does hollywood never change?

[acroyear]

The last few superhero movies have been full of directors, writers, producers, actors all constantly changing hands.  Singer left XMen for Superman, Burton was doing Superman, then wasn't, but Burton coming into it kicked Smith out as scriptwriter, Cage was going to be the man of steel (sorry, I *still* don't see it), then Burton left and things hiatusified for a while.  Spiderman went through a few "creative changes" along the way, as did FF, Hulk, and Batman Begins.

Well, the upheavals continued this week as Josh "Firefly" Whedon left the Wonder Woman project while the director of The Flash has left THAT project.  Makes me wonder what really goes on in Warner Brothers that they keep pissing off the "talent" all the time.

Granted, Kevin Smith was very open about what the studio wanted him to do with Superman, though thankfully those proposals never saw the light in Superman Returns.  But really, Hollywood can't be all THAT bad, now can it?

Comments

[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

Hollywood can't be all THAT bad, now can it?

Joke, right???

[thelongshot.livejournal.com]

Just in the spirit of correctness, Smith was never set to direct Superman. He was asked to write a draft. It never got to the point of being serious.

I think with any big name adaptation, the studios want to cover all the bases, as far as story and price goes. FF got a rewrite because it was too expensive to make. Batman went through a few story ideas (Worlds Greatest with Wolfgang Peterson attached, Year One with Aronofsky) before getting to the current one. Watchmen almost got greenlit with Paul Greengrass directing, before Paramount went cost cutting.

Fact is, film deals change all the time. We just hear about it more because of the internet.