Other Directors In The Running For Thor 2

Variety adds to the recent story of Marvel Studios being in talks with director Patty Jenkins (Monster) to helm Thor 2. They reveal four other directors also in contention which includes Drew Goddard (Cabin In The Woods), James McTeigue (V For Vendetta), Noam Murro (300: Battle of Artemesia) and Breck Eisner (The Crazies). Goddard's Cabin In The Woods stars Chris Hemsworth and was written by Joss Whedon, Drew might get backing from the two. Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones) has walked because of creative/financial differences with the studio so we can cross him out.

McG & Breck Eisner Frontrunners To Direct Ouija

TheHollywoodReporter says that McG (This Means War) and Breck Eisner (The Crazies) are the frontrunners to direct Universal's Ouija. The supernatural adventure film written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz (Tron Legacy) is becoming a priory for the studio with a set release date of November 9th 2012. It's being compared to films like The Mummy, Indiana Jones and Pirates of The Caribbean.

Other directors who presented pitches included Sylvain White (The Losers), Pierre Morel (Taken), Scot Stewart (Legion) and John Moore (Max Payne). McG would be my choice out of the two since the Charlie Angels films were entertaining enough and even his disappointing Terminator Salvation was still fun to watch. His next film This Means War could very well be a great action comedy.

Jeremy Renner Offered Plissken Role In Escape From New York

ProductionWeekly (via MovieWeb) is reporting an offer has gone out to Jeremy Renner to play Snake Plissken in the remake of Escape From New York. Previously Gerard Butler had been attached to star but has since left the project. When director Breck Eisner came on board to helm Timothy Olyphant was rumored for the role. Renner is quickly lining up many interesting action films such as Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Avengers and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Breck Eisner Directing Blood of The Innocent?

FearNet talked with comic creator Mark Wheatley from Insight Studios who reveals Breck Eisner (Crazies) is going to direct an adaption of the comic Blood of The Innocent. The comic pitts Dracula against Jack The Ripper set in Victorian era London. Having such two horror heavy weights in one film is interesting enough to peek my excitement. The last decent Jack The Ripper film was also a comic adaption based on Alan Moore's (Watchmen) graphic novel From Hell.




Breck Eisner is currently prepping the Escape From New York remake and Wheatley believes Blood will be his next film after Escape. He's also attached to direct the Flash Gordon reboot which has been in development for a while now. While I wasn't impressed by The Crazies it did end up looking decent for it's budget restraints so I'll be interested to see what Breck can do with these projects.

"Flash Gordon is scheduled for 2012 now, I think. Escape from New York is the one he's actively working on right now. He's trying to make Blood of the Innocent the picture he does after Escape."