We reported here yesterday on the list of potential directors that Christopher Nolan is looking at for the forthcoming Superman reboot. All of them are interesting possibilities in their own way and now a couple of them have spoken about their names appearing on The List.
First of all, JoBlo grabbed a few words with Matt Reeves, who launched himself into the stratosphere with Cloverfield and is now garnering significant advance word of mouth for Let Me In, his excellent looking remake of Swedish cult success Let The Right One In. Saying that he was surprised that he was on the list, having only heard so when a fan at Fantastic Fest told him, Reeves added:-
“I really have no idea if any of that is true. It’s certainly an amazing project, but I would be surprised…”
Pretty non-committal, but not necessarily closing the door on any possibility. Duncan Jones, director of the superb low-budget sci-fi “Moon”, was a little less ambiguous when tweeting about the project:-
“About Superman… I’m going to say something really cheesy; Can’t talk about it, but an honor to be on the list. Interesting times!”
Finally, we have Zack Snyder, who after Dawn of the Dead, 300 and Watchmen, would clearly know how to handle the technical demands of the project, but nonetheless felt a little ambivalent when asked a couple of years ago by USA Today:-
“They asked me to direct a Superman movie, and I said no,” was Snyder’s response more than two years ago, “He’s a tricky one nowadays, isn’t he? He’s the king daddy of all comic-book heroes, but I’m just not sure how you sell that kind of earnestness to a sophisticated audience anymore.”
