Anthony and Joe Russo. The directing duo behind You, Me and Dupree.
This according to The Hollywood Reporter, who go on to write that the brothers beat out Adjustment Bureau director Greg Nolfi and Be Cool helmer F. Gary Gray. Of those contenders, the Russos are definitely the least safe choice. In addition to the above-mentioned theatrical work they’re also executive producers on Community and Happy Endings, so it’s safe to say that their successes are rooted more in comedic television.
Whatever their take is on the material, it’s good enough to have gotten them in a room with Marvel. It’s certainly an odd choice for a studio that likes to take chances, but Marvel has enough goodwill after Avengers that they can afford a few risks. Expect to hear more about story and cast in the coming weeks and months, as the untitled Captain America sequel gears up to meet its April 4, 2014 release date.
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well, it’s par for course, actually… marvel seems to like pairing commercially unproven directors of serio-comic fare with their properties, a la favreau. here’s hoping they do a little better.
Good. Maybe it’ll actually be exciting this time.
Except that Favreau had already made a critically and commercially successful A-list film: Elf.
Django Unchained article headline appeared briefly while i was reading this. Went to Youtube, saw there was an upload but it was private. Came back here to read the story, it was gone. Went back to Youtube and the video was gone. Now I’ll be itching to see it all day 🙁
Man. I was actually surprised that I liked Johnston’s movie. I think he does that era well. But F. Gary Gray doesn’t sell me on anything. He’s like the Roger Donaldson of directors. He’ll do an okay job I suppose, but it never seems like his heart is in it. The guys though? That sounds like asking Tim Story or Mark Steven Johnson to direct an action picture. Unproven action directors seems an awful lot to risk. They may do well because someone looks good in the suits, but aside from the costumes, I kind of like to have a good time at the movies.
Yeah, keep any eye out. I may have jumped the gun. We’ll have it back up in time.
From the headline I thought maybe it would be Miranda July.
They also directed ‘Welcome to Colinwood’ and they’ve handled plenty of action in Community.
Glad I wasn’t the only one. Now that would be some outside-the-box thinking on Marvel’s part!
Marvel should really promote editors of dps to do something like captain america…it would be an interesting way to get people like that in the game
Yeah. Steve Rogers would use the power of conceptual/performance art to explore the relationship with his own masculinity as it is in conversation with the Red Skull and societal conceptions regarding binary gender roles. With lots of pauses between dialogue, and a Casio keyboard soundtrack. I would watch the hell out of it.
I have yet to see The Avengers, but every Marvel movie has been incredibly bland and safe, with that horrible “flat land” CGI look…Edward Norton’s The Incredible Hulk is probably the best of the bunch and they replaced him with Ruffalo…snooze.
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