New Moon Director Chris Weitz Taking On The Gardener, Not Retiring, Bad Mouths New Line for Golden Compass

Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 by Devindra Hardawar

With New Moon ruling the box office this weekend, director Chris Weitz must be glad to put the failure of The Golden Compass behind him. In fact, he admitted as much in Variety’s announcement of his next project, The Gardener. He didn’t hold back  at all on trash talking New Line, just check out some of the quotes after the break. Weitz also made it clear that he’s not retiring after this next project.

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Jason Lee Picks Up His First Directing Gig, While New Moon’s Chris Weitz Might Stop Directing Altogether

Posted on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 by David Chen

Chris Weitz’s sure-to-be-a-blockbuster New Moon is about to hit theaters, but according to a recent conversation he had with MovieMaker (via In Contention), he might soon be ready to hang up his spurs. Meanwhile, we also learned that actor Jason Lee is finally stepping behind the camera to direct his first feature-length film. Hit the jump to find out more details on both.
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