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Hot off directorial debut “Lucy in the Sky” and an in-demand TV wiz due to his magic hand on “Fargo” and “Legion”, both of which he’s executive producer on, Noah Hawley seems to have the Midas touch right now. But sometimes, no matter the talent attached, a project just doesn’t go.
Hawley has long been attached to bring to the silver screen the story of Fantastic Four rogue, Doctor Doom.
But with Disney now the new owner of that property – Fox did the hiring, and spearheaded that production – Hawley, who turned in the script for the film earlier this year, isn’t quite sure whether he’ll get to make the movie now. But he’s hoping to speak to someone about the House of Mouse to convince them otherwise.
The up-and-comer tells Deadline :
DEADLINE: Being that we are in front of a Marvel backdrop with Legion, where is the Doctor Doom movie at? You’ve spoken before about having a script ready but that ownership changes have put maybe a little pin in it for a while. Where does it stand in your perspective now with Disney taking control of the Fox assets formally this past spring?
HAWLEY: I mean, where it stands is now that the movie is done and Legion is done and I’ve taken a little time off because someone told me there was this word “vacation,” which means you don’t work, which sounded really interesting to me. But you know, I need to circle back to them and announce that I would love to make it and figure out if that’s something that is possible. Whether or not they already have a plan in place for what to do with those characters or whether they’re open to my kind of vision for what to do with those characters. But it’s sort of on me right now to go push them, which I will do as soon as I come up for air.
DEADLINE: That’s a very unique, to put it politely, notion of a vacation …
HAWLEY: I have no shortage of challenges, obviously. You know, the Fargo story feels very important to me right now. There’s another book that I’m working on that I’m excited about, and I’m trying to figure out what the next film will be. I’m a lucky guy to have that much opportunity presented to me.
