Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12/18/15)

[Khev]

He's morphing into George Lucameron. That son of a ***** better not **** with Aliens.

It doesn't matter what Cameron does with ALIENS, Fox would never discard the original release the way Lucas did with the OT.

And he comes clean about it being no accident that the Avatar sequels conveniently sidestep 2017 and 2019 (SW Episodes 8 and 9.) Looks like he's just being pragmatic about neither franchise stepping on the other's toes.

“My original plan was to release them a year apart, but we’re opening that up. If for no other reason than that I don’t want to land on the same date as one of the STAR WARS sequels. That wouldn’t be fair to them. [Laughs] No, that’s just good business. I don’t want to go head-to-head with STAR WARS. That would be stupid. And hopefully they won’t want to go head to head with us.”

James Cameron on Avatar Sequels and Star Wars | Collider

Yes it's just "good business" but how freaking badass when James freaking Cameron refuses to open an *AVATAR* sequel against you.

 

[jye4ever]

Lucas, Cameron and Peter Jackson. 3 peas in a pod.

 

[jye4ever]

Now that Jungle Book is another win for Disney (how many in a row does that make it now) there is replacement wishing taking place to swap Trevorrow with Favreau.

Sorry but Trevorrow had something come up and he can no longer direct E9.

 

[IrishJedi]

Now that Jungle Book is another win for Disney (how many in a row does that make it now) there is replacement wishing taking place to swap Trevorrow with Favreau.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Favreau is back on at Marvel

 

[IrishJedi]

Favreau is back on at Marvel

Yeah, but just as an Executive Producer. He can still direct something else.

(The EP9 thing probably won't happen, though )

 

[kryptonianmutie]

Favreau is back on at Marvel

Is that true, because I was just wishing that very thing.

 

[bboy]

I know the toys were hard to ignore in the stores. So of your cohort, do you see folks retaining an interest in those movies? Or were they forgotten as time went on?

Yeah actually. Idk if people retain interest as in watching them over and over, but I know a lot of my friends have the music and love the video games that came out for the movie and people make reference to it all the time. If a darth maul movie or video game came out it would be totally be carried by my generation, some people my age prefer him over darth vader. I know the original trilogy is all high and mighty but for some people my age it doesn't hold up as well as older people think they do.

 

[Khev]

I'm sure Favreau will direct a SW film sooner or later (probably an anthology film down the road.) His action is generic and often anticlimactic but he does banter extremely well (whether it be Swingers, Made, or IM1 or 2.)

I'd still rather have Trevorrow doing Episode 9 than him.

 

[IrishJedi]

I'd still rather have Trevorrow doing Episode 9

 

[Khev]

Jurassic World was incredibly exciting and intense with some really fun and memorable characters. I don't see how that'd be a bad thing for Star Wars.

 

[cerealkeller]

Trevorrow directing Episode 9 has me so nervous. Jurassic World I didn't even finish. I turned it off after an hour. It was so generic and I didn't like any of the characters. I wish Favreau would direct Episode 9 (however, I really wish Johnson would just stay on and direct it).

 

[IrishJedi]

I should probably get over it. Every generation needs its Marquand, I guess.

Keep him AWAY from the script and give him some Cinematography lessons and it may turn out fine.

 

[Khev]

The most exciting action Favreau has ever directed was when Buddy was trying to help Santa get his sled into the air at the end of Elf. Both Iron Man finales (1 and 2) were so uninspired and anticlimactic. He's really in his element doing dry comedies like Swingers, Made, even Elf but his sci-fi stuff (Zathura, Cowboys & Aliens, IM 1 and 2) ranges from "okay" to "pretty good." Not sure why people have made him out to be some big thing.

 

[jye4ever]

I should probably get over it. Every generation needs its Marquand, I guess.

Keep him AWAY from the script and give him some Cinematography lessons and it may turn out fine.

The most exciting action Favreau has ever directed was when Buddy was trying to help Santa get his sled into the air at the end of Elf. Both Iron Man finales (1 and 2) were so uninspired and anticlimactic. He's really in his element doing dry comedies like Swingers, Made, even Elf but his sci-fi stuff (Zathura, Cowboys & Aliens, IM 1 and 2) ranges from "okay" to "pretty good." Not sure why people have made him out to be some big thing.

He was funny in DD as Foggy.

For whatever reason i'm not stressing too much over Tomorrow, Disney/Kennedy will squash him into obedience and submission anyways until the only thing recognizable from his repertoire of tricks will be his name on the screen.

He might actually surprise people.

 

[Khev]

Yeah, don't forget the power of Kennedy. I remember her "No Gungans/no ewoks" mantra prior to Episode VII. She'll keep her directors on a tight leash, at least for the Saga films.

 

[karamazov80]

Khev has said some crrrrazy things over the years, but preferring JW to Favreau's catalog may take the cake!

 

[jye4ever]

The khev v kara tug of war battle shall live on as long as the Isreali Palestinian conflict.

 

[spindrift]

The most exciting action Favreau has ever directed was when Buddy was trying to help Santa get his sled into the air at the end of Elf. Both Iron Man finales (1 and 2) were so uninspired and anticlimactic. He's really in his element doing dry comedies like Swingers, Made, even Elf but his sci-fi stuff (Zathura, Cowboys & Aliens, IM 1 and 2) ranges from "okay" to "pretty good." Not sure why people have made him out to be some big thing.

He did do the great racetrack fight in IM2 ruined by it's extremely short length- the end battle with Whiplash II was a JOKE. Period

 

[Wor-Gar]

At some point, in the next generation or two, every director will have made a Star Wars film of some kind, whether trilogies or one-offs or TV series or cartoons.

The circuit will then be complete.