Great Scott! I’ve been eagerly anticipating director Robert Zemeckis‘ return to live-action as he has experimented with mo-cap for much of the last decade. After delivering Beowulf, Polar Express and The Christmas Carol, the director plans to return to his Back to the Future roots with a new time travel roots. [Deadline]
“He is at the center of a deal” with Warner Brothers to direct a new time travel pitch to be written by Mike Thompson (Love Happens, Dragonfly). The project is titled Timeless and it will be a “big tentpole picture.” Zemeckis is also rumored to be in the running for the Christopher Nolan-produced Superman reboot. A director will be announced in the next few weeks for that project.
With the Timeless script not written yet, Zemeckis could fit it into his schedule. I recently saw Back to The Future in a special theatrical showing and it still completely holds up. I can’t wait to see the director return to something in that vein.
Are you ready for Zemeckis to return to live-action or would you like to see him continue with 3D mo-cap?