Wasn’t Singer involved in the new Battlestar Galactica, then dropped out? Well we all that turned out pretty damn sweet.

Let us just rejoice in the fact that it’s not Anderson behind the camera.

That’s my only concern for the remake of ‘Logan’s Run’. The only one.

As far as naming the director goes, while it is true the budget for this isn’t ‘Halo’ big (and, hey, if ‘Run’ turns out nice…maybe Kosinski should be on ‘Halo’ heh heh…he would be one step abve Blomkamp, that’s for sure…and, guess what? Joseph Kosinski DOES have a HALO connection…see below) but let’s take a look at his pitch. According to The Hollywood Reporter…

“Kosinski — who has directed ads for Apple, Nike, and Nintendo — impressed the folks at Warners with a highly visual presentation that previewed the look of the movie”

So, in other words, he *pitched* the studio and Joel Silver with his ideas and concepts. This is the main difference between Kosinski and Blomkamp. Blomkamp pitched nobody.

BTW, besides Singer, the other considered directors were V For Vendetta’s James McTeigue and Robert Schwenke (Flightplan)…so Kosinski’s pitch must have been damn good. I say give him a shot.

BUT
take a good look at the screenwrter peeps! REJOICE!
Tim Sexton, who was Oscar nominated for his adap of “Children Of Men” is the scribe. Think about those apples.

Now, about Kosinski’s Halo connection…which oddly enough wasn’t brung up yet by the int’l friends. Does Halo 3: Starry Night ring any bells?

http://www.josephkosinski.com

Also, the books didn’t take place in a domed city. The whole world was run that way. One of the things that didn’t get adapted was the Devil Sticks or D-Sticks. I always thought Lucas kind of ripped that idea off for the speeder bikes in Jedi from the D-Sticks, which were supposed to essentially be hover-bikes that people used to play chicken.

There’s some good stuff in the books that would make an interesting adaptation if done properly. It will be interesting to see how it comes off. Hopefully it won’t be as painful to sit through as McTiernan’s take on Rollerball was.

Actually, if you look into it, Bay and Scott did other work between his commercials and features (see IMDB) and David Fincher also worked several behind the camera positions on features before directing.

This guy…. nope.