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Don’t believe the rumors. Akiva Goldsman won’t be directing Paranormal Activity 2, but he has boarded the project. Goldsman became executive producer and is helping to flesh out the sequel story with the producing team of Oren Peli, Jason Blum and Steven Schneider. The directing job will be filled soon as the film moves toward a May production start. It became an open directing assignment when Twisted Pictures and Lionsgate removed Kevin Greutert from Paranormal 2 by exercising an option it held on the Saw VI director. Greutert suddenly became director of Saw 3D, a move that happened right after Paramount declared that Paranormal Activity 2 would open opposite Saw 3D on October 22.
Akiva Goldsman’s To Haunt ‘Paranormal Activity 2′ – But Not As Director
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Oh no…seriously, oh no. Akiva? This has the CAA footprint all over it. At least we know the movie will be very predictable now.
Lovely, Hollywood. Take something intimate and independent and, when it makes money, greenlight a sequel and dump useless baggage like Goldsman on it. Must he contaminate everything with his neediness?
While an affable guy, Avika is as close to non-inspired as they come. He is a cliche and thinks in cliches. He made FRINGE less special. He had nothing to do with the good script that was I AM LEGEND. ANGELS & DEMONS and THE DaVINCI CODE were less watchable because of the scripts. But alas, few care because there are few development execs left who can even discuss scripts – not to mention the few who actually read and recognize good writing.
The best thing about Akiva is his team… recognizing that he is beige and non-threatening, they keep worming him into projects that don’t need him. What a lucky man!
I’ve never understood the town’s fascination with Goldsman. With the possible exception of A Beautiful Mind, he’s never really done anything good. Even the successes (I Am Legend, Beautiful Mind, DaVinci 1 & 2), were successes for reasons not having to do with the scripts, and the remaining credits are at best schlock and at worst trash. And yet he (and his mirror, David Koepp) are the very highest paid writers in Hollywood. Odd.
What happened to Adam Goodman’s plan to develop ten-to-twenty microproductions? That was a brilliant effort to create the next “Paranormal Activity”-type project. Now they’re loading this cool little concept up with Hollywood Assholes?
This is exactly how Artisan screwed their BLAIR WITCH franchise.
You KNOW the movie will be bad when production has already been set to start in May, yet they have yet to “flesh out” the story. C’mon – have the studios learned NOTHING from Blair Witch 2?!
Goldsman’s scripts have as much flavor as a sawdust sandwich. Blah.