It’s a cool, sunny Los Angeles day and David Goyer is where any
self-respecting comic book aficionado would be on such a clear morning:
inside, in a dimly lit room. Except instead of poring over copies of
the latest hot titles and dissecting minutiae to do with color, shading
and character, Goyer is in the edit bay tinkering on The Invisible
— a film that represents a bit of a change-up, and a departure from
the graphic novel subgenre for which he is most well known. In the wake
of The Invisible’s $20 million spring box office take, Goyer has now been tapped by Universal to do an update of The Invisible Man, and may or may not direct a Magneto spin-off for 20th Century Fox.

Directing is something of an intriguing new, well, direction for Goyer who, as a kid
growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, always just wanted to write comic books,
which eventually led to his bringing them to life for the big screen.
As a writer, producer and occasional director, Goyer has exercised his
passion for telling brooding, character-driven stories by helping
translate comics both obscure and hugely popular. To him, it’s no
coincidence. “In retrospect, most of my movies are kind of about
outsiders,” Goyer says while fiddling with a coffee cup. “Even going back to Dark City or Batman or Blade
— they’re all about these people who are outsiders and alone. I didn’t
have a lot of friends growing up, so that clearly must be why I’m drawn
to these kinds of stories.” For the full feature piece, from FilmStew, click here.