{"id":42577,"date":"2018-01-17T13:59:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T18:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=42577"},"modified":"2018-01-17T13:59:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T18:59:01","slug":"warners-taps-vacation-directors-helm-flashpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/17\/warners-taps-vacation-directors-helm-flashpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Warners Taps VACATION Directors To Helm FLASHPOINT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When looking for a director to replace\u00a0Rick Famuyiwa in the DC Extended Universe Flash film,\u00a0Flashpoint<\/strong>, Warner Brothers compiled a list full of big names like Robert Zemeckis, Jordan Peele<\/a>, Sam Raimi and Matthew Vaughn<\/a> to take on the job but appear to have settled on something more familiar and comforting to them instead.<\/p>\n

Variety<\/a> is reporting that the writing and directing team Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are in negotiations to direct the film.<\/p>\n

Someone at Warner Brothers and their subsidiary, New Line Cinema, really, really like the pair. The duo’s\u00a0Horrible Bosses\u00a0<\/strong>was a big hit for New Line, and the partners also wrote\u00a0The Incredible Burt Wonderstone\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Horrible Bosses 2\u00a0<\/strong>for the studio. This led to them to be trusted to co-write and co-direct the 2015 Vacation\u00a0<\/strong>reboot. Warners must have been impressed by their directing on that film because it tapped them to direct February’s\u00a0Game Night<\/strong> from a script by Mark Perez.<\/p>\n

Goldstein and Daley’s work wasn’t just consigned to New Line. They also co-wrote Sony\/Columbia’s\u00a0Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2\u00a0<\/strong>and contributed to the script for\u00a0Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/strong>, a film they were also on the shortlist to direct<\/a>. The duo are also part of the writing conglomerate chosen by Hasbro Studios to bring a Hasbro Cinematic Universe to life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Being known primarily for comedies might give fans pause at this news. But A) there aren’t a lot of yucks to be squeezed from a film where the main character goes back in time to stop his mother’s murder and B)\u00a0Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/strong>, which Goldstein and Daley provided the story for and were two of the six people who worked on the screenplay, showed a good mix of comic book action and humor. So, consider me cautiously optimistic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are in negotiations to take over the reigns on FLASHPOINT. <\/div>\n

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