8 Reasons Why Rian Johnson Should Direct Phantom Of The Opera

8. He's A Huge Fan

First and foremost, it is crucial that the director of an adaptation have an understanding of what makes the show work. Film and television adaptations that have failed in the past regularly fail because they are unable to dig deeper. They take the play at surface value and run with it from there, never getting to the actual meat of the story.

As re-iterated by Johnson on Twitter, this shouldn't be an issue for him. He joked that he would see Phantom of the Opera anytime, anywhere. Ensuing responses prompted him to begin a back-and-forth dialogue with fans about various characters and musical numbers. He cited love for characters such as Raoul and went on to discuss how Phantom was the play he obsessed over as a theater kid in high school, even down to owning the 'making-of' book.

All of this was in good gest with the fellow Broadway-lovers who were responding to him but it also comes from an honest place. Johnson knows this material through and through.