Working within the Marvel framework is an experience some directors have enjoyed, making them more than willing to return; and some clearly who didn't. It really just depends on the style preferred by the director, and some may see it as an opportunity to work with perhaps the biggest studio film they will ever tackle. Others will find it to be creatively stifling having to bend to the demands of those who hold the purse strings. It sounds like Terminator Genisys director Alan Taylor is someone who did not find working with Marvel on Thor: The Dark World too rewarding. He tells Uproxx...
"I’ve done two [blockbusters] and I’ve learned that you don’t make a $170 million movie with someone else’s money and not have to collaborate a lot. The Marvel experience was particularly wrenching because I was sort of given absolute freedom while we were shooting, and then in post it turned into a different movie. So, that is something I hope never to repeat and don’t wish upon anybody else."
This shouldn't come as a surprise since Taylor was rumored to have been removed from directing duties at one point. While those reports kind of fizzled out, clearly Taylor sees it as an experience he could do without ever going through again, which may be why Marvel wants Kenneth Branagh to return for Thor: Ragnarok.
As far as Terminator Genisys goes, Taylor says the working process has been considerably moe collaborative.
"This was not like that. The story we started telling is essentially the story we finished and are bringing out into the world. But there was a lot of collaboration, as there is going to be on something this big."
