I do hope Michael Apted will return for SC! he's a really good director and eve though I have not seen VotDT yet, I think he's a great pick for these movies!

A while back when they were planning on filming a movie a year, they were looking for another director for SC (because obviously Michael Apted can't do two movies at once). But since that's no longer happening, I don't know if he'll care to return for SC. (And after all he's been through with this movie, I highly doubt he'll want to. )

he's a really good director ... I think he's a great pick for these movies!

I love Amazing Grace so I know he's a fantastic director, but whether he's right for these movies or not, I'll decide after I see VDT.

If VDT turns out to be excellent, I wouldn't mind Apted returning to direct SC, assuming that he would want to. Otherwise, I would like to see the series in a different director's hands. I think it's a good thing for long film series' like Narnia to pass through the hands of different directors in order to allow new creative juices to flow and keep the movies from becoming stale and repetitive.

If Apted doesn't return, my top choice to direct SC by far would be Alfonso Cuaron. Some of you may be familiar with his most commercial film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He also directed two very, very good films called Children of Men and Y tu mama tambien. Having Cuaron direct would definitely mean that the movie would be darker in tone, but I think for SC this wouldn't be a bad thing at all.
I also think that Terry Gilliam (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Brothers Grimm), Neil Burger (The Illusionist, also attached to direct VDT at one point), and Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, The Kite Runner) would all be excellent choices. All are proven and well respected directors who would bring very different things to the table.

I second Alfonso Cuaron and Terry Gilliam. I loved Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Children of Men.

I read somewhere Guillermo Del Toro was considered to do 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe', but he turned the offer down. I hope he might reconsider and make a future adaptation (especially now he hasn't done 'The Hobbit').
I think they will use different directors in the future, they said they want to keep the franchise creative and like Harry Potter have different directors, to prevent the films getting stale. Apted, can make Silver Chair if VDT has succes, but i don't think he'll make the 5th film (if we get this far) HHB or MN.

But since that's no longer happening, I don't know if he'll care to return for SC. (And after all he's been through with this movie, I highly doubt he'll want to. )

What has he gone through with this movie??

I read somewhere Guillermo Del Toro was considered to do 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe', but he turned the offer down.

He turned it down because he disagreed with the series/Lewis on a religious basis. I don't ever want him near the Narnia films, fantastic director though he is. *still pouting over him leaving the Hobbit*

Which is strange, considering Del Toro is a Catholic. Maybe he's not a practising Catholic, but that's between him and God.

Yes, del Toro pulled away from LWW because he did not like the spiritual element of the book - his vision for the film would have downplayed it. I've always been interested in just how he would have done that, since Aslan's sacrifice is a major plot point.

He would probably turn down SC anyway - remember that dialogue, how do you know the sun is real? Pretty heavy Christian overtones there.

As for SC, Cuaron wouldn't be a bad choice. Any of the Harry Potter directors would be acceptable. But not Chris Columbus; he'll make it cheesy.

SC is also suited for someone like Tim Burton. His version of "Alice in Wonderland" was better than I expected, and "Sleepy Hollow" was good also...he can clearly handle films with multiple tones. He's got other projects lined up though, which is too bad, because Burton could bring an interesting eye to this material.

What about Howard Berger? He was rumored as a director for VDT before Apted was hired.

What about Howard Berger? He was rumored as a director for VDT before Apted was hired.

That was Neil Burger (director of "The Illusionist" starring Edward Norton). Howard Berger is the VFX and Creature Make-Up guy

I read somewhere Guillermo Del Toro was considered to do 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe', but he turned the offer down. I hope he might reconsider and make a future adaptation (especially now he hasn't done 'The Hobbit').

GDT isn't making the Hobbit because he is too busy.
But he was NOT offered LWW. He may have been considered very early on, but there was nothing for him to turn down. He is not the right sort of director for Narnia - wrong style.

Hmmm... I've read that he was indeed offered LWW (not that you can believe everything you've read). Perhaps what they meant to say was that he was offered a chance to apply for the directing position.

He was offered SOMETHING surrounding LWW because a handful of interviews came out at one point with Guillermo talking about why he wasn't interested in the project when asked.

SC is also suited for someone like Tim Burton. His version of "Alice in Wonderland" was better than I expected

Maybe. Tim Burton did do a good job with his version of Alice in Wonderland, by ensuring there was a real story and a theme to a much lauded classic I've never really got the hang of. Until I saw the recent movie, I never really understood that the theme of Alice in Wonderland was that Alice needed to decide she couldn't live her entire life by what other people want and told her to do. But SC already has a definite story - a quest to find a missing prince, who, by the way was a captive, living his life by what the LOTGK wanted.

And it is for that reason that I've my reservations about Alfred Cuaron, and what he did with HP & the Prisoner of Azkaban, which left out crucial information about the story. Such as how Sirius Black knew Wormtail was at Hogwarts as Ron's pet, Scabbers. I agree he could pretty up a film version of SC which would look good, but he might not be as faithful to the story line as many on this board would wish.

This is all the more important, as SC has already been done in the BBC CON, unlike MN, HHB or LB, and of the BBC films, SC was easily the best production.

Tim Burton as the director with Johnny Depp as Glumpuddle and Helen Bonham Carter as the Lady of the Green Kirtle. That'd be just... fantastic.

I dunno, maybe he could do a good job because I do like SOME of his stuff that's slightly less wacky, but for the most part, he just isn't my cup of tea.