McG to Direct 'Hunter Killer'

It's funny how people think McG is a bad director.

Yeah, the dude's first two films were those awful Charlie's Angels flicks, but when you're young and hungry in Hollywood, you take whatever opportunity you can get to make your big break.  I mean hey, James Cameron did Piranha II: The Spawning, right?

And yes, was Terminator Salvation a dissapointment?  Absolutely.  But I don't think it had anything to do with McG's lack of effort.  I genuinely think he tried to make the film work but when you have a bad script, there's only so much you can do.

Which leads to today's news that the filmmaker is set to helm Hunter Killer, Relativity's long in-development action thriller that up until recently, had Antoine Fuqua attached with Gerard Butler set to star (this duo obviously went on to make Olympus Has Fallen instead).

McG is currently working on Relativity's 3 Days to Kill starring Kevin Costner and the studio felt he was a good fit make this his next project.

Hunter Killer is based on the novel Firing Point by Don Keith and George Wallace and tells the story of an untested submarine captain who must work with a Navy SEAL team to rescue Russia’s president, taken prisoner during a military coup. The two sides team to stop a rogue Russian general from igniting World War III.

I think a film like this can really go a long in way in helping McG's reputation as a solid filmmaker IF he can deliver a good film (and from early word, he's done a bang up job on 3 Days to Kill).

We shall see.

Source: Variety