Comments on: Mark Romanek In Talks To Eventually Drop Out Of Directing Warner Bros.’ ‘The Shining’ Prequel https://staging2.theplaylist.net/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-20140718/ Mon, 23 May 2016 06:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: LA2000 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-20140718/#comment-147026 Mon, 23 May 2016 06:02:45 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-274373/#comment-147026 A director like Romanek does not need Hollywood's permission to make whatever feature he would like to make. He could chose to spend a mere 6 months out of the year directing television commercials, and earn enough to self finance his own indie which he could produce the other 6 months of the year. He could be artful to his heart's content, sell it directly on itunes if can't manage distribution, and show us what he's got.

Filmmakers with far fewer connections, far fewer resources, and zero name recognition are managing this challenge every day. Romanek has no excuses. He is squandering his promise by waiting around for the perfect studio project to land on his doorstep.

He just needs to get up off his butt and get it done on his own.

]]> By: ShowBizNsider https://staging2.theplaylist.net/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-20140718/#comment-147027 Mon, 23 May 2016 06:02:45 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-274373/#comment-147027 Totally LOL'd at that headline.

]]> By: I'm sorry, but... https://staging2.theplaylist.net/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-20140718/#comment-147028 Mon, 23 May 2016 06:02:45 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-274373/#comment-147028 Romanek is one of those directors who's spent 30+ years "showing promise" but rarely, if ever, delivering on it. I think his career would have gone differently if he'd stopped aping Kubrick. For that reason alone I hope he does drop out of this project and finds something that triggers a sense of originality…

]]> By: Skippy https://staging2.theplaylist.net/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-20140718/#comment-147029 Mon, 23 May 2016 06:02:45 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-274373/#comment-147029 It is a headline that conjures up lots of warm fuzzy memories for anyone who has ever toiled on an entertainment news blog over the last ten years or so. Oh, the number of posts you could get out of Mark Romanek's involvement/uninvolvement in a movie…

]]> By: Matt https://staging2.theplaylist.net/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-20140718/#comment-147030 Mon, 23 May 2016 06:02:45 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-274373/#comment-147030 It's a great headline. Also, Romanek does seem a good fit for it, though I too wish he would just focus on some smaller stuff for now and get a movie out.

]]> By: Benjamin https://staging2.theplaylist.net/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-20140718/#comment-147031 Mon, 23 May 2016 06:02:45 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-274373/#comment-147031 Well, I for one love the headline. I'd retweet it

]]> By: Dirk Roth https://staging2.theplaylist.net/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-20140718/#comment-147032 Mon, 23 May 2016 06:02:45 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/mark-romanek-in-talks-to-eventually-drop-out-of-directing-warner-bros-the-shining-prequel-274373/#comment-147032 You guys are verging on Onion territory with that headline

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