Directors Roland Emmerich & Antoine Fuqua Talk “Overbearing” James Cameron, Fuqua’s Upcoming Michael Jackson Biopic ‘Michael’ – Comic-Con
deadline.comDuring a Hall H panel at Comic-Con on Friday, directors Antoine Fuqua and Roland Emmerich discussed everything from an “overbearing” James Cameron to Fuqua’s upcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael and more.
Emmerich didn’t mince words when asked about competing with Cameron for years to get a remake of the classic 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage off the ground. “It was a little bit like, James Cameron is very overbearing, and so I at one point just gave up,” said the director. “Because it’s like, is it your movie or my movie?
And that’s what happened.” Emmerich shared that his take on Fantastic Voyage was only in the “very beginning stages” when he finally decided to give up on it. “Because I said, ‘Gosh, why is he so overbearing?'” said the filmmaker. “Look, I’m going to have to say, I do my stuff, and when I cannot do my stuff, I’m like totally not interested.
It’s as simple as that. So when someone else wants to say something to me and is more powerful to me, I drop out.” When asked why he got involved with the MJ biopic for Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International, Fuqua shared matter-of-factly, “Why I wanted to make it is Michael.
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