‘American History X’ Director Tony Kaye Says He’s Still In Director’s Jail

The term ‘director’s jail’ might be a metaphorical one, but to those sentenced to it, it’s a very real thing. One flop too many (or a single giant one), rumors of bad behavior, or just pissing off the wrong people, and a filmmaker can find their calls unreturned, their projects lying dormant and their career prospects looking (at least) temporarily bleak. 

The latest director to end up there is Josh Trank. Once one of the brightest young talents out there, with “Chronicle” in his past and a “Star Wars” movie in his future, Trank became a cropper this year with “Fantastic Four,” where rumors of clashes and ‘interesting’ behavior during the shoot and the lousy reviews and box office were exacerbated by the director disowning the movie on Twitter on the day of release. A piece in the Hollywood Reporter suggests that the filmmaker might have some issues moving forward, with an unnamed studio employee being quoted as saying “No executive will go near him. I might take a...