There are some interesting names being passed around the various LOTR fan sites as regards the available directors job that is now officially vacant since Peter Jackson declared he would produce but not direct.
Sam Raimi has made it no secret he’d absolutely love the job. It was way back in July 2007 that I first reported his interest in directing The Hobbit. Since then he’s regularly “let slip” that if it were offered he’d be keen to accept and I can’t say as I would mind if it were or mind if it weren’t. He’s obviously a capable guy but while I’ve enjoyed his work, its never exactly “lit my candle.”
Guillermo del Toro is another who has let it be known he’s interested and I could see Jackson prefering to work with a “young gun” rather than someone established. Cuaron would also fall in that category and either of these being given the job would be an exiting prospect.
Sam Raimi would be the money mens choice with the 3 recent blockbusters already under his belt, he would be seen as the banker. However, if we are to believe the money men, Harry Sloan (MGM CEO) and Bob Shaye at New Line Cinema, then Peter Jackson has full control and he gets the final decision on who directs.
So keeping that in mind, I like the option put forward by “Jim” who posted this comment to an earlier post suggesting Geoff Murphy for the job. Geoff was Peter Jackson’s second in command during the making of the Lord of The Rings trilogy and the fellow Kiwi is someone Jackson would have complete faith in. As Jim says, this appointment would ensure continuity from the original movies and their would be no risk of a falling out half way through production.
Perhaps it will be taken one step further and Peter Jackson will have life partner Fran Walsh direct or at least co-direct with Geoff Murphy. Perhaps worth an outside bet?
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