‘Justice League Dark’ Possibly Circling A Surprising New Director
Last week, DC Comics fans were given a bit of bad news as it was reported that director Doug Liman became yet another filmmaker towalk away from the adaptationof the long-gestatingJustice League Dark. Since Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment don’t want to waste any time getting this movie together as part of their growing DC Extended Universe, they’re already on the hunt for a filmmaker to replace him, and there are a few options on the table.
Not long after news of Doug Liman dropping the position ofJustice League Darkdirector, we learned that Stephen King’sItremake directorAndy Muschiettiwas on the studio’s list to possible replace him, and now another surprising candidate has just surfaced as well.
The latestJustice League Darkdirector candidate isDamián Szifron. Don’t worry if that name doesn’t sound familiar, because he’s an Argentinian filmmaker who hasn’t fully crossed over into Hollywood territory yet. Szifron garnered acclaim for his filmWild Tales, which was one of the Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Film a couple years ago, and you canwatch the trailer for that movie over here.
Though Szifron being considered for theJustice League Darkjob might feel like it’s coming out of left field, the filmmaker wastipped to scriptThe Six Billion Dollar Man(an update ofThe Six Million Dollar Man) for TWC Dimension back in 2015. So it’s clear Szifron has been interested in expanding his career with a big studio movie for a little while now.
It’s important to note though that this latest update on theJustice League Darkdirector came from the most recent episode ofMeet the Movie Press, co-hosted by The Tracking Board editor-in-chief Jeff Sneider. That means the story wasn’t firm enough to become news, so Szifron is likely on a list of potential candidates that Warner Bros. Pictures is considering.
We’re not sure how quickly the studio wants to have someone locked down for the job, but Warner Bros. was keen on having at least one more film from their upcoming DC Extended Universelined up go into productionalongsideAquamanbefore the end of the year.Justice League Darkhas been in development long enough that it could be ready to go as the next DCEU movie, but we’ll have to wait and see how this all shakes out. Perhaps we’ll get an announcement in July at San Diego Comic-Con.
