"Fee Fi Fo Fum, I Smell the Blood of Bryan Singer!"

Initial reports indicated that Bryan Singer would most likely choose Jack the Giant Killer as his next directorial feature. This is despite the fact that he had already agreed to produce/direct another reboot of Battlestar Galactica and an Excalibur remake. Well looks like they were right.

Heat Vision (a sub-section under THR) reveals that Singer has in fact signed on the dotted line for said property. Although there’s currently no start date as of this publication, the project (being produced under Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures who had previously worked with Singer on Superman Returns) is being put on the fast-track.

I realize it’s routine for a filmmaker to have multiple projects in development concurrently. But Bryan’s been flirting with a number of high-profile gigs for awhile now. To his credit, he pulled the ultimate “Fuck you!” on critics who immediately labeled Valkyrie as a turkey a year before it was even released. Cut to the WWII thriller being a box-office success that did so much as get Tom Cruise back in the public’s good graces. So Singer is riding high right now and been understandably cautious towards what to do next.

But come on, Bryan. If Jack is what you’re doing next, let’s get going on it.