![]() In February 2013, Universal Pictures announced Muschietti would direct the film adaptation of the Josh Malerman novel Bird Box, which Scott Stuber, Chris Morgan and Barbara would produce, with Eric Heisserer set to write the script. Later that month, he, Barbara and their production company Double Dream signed parallel three-year first-look deals with Warner Bros. Muschietti was confirmed to sign on later in the month. Muschietti would not formally commit to the film until a script materialized after the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike concluded. In June 2023, Muschietti was reported to be the studio's top choice to direct The Brave and the Bold for the DC Universe. The Flash held its world premiere on Apat CinemaCon, followed by a wide release on June 16, 2023. In August 2019, Muschietti confirmed that The Flash would be his next project following the release of It Chapter Two. Muschietti would direct from a screenplay by Christina Hodson while also being the fifth director attached to The Flash following Seth Grahame-Smith, Rick Famuyiwa, John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein each being attached at various points in time. In July 2019, Muschietti entered negotiations to direct The Flash, a film set in the DC Extended Universe, while his sister, Barbara, would serve as a producer. In April 2021, both Andy and Barbara Muschietti formed their own production company called Double Dream, with The Flash serving as the company’s first project. The films were released in 20, respectively. Barbara produced along with Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg. In July 2015, after the departure of Cary Joji Fukunaga, Muschietti was hired by New Line Cinema to direct It, the two-part adaptation of the Stephen King novel. In September 2013, Universal hired Muschietti for a reboot of The Mummy franchise, but he left the project in May 2014 due to creative differences with Jon Spaihts' draft of the script. The film grossed more than $146 million and had a budget of $15 million. It was based on Muschietti's three-minute short film Mamá, which attracted Guillermo del Toro, who stated that it had the "scariest" scenes he had "ever seen." The short convinced del Toro to executive produce the feature-length film, which starred Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier and Isabelle Nelisse, and was released by Universal Pictures on January 18, 2013. In 2013, Muschietti directed his debut film, the supernatural horror Mama, which he co-wrote with Neil Cross and his sister Barbara Muschietti, with the latter also acting as producer. He worked as a storyboard artist during his early years in the film industry. Both he and his sister studied at Fundación Universidad del Cine. Muschietti was born and raised in Vicente López, Buenos Aires and has one older sister, Barbara Muschietti. In 2023, he directed the DCEU film The Flash. He gained further recognition for directing both films in the It film series, the 2017 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel and the second being its sequel, It Chapter Two. ![]() Andrés Walter Muschietti ( Spanish: born August 26, 1973) is an Argentine filmmaker who achieved wide recognition with the 2013 film Mama.
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