The rumors are evidently true. According to EW’s Hollywood insider blog. Director Chris Weitz (“The Golden Compass,” “In Good Company”) is essentially being sought after and apparently Summit Entertainment is set to hire him any day now.
This will annoy some fans of the novel and movies who believe the series should only be directed by a female. To those people we say, if it’s any consolation to you, Weitz does direct his super wussy movies like he has a vagina, so you might be in the clear.
Previously Summit Entertainment basically fired “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke cause she had the gall to question a script that was only in rough, first-draft shape and a timetable that was unreasonable and all about capitalizing on the moment, even though she brought them a $70 million box-office opening (and its grossed more than $141 million so far).
We say Summit gets what they deserve with Weitz, remember the bomb that was “The Golden Compass”? Instant karma’s gonna get you, people. Apparently the announcement of Weitz taking over the film was to be announced officially on Sunday.
