It makes certain sense from a studio perspective, as the companies can exercise more authority over the creative vision of a blockbuster if not dealing with an experienced auteur – but it’s also had some very mixed results in the quality department.
Of course, it’s noteworthy that this breaks with a trend we’ve seen a lot of in Hollywood recently.
Apparently this is water that Jordan Peele just doesn’t want to test.
In the last few years we’ve watched as directors like Josh Trank (Chronicle/Fantastic Four), Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kings of Summer/Kong: Skull Island), Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed/Jurassic World) and Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer/The Amazing Spider-Man) have gone from making very tiny directorial debuts to taking on major franchise projects as their sophomore efforts.