Love them or loathe them, the Transformers movies continue going from strength to strength at the box office, hence why Paramount Pictures is now hoping to expand the world with a shared universe – one which will include Bumblebee, a spinoff that just recently found a director in the form of Travis Knight.
It turns out that a number of prolific filmmakers were being considered though before Knight ultimately ended up landing the job. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Borys Kit, the studio was also eyeing Jaume Collet-Sera (The Shallows), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Seth Gordon (Baywatch), and Aaron and Adam Nee (The Last Romantic).
That’s an impressive list of talent, and the inclusion of Famuyiwa’s name is particularly notable, especially as he was being lined up to take the helm of The Flash before parting ways with Warner Bros. over creative differences. Now that he’s been passed over for Bumblebee,...
It turns out that a number of prolific filmmakers were being considered though before Knight ultimately ended up landing the job. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Borys Kit, the studio was also eyeing Jaume Collet-Sera (The Shallows), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Seth Gordon (Baywatch), and Aaron and Adam Nee (The Last Romantic).
That’s an impressive list of talent, and the inclusion of Famuyiwa’s name is particularly notable, especially as he was being lined up to take the helm of The Flash before parting ways with Warner Bros. over creative differences. Now that he’s been passed over for Bumblebee,...
- 3/3/2017
- by Josh Wilding
- We Got This Covered
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