Directors Who Should Make SciFi

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1 Quentin Tarantino
Tarantino's love of pulp violence and gabby character building would make his scifi either rocking or unwatchable. 16 32

2 Martin Scorsese
Scorsese's proven he's not afraid to stretch into other fare, like his Buddhist biopic Kundun. His scifi would indeed be a surprise. 14 26

3 Clint Eastwood
Clint came close with 2000's Space Cowboys. He coud craft a scifi character struggle even grownups could love. 8 30

4 Paul Greengrass
He has a masterful way with action and a documentarian's eye for the human moment. He'd shine with a scifi military movie. 7 17

5 Spike Jonze
He's come close to the territory with Wild Things. In straight scifi, chances are he'd create something wonderfully perplexing. 7 19

6 Michael Mann
The cerebral action director could helm a kick-ass update of Outland, or some other scifi with the same themes. 7 23

7 Jason Reitman
Scifi is in his blood with father Ivan helming Ghostbusters. Jason could give the genre a nice touch of humor. 0 16

8 Atom Egoyan
He should have been the one to remake Solaris -- it would have been a flop, but spectacular nonetheless. -3 13

9 Sally Potter
The director of Orlando could craft one of the most artful, quietly emotional scifi experiences of the decade. -3 13

10 Bill Duke
The Predator star makes urban dramas, but a return to his scifi action roots would be quite a thing to behold. -3 13

Which of these filmmakers would you most want to tackle a science fiction project?

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