Warner Bros. has offered the helm of a new production
"The Man From U.N.C.L.E." to director
Matthew Vaughn, after choosing British
David Yates to direct
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, instead.
Insiders say Vaughn's pitch for Potter was a tad too graphic and violent for the studio's taste.
Quote:
I did slightly scare them by saying the next Potter has got to be more like 'The Dirty Dozen.' But I'm not going to be one of those directors who isn't honest about what he intends to do, and then changes everything when shooting has started and it's too late to fire him. I guess that's the producer in me...
People ask why I think I could direct a big movie like Potter or Bond, but making 'Lock, Stock' for $900,000 is harder than making 'Troy' for $200 million. You try making a small movie look like a bigger film, and produce it at the same time, and see how much your head gets fried in the process
Matthew Vaughn's films include:
Layer Cake which starred Micheal Gambon
Snatch with Brad Pitt
Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
Source:
Wizard News