7 Best Candidates To Direct A Shadow Of The Colossus Movie

6. Terrence Malick

It may well be that after long periods of hiatus in a career spanning more than four decades, his return to Hollywoods foreground in the 10s -save for 2011s stunner The Tree of Life- is characterized by a trite, self-referential directorial mannerism, but Terrence Malicks early works indicate a grand artistic vision.

Malicks cinema is a wonder to look at. From his brilliant debut Badlands, to the breathtakingly beautiful Days of Heaven, to the poetic WWII chronicle The Thin Red Line, he established a distinctive visual aesthetic developed through flowing camera work, natural lit crafty compositions and a ridiculously big amount of captured sunrises/sunsets that deservedly earned him the title of the cinematic auteur. Thematically he deals with human struggle, always tightly tangling it up with natures. His modus operandi of small, intimate stories told large, would be the way to approach Shadow of the Colossus cinematically.

Although its highly unlikely that Malick would ever be interested in adapting a video-game, the view that hed be an ideal choice for the job is also interestingly shared by one of the games reportedly biggest fans, Guillermo Del Toro. Which brings us to