BACK TO THE FUTURE Director Robert Zemeckis Opens Up About Possibly Helming a Marvel or DC Film

BACK TO THE FUTURE Director Robert Zemeckis Opens Up About Possibly Helming a Marvel or DC Film

The famed director was recently asked his opinion on comic book movies and gave some thoughts on his willingness to direct a major comic adaptation. But he's got some conditions.

By drewXdeficit - Jul 19, 2018 12:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: BadTaste.IT
Robert Zemeckis, the director behind such popular classics as Back to the Future and Forrest Gump (just to name a few) recently spent some time in Italy to generate buzz for his upcoming biopic Welcome to Marwen. While he was giving interviews, Zemeckis was asked by Italian entertainment site Bad Taste about his willingness to direct a comic book movie from a Marvel or DC Comics property. This isn't the first time Zemeckis' name has been brought up in conjunction with a comic book franchise; last year, the director was rumored to have been on a shortlist of talent being courted to overtake THE FLASH. And though that position has been filled by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, the men responsible for SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, Zemeckis isn't exactly swearing off the genre all together. Here's an English translation of the exchange:

Bad Taste: Rumours have seen you attached to a comic book movie for a while, but then nothing happened. You are one of the fathers of modern pop cinema so what's your opinion on the comicbookmovie genre? Would you see your self working on a Marvel project or on a DC Comics project?

Zemeckis: I would do any project... I don't have any... you know, the projects that I'm attracted to are the ones that the ones that require the director's vision. You know, the filmmaker's own and personal artistic stamp. So yeah, if there's room for that, to do that in a comic book inspired story, I have no problem. I just wouldn't want to do a project that is... something that could be interchanged with five or six directors.
 

Clearly, Zemeckis isn't looking to give up his visionary status any time soon. And though it means we won't be getting another time traveling flick in the form of a FLASH movie, it is still comforting to know that the director is open to the idea of adapting a comic book for the big screen. As a fan myself, I can only hope the right project makes its way into Zemeckis' hands.

What do you think? What characters or stories would you like to see Robert Zemeckis direct? Or do you think he should stay away from comic book movies? Let us know in the usual spot!

 

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PrinceOfPersia
PrinceOfPersia - 7/19/2018, 2:17 AM
Since The Flash movie has got directors now, he can do Man of Steel 2 or the Green Lantern movie.
MuadDib
MuadDib - 7/19/2018, 3:34 AM
He should have been the obvious choice for a Flash movie. Not too many other directors understand time travel as well as it was portrayed in the Back to the Future trilogy.
TomSolo
TomSolo - 7/19/2018, 6:58 AM
Zemeckis had a great run in the 80’s and most of the 90’s. I don’t really feel that he hasn’t produced a really great film in almost 20 years. Cast Away was in 2000. I am not sure throwing a CBM at a guy whose best days definitely seem to be behind him is a great idea.

Who knows though. When this guy is on, he’s REALLY fvcking on. So I guess it couldn’t hurt.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/19/2018, 7:52 AM
One of the main reasons that Zemeckis wouldn't commit to the Flash/Flashpoint film is because of his invlovement with this film, which comes out this Christmas (and looks amazing, btw):

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