Max Landis Quotes

United States, Screenwriter
August 3, 1985

Max Landis (/ˈlændɪs/; born August 3, 1985) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer who wrote the films Chronicle (2012), American Ultra (2015), Victor Frankenstein (2015), and Bright (2017), as well as a variety of short films including The Death and Return of Superman and Wrestling Isn't Wrestling. He was an executive producer on the Syfy anthology horror series Channel Zero, as well as creator and showrunner for the American adaptation of Douglas Adams' science fiction detective comedy novel series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency on BBC America, which both premiered in October 2016.

Also known as Director, Producer, Writer

Put the hero back in the super hero movies, because I think 'super' might have taken over.

Max Landis
- Taken
- Hero
'Chronicle 2' has become this question of, 'How do we all make a movie that we all respect?' And that's true to what 'Chronicle' is. There's no one at the studio who wants to make a bad movie. They all want to make a good movie just as much as I do.

Max Landis
- Good
- Bad
- True

I began to pick apart our knowledge of Frankenstein and discovered that the public's idea of this myth comes from a million different places... I became committed to recontextualizing it all so it all worked in one story.

Max Landis
- Different
- Knowledge
Every story I write is different. Some are hard. Some aren't. 'Chronicle' was tremendously easy. I have a hard time comparing my process on different things, but I will say this: The more you write, the better you get at it. That's one of the few things that's markedly true.

Max Landis
- Time
- Different
- True
You usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films.

Max Landis
- Writing
- Action
- Summer
The truth is when you have a movie that was as successful as 'Chronicle' was, it's not as quick of a process. There are a lot more voices coming in and saying 'This is what the sequel should be' because there's a bigger expectation and a bigger fear of failure. And that's really what's going on with 'Chronicle 2.'

Max Landis
- Truth
- Movie
- Fear
I am, at the end of the day, a guy who loves story.

Max Landis
- Guy
What's special about Superman is that he will always make the right choice.

Max Landis
- Superman

Superman when he goes after someone is essentially not trying to beat them, he is trying to save them from themselves... You're looking at a God who walks amongst men!

Max Landis
- God
- Men
- Trying
'Pied Piper' came to me all at once; I wanted to do a fairy-tale movie with some edge, but not 'dark,' per se.

Max Landis
- Movie
- Dark
What it comes down to is I don't mind if Superman kills people because he has no reason not to kill people. I know that one of the tenets of the character is that he doesn't, but the reason that he doesn't is because having that much power makes you responsible for weaker people.

Max Landis
- People
- Mind
- Character