Speaking with
Collider, director Steven Soderbergh (who recently helmed
Haywire,
Magic Mike, and the upcoming
Side Effects) shares his thoughts on the comic book movie genre. Yesterday, we heard actor Jude Law express interest in appearing in a CBM, but Soderbergh doesn't sound near as interested. However, he did endorse brothers Joe and Anthony Russo when they were pursuing Marvel Studios' upcoming sequel
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, saying that the
Community directing duo were seeking the job for the right reasons and that he wasn't the right guy for such a gig.
"I just wasn’t a comic book guy. When the Russos were going after the Captain America sequel, they called me and said, 'Will you call Marvel and talk to them about us?' because I have a relationship with them. I said, 'Tell me why you want to do this.' And they go, 'Because we have a $60,000 comic book collection, because we’re obsessed with this shit.' And I went, 'Okay, I’m just checking.' Because I’m not, that’s why I can’t do one, but I didn’t know that and I just wanted to make sure that they were going after it for the right reasons as it turned out they were and they ended up getting the job and they’ll do a great job because they love it, and I’m just not the guy." What do you think of Soderbergh's comments? Feel free to share your thoughts below. For Collider's full interview, click the source link below.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier stars Chris Evans, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Emily VanCamp, Scarlett Johansson, Frank Grillo, Cobie Smulders and Samuel L. Jackson. The film is slated for an April 4th, 2014 release, but with recent rumors of the production start date being pushed to this June, it's possible that the release date will change.
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