Sam Raimi is staying in the MCU as he’s all but closed a dealdirect ‘Doctor Strange 3’ (via The InSneider).
In July, Raimi signed on to direct the horror thriller “Send Help.” It remains unclear whether Raimi will direct that movie first, or ‘Doctor Strange 3.’Here’s hoping he chooses the horror-thriller.
I also wish Raimi more luck in directing this latest ‘Doctor Strange’ movie than the last one. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” although it grossed $955M worldwide, was not that well received critically or by fans and had a pre-production filled with drama.
Raimi only came on board ‘Multiverse of Madness’ after original director Scott Derrickson parted ways with Marvel due to “creative differences.” The script had many rewrites up to that point — an actor in the film claimed it had been rewritten 33 times.
Good news, if true. I enjoyed DS2 even if it got a bit messy in the collision with Wandavision (best of that Phase). Giving him a clear run at DS3 should really help give him the best opportunity to deliver as good a film as he can.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I love his campy directing style. I know that a lot of people got “Taika-d” out, but directors with unique style are what the MCU needs. When all of the movies look and feel the same, the burnout happens. Have your tent poles with Avengers and Infinity War, but let the other films be a little off the beaten path so we get a breather.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Taika was fun until success got to his head and he kept dialing it up instead of letting the ridiculousness just exist.
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
When Taika added the goats to “prank” Gunn, you might have to much power.
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Thor: Ragnarok was great. The problem was them going “more of the same please”. They’ll just milk the cow to death if they could rather than learn the actual lesson - they should be letting directors with talent and vision loose in their toy box.
Then, if they must (and they must), build the franchise on the side, don’t make it the main reason to greenlight the film.
hypeerror@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’m tired of 3 hours of explosions. I want Wes Anderson’s Fantastic 4 or Darren Aronofsky doing a Daredevil movie.
Doom@ttrpg.network 3 weeks ago
Wes Anderson Sinister Six movie would be sick idk but I see it.
rishado@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t mind his style but let’s not act like it did any favors for DS2