[QUOTE=Sir Kohran]I also thought M&C and particularly Gallipoli were great movies, but I'm not sure he could do fantasy - he does political/historical films mostly, it seems. QUOTE]
I think Peter Weir would be fantastic (andI would prefer him to do "The Lovely Bones" too.
I feel he has a particular interest in enclosed communities - and their interraction or failure to interract with the wider world - not only
Witness which is one of the best films I have ever seen,
Dead Poets Society, and
Picnic at Hanging Rock. It would be visually stunning I am sure and intelligently and sensitively done. Only question is whether it would interest him...
http://www.tabula-rasa.info/AusHorror/PeterWeir.html