Superman: Source Code & Moon Director Duncan Jones on Turning Down Man of Steel

Superman: Source Code & Moon Director Duncan Jones on Turning Down Man of Steel

Duncan Jones, director of Moon and Source Code, was approached by Christopher Nolan about directing Man of Steel. He turned the gig down and explains why.

By EdGross - Jan 22, 2011 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Superman
Source: Reelz Channel

"I was thrilled to be on that short list," explains Jones. "For me, that was enough. I don't know if I would be ready for that leap yet. I did have a meeting with Chris and he's a fantastic guy and seemed to have really enjoyed Moon, so there was some legitimate interest in me. I think, maybe, I'm not quite ready for that scale of project and that scale of expectation from an audience that is already existing and is waiting to see the next generation of Superman film. I don't know. It's a hard one. I'm a huge Superman fan and Bizarro Superman fan. And also a big Judge Dredd fan, which was another one that came my way. Those are two very different scales of projects. Superman was so big that I think I was a little intimidated by it and sort of backed out. Judge Dredd I really thought about and it ended up not being right for me because I had such strong feelings and opinions on what I wanted that film to be. Although I really like what they're going to do with it, it's not the film that I was going to make. So that one wasn't going to work out."

For Jones' comments on Source Code, just follow the link.

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