‘Justice League Dark’ is reportedly eyeing ‘It’ director Andres Muschietti
The next director to enter the Justice League Dark carousel is reportedly going to be Andres Muschietti. The filmmaker most recently helmed the Stephen King adaptation It, which drops on September 8. I got no fucking opinion either way, as I ain’t familiar with the dude. Still, though, if he enters, good fucking luck.
Warner Bros. is actively seeking out a new director for Justice League Dark and have reportedly targeted IT director Andres Muschietti. After appearing to have a stronghold on the film, Doug Liman left Justice League Dark due to scheduling conflicts with Chaos Walking. This marks another loss for the DCEU, but the decision appears to have been made in order to bring the team up to the big screen quicker. Rather than wait on Liman’s schedule to clear up, WB is interested in finding a replacement to help move the project forward.
Even though the announcement of Liman leaving is just now breaking, it is likely WB, DC Films, Geoff Johns, and others have known about his departure for a little bit. This heads up has allowed them to start thinking of potential replacements and find possible candidates to follow in Liman’s footsteps (but stick around this time). As of right now, their current target is none other than the director of the upcoming IT reboot.
THR‘s Borys Kit revealed this to be the case on Twitter as he sent out a series of tweets following the news of Liman’s departure. While he stresses the search is still ongoing and the “shortlist” has more names than just Muschietti onboard, his name being the lone to surface could indicate he is the studio’s top choice as of this moment. However, the more interesting thing will be to see if his name continues to remain in the mix or if someone else can swoop in and get the job.