Francis Lawrence is the correct choice. He is technically competent and has already demonstrated the skills necessary to make a picture like this work. It won't be a work of cinematic genius, but he won't screw it up either.

As we saw with Bill Condon and the "Twilight" series, you can pick someone with great pedigree, but it absolutely doesn't show up as value added in the final product. These things are cast in cement. There is absolutely no room for "personal vision." Using Alfredson or Fukunaga would have been a waste of their time and talent. And why would anyone who admires those directors want them devoting their limited time to some cookie cutter franchise picture instead of doing something they are truly inspired by. These franchise films are money machines and nothing else. They require a competent craftsman at the helm and a sharp marketing team cutting the trailer. They don't even require the same cast playing the characters (see "Spiderman" reboot). Anything above the basics is just wasted.