Directing a massive blockbuster is the dream, isn’t it?
Not always, it seems.
Here are some directors who’ve dropped out of big projects…
But its not, so we wont.
Six months later, he was off the project.
I was not comfortable being away from my family for that length of time.
Aronofskys marriage had recently ended, although its not clear if that was a contributory factor too.
Neither Fox nor Aronofsky made a further statement about their parting of the ways.
Photography would not start until the spring of 2012.
Furthermore, Guillermo del Toro admitted hed met withThe Wolverineteam about taking the project on, but ultimately passed.
Eventually, James Mangold got the job, and steeredThe Wolverineto middling review but decent box office last year.
Its the second-highest grossing X-Men movie to date, and Mangold is now expected back for the next sequel.
Because Chow the director is the man responsible for the quite brilliantly manicShaolin SoccerandKung Fu Hustle.
He sounded a wonderfully left-field choice forGreen Hornet, and the signs were extremely positive.
He was officially announced as director ofThe Green Hornetin September 2008.
Jay Chou would eventually take that role on.
He left the directorial post some months before that, with those magical creative differences the culprit.
In his place came French director Michel Gondry.
Plastic boobs were involved, too.
A representative for Chow duly issued a denial.
Who got the job, and how did it turn out?Michel Gondry got it.
Then, Sony announced a delay of a further few weeks to accommodate a post-production 3D conversion.
As it turned out, the film won few people over, but didnt do too badly.
It grossed over $200m worldwide, and did solid business on home formats.
There never seemed much appetite for a sequel to it from anyone involved, though.
And we had never made an action movie, he had never made an action movie.
And if there is one thing I look back on like, what was the problem there?
It was just the budget.
We cant make a really edgy fun movie for our types of people for that amount of money.
Del Toro got busy quickly, too.
Furthermore, he added that the films wouldnt be until the MGM financial issues were resolved.
Filming finally got going in early 2011.
As for the films?
At the time of writing,The Desolation Of Smaugs total stands at $854m.
del Toro would finally direct a big budget blockbuster, of course, in the shape of 2013sPacific Rim.
His movie would have also touched on themes of a private military, operating in Africa.
However, one month before photography was due to commence onMission: Impossible III, Carnahan quit the project.
Creative differences were rearing their head once more.
The films box office was good, if a little less than expected.
Reviews were decent, and the project was deemed successful enough to get a fourthMission: Impossiblemovie moving.
Film such asChanging Lanes,Venus,Enduring LoveandThe Motherhave sat alongside his higher profile work withNotting HillandMorning Glory.
But had things taken a different turn, Michell would have a Bond movie to his name, too.
Michell was the original choice to direct Daniel Craigs second James Bond movie,Quantum Of Solace.
Michell, though, parted company with the project in October 2006.
Thats why I pulled out of it.
We had everything, but no script… Its all about the script in this business, it really is.
It made me miserable.
It just made me feel it was the wrong thing.
Who got the job, and how did it turn out?Marc Forster eventually tookQuantum Of Solaceon.
Shes subsequently picked up an Emmy nomination for her directorial work on the US remake of TV showThe Killing.
It did not take long, though, for this particular union to fall apart.
She was confirmed as director in October 2011, and would leave the project in December.
A film that Alan Taylor is not expected to direct.
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