Christopher Nolan Back Into Producing Game - Hires Keith Gordon For Supernatural Thriller
Thu, June 30, 2011 
Christopher Nolan never struck me as the kind of guy to branch himself off into producing side projects during his downtime from directing. We've seen it occur time and again with filmmakers once they've established themselves and sitting fat and happy with studios they call home. But one never got the impression that was Nolan's thing.
That's why to hear he was "Godfathering" The Man of Steel was a surprise. In that particular case, it felt like a move calculated more to solidify his relationship with Warner Brothers and help them out in a bind with the rights than it was specifically due to his love for the character.
But with the ball rolling on that one, maybe he likes the sample taste and is ready for seconds. Or perhaps it's merely a coincidental "I'll help the guys out" situation repeating itself. Either way, he's right back into producing for Warner Brothers according to "TOLDJA." He's just hired Keith Gordon to tackle the writing and directorial duties on an as-yet-revealed supernatural thriller.
Gordon's an interesting guy himself. Started off as a child actor appearing in late 70s/mid 80s fare ranging from Dressed to Kill (where he played an exaggerated teenage version of its writer/director Brian De Palma) to Rodney Dangerfield's son in Back to School before moving behind the camera full time. Nowadays he's directing episodic television and his last feature-length effort was 2003's The Singing Detective with a post-rehab, pre-Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. and Mel Gibson before he lost his mind in the eyes of the world.
This being something of a film with considerably less "make or break" status, hopefully Gordon will be left to his own devices instead of Nolan playing a big hand in the decision-making as he did on the Superman reboot.
Reader Comments (3)
He looks like a serial killer.
You forgot to mention his role in Christine! He was great in that movie. I haven't seen any of his movies as a director but I trust Nolan 100%.
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