Show runner David Goyer has left the troubled science fiction series Flash Forward this week, citing his film career as the reason to move on. Goyer’s got a lot of irons in the fire, and he has for a while now, so what could have drawn him away from the spiraling in the rating show? Besides the whole ‘spiraling in the ratings’ part?
Nikki Finke, the Frau Blucher of the net, says that he’s leaving to work on Batman 3, although the way she words it doesn’t quite sound like a scoop so much as an assumption. And there’s been so much going on in Goyer’s movie life that it could any number of projects, including his take on The Invisible Man, which could be heating up if Universal is feeling good about The Wolfman.
But wait, there’s more! According to MTV Ghost Rider producer Mike DeLuca has expressed interest in having Goyer direct the new film, based on Goyer’s script. That project has been getting into position lately, and if Goyer is coming on as director that would be a much stronger reason to leave his show than knocking out a Batman 3 treatment with Jonah Nolan.
So what is it? Is it Batman 3? The Invisible Man? Ghost Rider? Or something completely different? Only time will tell.
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Man, it seems like every story is about a sequel or a reboot. In this case, the man has to pick between doing one or the other.
Hopefully it's because the first semester of Director's School starts on Monday. Blade 3, my friends. Blade 3.
Maybe it's to clean his slate for "The League of Ex2raodinary Gentlemen"
I hope it's Ghost Rider or The Invisible Man. Jonathan and Chris banged out a script far superior to the one Goyer had a hand in. However, I would like actual news of a Batman 3 script being in the works. I would sleep better.
Director's School for Blade 3? Hell, he deserves Directing Exile for The Unborn!
Keep this guy the hell away from Batman 3. His limited, I would even suspect nonexistent, involvement witht eh Dark Knight is a huge reason it was leagues better than Batman Begins, for which Goyers script was horrid.
This post was worth it just for "the Frau Blucher of the net."
I think Goyer is heading to Akiva Goldsman land and that isn't good. His past written material has blown.
oh noes — anything good about the GR sequel is going to be ruined by Goyer !
Wow…….. completely forgot he did blade 3……….*shudder*
Yeah, directing a sequel to one of the biggest superhero flops in history is a MUCH better reason to leave a show than having a hand in the script to the sequel of one of the most successful and acclaimed blockbusters of all time.
Having said that, Goyer is a hack and I don't want to see his name in the script credits of Batman 3.
THIS GUY IS WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY OVER-RATED!!! Let us never forget BLADE 3!!!
So the guy who was involved with the scripts for Batman 1 and Batman 2…may or may not be involved with Batman 3. In the industry, this is what we call a “slow news day”.
A Devin story about Batman without any trolling? I'm impressed. (knock on wood)
As for Goyer, I've always felt that his heart was in the right place for most of his properties, but that the final product was just not quite there.
Just cast Joseph Gordon Levitt as the Joker and be done with it.
How would he show "slowmo walking shots" in The Invisible Man?
Goyer is a blight on superhero movies.
Maybe He Just Needs an Out.
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