there’s certainly a lot of great female filmmakers out there, especially if you include Tim Miller in that “great directors” list. if you don’t know that, you need to watch more movies.
that’s not a question of “gender politics”, it’s just that, you know, there are men and women working in film, so why are only men even considered for blockbusters? it’s actually about making movies better, having more options. I’m pretty sure many women would do a better job than Matt Ross and Gavin O’Connor.

There’s not a lot of great female filmmakers out there and to put one on a list for “diversity” and just because of gender is a stupid f###ing idea. People with actual stuff on the line, like $200 mil, can’t afford to play gender politics like college kids with nothing better to do.

you need to watch more films if you really think female directors have never done anything.

so, you think the hack that brought us Deadpool is a good choice, but the many great female filmmakers out there are only good for “unnecessary gender politics”? women make good movies too, you know

The director who ultimately lands the project will fit one of three types:

1) Up and coming Sundance-y/Oscar-y director looking to escape a life of low paid indie/Netflix films

2) Established director coming off of a bomb, a long dry spell, or with a kid that needs orthodontia and private school tuition

3) Established director with a hit film plagued with paralyzing inadequacy because he has yet to penetrate the golden circle of those “first choice” franchise director lists and is willing to endure the creative splitting migraine of directing by committee to (potentially) reach that garbage strewn summit.

But what it won’t be is a director at the top of his game with a lot of opportunities.

And Bats is a precious icon.