Warner Brothers Eyeing Directors for Tales from the Gangster Squad
Wed, October 6, 2010 
Warner Brothers is a blaze to get going on Tales from the Gangster Squad. As of last week, the studio knocked on the door of Ben Affleck (hot off The Town being an across-the-board success with audiences, critics and financially), and seemed like a good pairing given the subject matter and the actor/director’s filmography as of late.
Vulture reports Affleck has passed on the opportunity to make the crime drama (about a team of cops out to bring down L.A. gangster Mickey Cohen in the 1940s) his third directorial project. One helmer down, but there are plenty of others out there, and the studio is certainly looking.
They've reportedly already tapped on the shoulders of one Darren Aronofsky to take the reign and waiting to hear a "Ya or nay" answer back from him. Now if he passes (and he's in the midst of talks with Fox about that Wolverine sequel), Latino Review knows who else is on WB's list.
Assuming Aronofsky rejects their offer, Greg Berlanti (Life As We Know It), Martin Campbell (Green Lantern), Scott Cooper (Crazy Hart), Paul Greengrass (United 93) and Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) are the other candidates up to snuff.
Your guess is as good as the next schmuck's about who will get the job. I'd prefer Aronofsky just as so he can avoid that Wolverine follow-up. But I'd be a dipshit to stick my nose up at the likes of these back-up directors either.
Reader Comments (1)
I love how selective Affleck is being. Basically any other young director would hop at the chance to do Superman or even this project. 'Fleck only seems to take projects when they are up to a certain quality. Its as if he learned from his mistakes as an actor not to take any crappy script that is thrown his way. I'm sure whatever he settles on for his third film will be amazing.