Kevin Smith, would be a good choice. He would definately know the genre.

Maybe Lucas got a little crazy with the special effects these past couple decades, but let's at least bring in someone who's done some decent work with FX before. We're talking about a major sci-fi franchise here, you need a technically proficient pro for this job, which Kevin Smith most assuredly is not. Smith has made some cute little talky flicks, but he'd be so far out of his league with Episode VII it would be ridiculous.

 

[Bleed S & G]

woah! where is this coming from? this sounds fantastic

I remember reading something very similiar to this when the internet was just becoming big in the mid 90s..

It went something like this:

Luke turned to the dark side, Han Solo & Leia had twins, those twins were the Skywalker's Yoda was looking for, they defeat Luke & the dark side.

 

[Muck]

Kevin Smith suffers from the same fanboy respected, but commercially lacking issues that Whedon always faced until Avengers. Something like Star Wars might be perfect to give him his first blockbuster. If Smith did have a hand in it we hopefully wouldn't have to deal with horribly written romance scenes like Lucas shoved down our throats in Episodes II and III.

I think Whedon, Smith, or even JJ Abrams would be great for Star Wars, but Smith is the only one that doesn't already have a sci-fi/comic film franchise.

100% in agreement.

While I've always been a big Whedon fan I wouldn't have suggested him for the before Avengers came out. Prior to that point he hadn't done anything to show that he could manage everything that goes with a major studio blockbuster. His previous closest effort was Serenity, which unfortunately was a bit of a mess.

As awesome as Kevin Smith is he's in the same boat, there's nothing on his resume that is anywhere in the vicinity of what Star Wars sequels will entail. Also, Kevin's weird directorial fetishes (cursing, sex jokes, drugs) are far less appealing in the Star Wars franchise than Joss' (uber ninja girls).

Sam Raimi was another guy who I was skeptical about when he was announced for Spiderman. Army of Darkness Fuck Ya!...but it was still a completely different level of difficulty.

Favreau might be another good choice.

 

[BayBuck]

100% in agreement.

While I've always been a big Whedon fan I wouldn't have suggested him for the before Avengers came out. Prior to that point he hadn't done anything to show that he could manage everything that goes with a major studio blockbuster. His previous closest effort was Serenity, which unfortunately was a bit of a mess.

As awesome as Kevin Smith is he's in the same boat, there's nothing on his resume that is anywhere in the vicinity of what Star Wars sequels will entail. Also, Kevin's weird directorial fetishes (cursing, sex jokes, drugs) are far less appealing in the Star Wars franchise than Joss' (uber ninja girls).

Sam Raimi was another guy who I was skeptical about when he was announced for Spiderman. Army of Darkness [censored] Ya!...but it was still a completely different level of difficulty.

Favreau might be another good choice.

The way Smith differs from those other names is his chronic inability/refusal to work within the Hollywood establishment, which is of course a credit to the type of artist has been but doesn't seem to fit with Disney for such a major brand. All tjose other guys had their own distinct visions but also spent years working within the system, doing solid work for major studios. Plus I think they had each been visually creative in a way Smith really hasn't: he's always been about the conversation.

Favreau is very talented for sure though, that could be a good fit, and really most of the proven Pixar guys could be worth a look.

 

[scott91575]

BTW...it has been confirmed Arndt will be the writer, and he is in conferences with George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy over the story. Hopefully he ignores everything they tell him.

 

[Muck]

Star Wars VII?s Potential Directors: Two ?No?s and a Maybe

Since the Star Wars sequels were announced at the same time as the Disney-Lucasfilm merger, the Internet has been abuzz about who might be involved. Now that we?ve had a little time to process the information and some frontrunners have begun to emerge?either by ?rumor has it they?re involved? or just by fan response, that curiousity is seeping out of the fandom and into the entertainment media, and it seems like every time a director has left his house this week, there?s been a reporter waiting to ask whether he?s taking on Star Wars Episode VII.

The result is that, in addition to Matthew Vaughn and Steven Spielberg being confirmed as ?not it,? a trio of hot directors have chimed in, with some surprising results.

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Some random thoughts:

Why in the world would you ask Tarantino's opinion? That's about like asking Adam Sandler to compare Midnight in Paris with compared to Woody Allen's early work.

Fuck J.J. Abrams' Star Trek..."I was a Star Wars, didn't watch Star Trek so I wanted to make Star Trek as much like Star Wars as possible".

Brad Bird being mentioned makes for an interesting possibility.

 

[Zurp]

They should ask me. Actually, they SHOULDN'T ask me. It would end up being like when Lois Griffin got asked to direct the school play "The King and I", and Peter butted his way in and changed it all around. It would have a lot of topless chicks (who also aren't wearing pants), random references to Caddy Shack and the Simpsons, random references to nothing in particular (I'd probably find them hilarious - the rest of you, not so much), and probably too many poorly-timed fart noises. Also, I wonder if Troppo would make his way into that movie... That guy has been killed off more times than a character on a daytime TV show.

 

[colobuck79]

They should ask me. Actually, they SHOULDN'T ask me. It would end up being like when Lois Griffin got asked to direct the school play "The King and I", and Peter butted his way in and changed it all around. It would have a lot of topless chicks (who also aren't wearing pants), random references to Caddy Shack and the Simpsons, random references to nothing in particular (I'd probably find them hilarious - the rest of you, not so much), and probably too many poorly-timed fart noises. Also, I wonder if Troppo would make his way into that movie... That guy has been killed off more times than a character on a daytime TV show.

Throw in a zip lining reference and have one of the characters hate the Eagles, and I am in.

 

[Bucklion]

Why do I get the feeling that Spaceballs and the porno parody will both be better (and with higher quality dialogue and FX) than VII by the time they get done...

 

[Wells4Heisman]

Johnny Drama cameo?

 

[exhawg]

Why do I get the feeling that Spaceballs and the porno parody will both be better (and with higher quality dialogue and FX) than VII by the time they get done...

I think they are going to do everything they can to make the first new trilogy good. Disney spent too much to ruin the Star Wars brand with a shitty Episode VII. If they want a good return on investment they need to make the next three movies better than I, II, and III. That's why they need to find a director that thinks Jar Jar was the worst thing to ever happen to Star Wars.