Who should have directed Godzilla (1998)?

[Hellspawn28]

Out of the directors that Sony listed down. Who should have directed the movie if Roland never came along? Here where Sony's choices:

Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Chain Recation, Collateral Damage)
Barry Sonnenfeld (For Love or Money, Men in Black, Wild Wild West)
Tim Burton (Batman, Willy Wonka, Alice in Wonderland)
James Cameron (Avatar, T2, and Aliens)
Joe Dante (The Howling, Gremlins, Small Soldiers)
Joe Johnston (Jumanji, October Sky, Jurassic Park III)
Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Total Recall, Starship Troopers)

I think there was more, but I'm going from what I have read on the web for years. I think Cameron would have been the best choice, but I'm not sure if he wanted to direct a Godzilla movie at the time. I think Paul Verhoeven would the been best logical choice since he is a great with action, and knows how to handle characters along with monsters as well (Look at Starship Troopers).

[Tyler]

Tim Burton still doesn't seem like a bad choice to me.

[Hellspawn28]

I'm not sure how his Godzilla movie would have work in the 1990's? He was already working on a Superman movie at the time, and fans did not like the choice for the suit along with Cage as Superman.

[Goji]

Joe Dante would have been my personal choice. He's actually a fan, and probably would have made fun flick. I'm sure he would have pushed for some traditional SPX work too (more miniatures specifically).

[Hellspawn28]

He was not a bad choice neither, and I can see him working a Godzilla movie with the 94 screenplay. Paul is great with action but he likes to do R rated movies though.

[Legionmaster]

Joe Dante would have been my personal choice. He's actually a fan, and probably would have made fun flick. I'm sure he would have pushed for some traditional SPX work too (more miniatures specifically).

This. He knows how to make a fun movie that doesn't need to take itself too seriously. And you're a communist if you didn't enjoy Small Soldiers.

[Mini-Godzilla]

Yeah, Dante makes the most sense. And it might have given his career another boost.

[Hellspawn28]

Dante seems like a good choice if he directed it then we would never got Small Soliders in 1998 though. I still wonder what Paul Verhoeven's Godzilla movie would have been like?

[JVM]

Tim Burton '98 I wouldn't have minded.

The modern Tim Burton would be a bit more of an issue.

[Tyler]

The modern Tim Burton would be a bit more of an issue.

Godzilla with daddy issues.

[Chris55]

A retarded chimp would have been a better choice

[Spirit Ghidorah 2010]

Uwe Boll
Tommy Wiseau
McG

[Hellspawn28]

Tim Burton '98 I wouldn't have minded.

His Godzilla desgin would have been shit though. Just look at his Superman suit that he made for "Superman Lives" that was plan back in 1999.

[Tyler]

I think Jon Peters was the cause of most of the problems with Superman Lives.

[HeiseiGodzilla117]

Tommy Wiseau

"That's alot of fish... Oh hi, Mark"

The movie certainly would have been hilarious if Wiseau directed it.

[Darth Calypso]

John Carpender or Steven Spielberg

[Tyler]

John Carpenter would do great with Matango.

[Hellspawn28]

Andrew Davis Godzilla movie would have been cool to see.

[The One and Only]

I once read an article in Wizard:The Guide To Comics ! that Sam Raimi(The Evil Dead Trilogy, Spider-Man Trilogy, A Simple Plan, Darkman ) had been one of the names in the running for the flick. When the news came out that Sony had chucked him from the Spidey franchise last year(F*** YOU SONY !!!), I thought he would be a good choice for Legendary's try at the Big-G with his schedule cleared.

I know this name isn't too popular in these parts, but I did think McG would've been an interesting choices. I know Terminator Salvation didn't wow too many people when it came out. But a lot of the initial fan reviews on the flick were rather positive. And most of the shortcomings were blamed on the script, which had suffered a bit of tinkering from the studio. And as I remember the Terminator's creator, James Cameron, even said he enjoyed it as well. McG has also been the bloke behind some of fandom's favorite TV shows as well. The O.C., Chuck, and my favorite of the bunch, Supernatural. I thought get him together with the show's producers/writers Eric Kripke, Sera Gamble, and Ben Edlund on a Godzilla flick. You'd get on hellacool flick. Anyone who watches Supernatural would know that they're fans of the Big-G from a few references to the Monster king throughout the show.

One name mentioned that threw his hat into the ring for try at Sony's take on Godzilla was horror miester Clive Barker. Creator of the cute and cuddly Hellraiser franchise. His proposal was rejected for being "too dark", and I'd love to see what the bloke had come up with.

[shinmattiathekaiju]

Joe Dante.