User blog comment:Mr. Joshamee Gibbs/P5 Director Rumor/@comment-1984959-20130511191512

It is indeed sad that we'll not see any familiar face directing P5, then again I always preferred Gore. But I suppose it could help make the film stand out as OST did. Quite frankly, I knew Rob wasn't to come back since he's doing that new Disney movie Into the Woods. If Gore couldn't come back because of his work on Rango(according to Depp), then the same can be said about Rob in this similar-but-not-exact scenario.

Now back to the aforementioned article. Honestly, if you were to ask me a couple of days ago I'd say this is crazy and they couldn't be this close to picking a director, especially after rumored director lists that had Tim Burton among others(which were confirmed as rumors). However, a friend mentioned that Deadline is surprisingly very accurate in this case. Several of their other director shortlists, and 99.99% of the time, the director chosen is from that list. Took a look myself on the most recent ones, and by god it's true! Hopefully the same happens this time. Despite this knowledge, I have doubts they'll announce it in the next few weeks. Especially since P5 has a July release date. It'd be a pleasant surprise, though.

Personally, as much as it wouldn't hurt seeing a new director, I'm still a Gore fan at heart. Mind you, I know it's a bit hopeless, but then nothing is set in stone. I suppose we'll find out sooner or later, but sorta doubt it'll be "within the next few weeks" as Deadline suggests. If I had to guess, I'd say it'd be near production, which the "late this year or early next year" is possible...though it depends if they still have the 2015 release by then. So whatever happens, I hope it's for the best.