David Leitch and Kelly McCormick, who are married, are also the principals behind stunt-spectacular film company 87North. They produced the John Wick series, Nobody and its sequel Nobody 2, Bullet Train, Violent Night, The Fall Guy, and more. They're a production company with a very specific approach to storytelling, and you know exactly what you're getting when you buy a ticket. It has made them very successful.Leitch also directs and was briefly attached to summer hit Jurassic World Rebirth, which was penned by the OG franchise screenwriter David Koepp. - YouTube www.youtube.com In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the duo was asked about why they dropped out.McCormick said, "If we jump into IP or a franchise, it's got to be the right one at the right moment for all the right reasons. And we were very seduced by the amazing franchise that Jurassic is. But it's harder and harder to make originals, and we just felt like, 'If they go away, let's try to make originals as much as possible as quickly as possible.'"Leitch agreed."When you see an opportunity for material that's original that you like that a studio is going to support and finance, we want to keep pushing for that."Understandably, their desire is to focus on new original stories when they can, rather than join an existing universe.The interviewer brought up that Leitch previously directed Deadpool 2. What would it take him to return to producing for Marvel? "If we were in charge of the architecture...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 1 September