I have been lurking for a number of weeks, waiting for my account to be approved…may the Otherness-spawned minions of Rasalom, responsible for spamming this site with junk account applications, all be terminated with extreme prejudice by the Yenicari.
Ahem. Don't worry, the lithium's starting to kick in.
While I lurked, I had some time to drill through the RJ Movie threads…some very interesting facts and speculation there. I have an interesting bit of "coincidence" regarding a possible Director.
A brief summary: Beacon Communications is the production company, Ryan Reynolds is cast as Jack, and Chris Morgan wrote the most recent version of the script…but no Director, yet...and FPW has been eerily silent since December on his RJ Movie News Blog, so…
…release the hounds!
Chris Morgan looks to have some interesting writing credits: Cellular, Tokyo Drift, Wanted (Summer 2008 release), Fast and Furious 4 (filming) and, of course, Rakoshi. "Wanted", Chris' next movie, is a bullet-time action extravagonzo starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, etc.
On the Director front, my top choice was Guillermo Del Toro; and then he signed on for the Hobbit until 2010. After that he is scheduled to direct and produce his own screenplay of HPL’s ATMOM…so he’s no longer an option for Jack 1; maybe Jack 2 or 3 (he did Blade 2, after all).
Another of my favourite horror/action directors is Timor Bekmambetov, whose movies Nightwatch, Daywatch, and Twilightwatch (in production) are discussed in a different thread.
What I did not realize, until a month ago, was that Bekmambetov ALSO directed Wanted!
So, a screenplay by the writer who also adapted "Rakoshi" has already been directed by one of the hottest horror/action directors on the planet!
When it comes to Jack, there are no more coincidences, but what about Jack’s movie? Dare we hope that this unexpected convergence is foreshadowing for good things to come?
Who’s your favourite choice for Director of the first “Jack” movie (Rakoshi)?
-Wapitikev
PS-Please forgive the newbie for the horrible B-movie title of this thread...it is an homage to Jack's love of old, sometimes cheesily-titled monster movies.