Ugh this Star Wars director craze is driving me crazy!

No to Favreau, maybe to Fincher

kevin smith just for the hell of it.

I think Jon Favreau can do a much better job than Matthew Vaughn could! Iron Man 1 was awesome and let's be honest Iron Man 2''s problems were the screenwriter fault not his! Cowboys and Aliens was very enjoyable! I hope Jon gets in and not Vaughn!

I will shit so many [frick]ing bricks if David Fincher is chosen.

It would've been awesome if Spielberg directed a Star Wars film in the 80s, when he wanted to do it.

I'm with Claire. I think Vaughn or Favreau will be chosen. Or some unknown.

Sorry meant to say inaccurate above I'm on the sauce and ranting slightly

"Now I want you to force push as hard as you can" - Tyler Durden

Yes!!!!! Give Fincher episode 8!!! Let this be the Empire of the new trilogy, the darker film out of the 3. He would crush that sh!t. Let Kasdan write it too. I can't think of a film more perfect. Make it happen!!

And while Vaughn would do a terrific job, I think Favs has this one locked up. He s got a solid relationship with Disney/Marvel from Iron Man and that Magic Kingdom flick he s been working on for a long time. I d be surprised if he didn't get it. He 'll do a fine job with Arndt's script.

Favreau is kind of hit and miss, but I think he might be a good choice. Fincher would be good too.

At this point, Ill be happy with anyone good.

Spin-offs? Did I read that correctly?


NOOOOOO

I think Fincher would be better suited for one of the spinoffs.

@Ironpatriot-how do you figure? How is it that the director is "just as responsible" as anyone else as far as the quality goes? I completely disagree with that. I'll pick another director from this article to help prove my point, David Fincher:

Alien 3. Due to way too much studio involvement, Fincher reportedly walked away from the film towards the end. Alien 3, admittedly, is a good film as far as being an 'interesting' chapter to the Alien franchise. But, DUE to the studio's heavy handed involvement, the film did very poorly at the box-office. Because Aliens was such a HUGE hit, the studio couldn't let well enough alone and just let Fincher make his movie. If they had, and it was failure, THEN, it's his baby.

Fav had the same issues with Iron Man 2. Due to the huge success of Iron Man, execs had to "butt in" and run the show so much that Fav refused to have anything more to do with the Iron Man franchise as far as directing goes. Again, not a 'bad' film by any means, but when compared to the first, most were severely disappointed.

Back to the article. Jon Fav is definitely MY pick for this! As with Empire, I think Fincher would be excellent for Episode VIII, maybe bring a darker tone to it. But for this initial outing, Fav has the capability to bring the right amount of humor, drama and action without stuffing it with so much filler and political drama (which, in my opinion, along with horrid acting and way too much cgi, was the prequels' downfall).

I thought Favreau left Iron Man so he could direct Fantasia or something like that? Did it just not happen or did he already do it or somethin