Movies That Ended Directors Careers

Some movies leave a stain on a directors career, but other movies end that career totally. In this video, we take a look at the latter: the movies that were so badly rejected by critics and audiences, that the directors still can't get a job.

00:00 Movies That Ruined Directors
00:38 Cats and Tom Hooper
03:32 Gods of Egypt and Alex Proyas
06:05 John McTiernan and John McTiernan
08:34 47 Ronin and Carl Rinsch
11:28 The Lone Ranger and Gore Verbinski
14:21 Mortal Engines and Christian Rivers
16:07 Troy Duffy and Troy Duffy
18:02 Season of the Witch and Dominic Sena
20:18 A Fickle Place

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[scrambled]

Gods of Egypt is responsible for the sickest burn I've ever seen a movie critic make.

During the film's post release, Proyas was going off on critics who were panning the movie, calling them "vultures". Mark Kermode noted this comment and said something along the lines of: "vultures only attack things that are dead. Well Mr. Proyas, I am a vulture and your movie is roadkill."

[singstreetcar]

Rango is a masterpiece
The voice acting
The story
The animation/vfxs
There's a reason it won best animation at the oscars

[danthefan]

I don't think enough people really discuss how terrible Tom Hoopers behind the scenes bull-crap during the making of Cats was. The man didn't understand animation and special effects, and he belittled the crew, he had no clue what a rough cut was, and that's not even getting into how terrible a choice of director he was for a musical like Cats.

[redgey]

"Critics weren't fans of Halle Berry's topless scene"

This is why you can never trust critics.

[RayMcElroy]

I knew how bad MORBIUS and MADAME WEB were gonna be when I saw it had the writers from GODS OF EGYPT

[TearYouApart]

Cats isnt meant to be a movie. Its meant to be experienced live. Making it a movie draws attention to the fact that Cats really doesn't have a plot beyond cats singing about themselves.

[samuelcrows]

Why Tom Hooper thought that Cats in cgi was a good idea (instead of animation or like the Broadway show is: people in makeup) is beyond me, he destroyed his own career with that ideia. The saddest party is seeing so many good actors appearing in that disaster.

[imogenx]

"He even insulted Keanu Reeves" INSTANT CONDEMNATION

[peterd]

Nicholas Cage's career wasn't ended. It went through a less than great patch but he paid off his debts and he's still impressive.

[The_Big_Blue_Bug_of_Justice]

I’m not sure The Crow spawned a “successful” franchise. Pretty much a one and done there.

[connorrivers]

One name I'm surprised isn't on this list is Martin Brest. The guy directed classics like 'Beverly Hills Cop', 'Scent of a Woman' and 'Midnight Run' and his career was destroyed by the Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez picture 'Gigli', often regarded as one of the worst films of all time.

[alrightythen]

You saw God's of Egypt 5 times in theaters? I seriously question your judgment after that statement.

[SetYourGoals]

Solid list, good video, but holy shit seeing Gods of Egypt in theaters 5 times is unhinged. I worked on that movie and have never even been able to sit through it once. It’s truly dreadful.

[limayesus]

You forgot to mention Michael Cimino who made "Heaven's Gate" in 1980 and ruined his own career with it. It's one of the most infamous instances of career suicide.

[cdeford]

It's a shame that some of Hooper's bad films were successful. That's why he got Cats. Les Miserables wasn't a good film and or musical but because it was successful the studio drew the wrong conclusion and decided that he knew how to make musicals, which he clearly doesn't.

[SlamBolts]

Cats ruined Tom Hooper because Tom Hooper ruined Cats.

[wastelandvagrant]

Whoa whoa whoa, dude: did I hear you say that Nick Cage "ended his career"???Have you being paying attention???!!!

[hatuletoh]

I saw Wolverine in "The Music Man" in NYC about a year ago. He is a very good singer. He also hung out in the alley signing autographs, taking photos with people, and shooting the bull after the show for about a half hour, which I thought was very cool.

[Antonio_Ortiz]

Seeing Gore Verbinski on this list hurts more than Alex Proyas. A Cure for Wellness was very slept-on.

[staggabob]

I was outraged to see "Bone Tomahawk" in the thumbnail, I couldn't believe that horror classic could have ruined the Director's career. But then I realised it was actually "The Lone Ranger" so fair enough 🤷‍♂