‘Chronicle’ Sequel Loses Writer Max Landis

By Angie Han/July 18, 2013 3:00 pm EST

He continued:

Still, there’s no reason to weep for Landis.

Landis’ first directorial effort will be Me Him Her, a quarterlife crisis comedy described as “Reality Bites on acid.” He’s also worked on the scripts for Good Time Gang and Paul McGuigan’s Frankenstein. The fact that he’s no longer working on Chronicle is disappointing, but Landis seems like he’s bouncing back just fine.

As a screenwriter, I’ve been incredibly lucky so far. And hell, I start directing my first feature on Monday, so it’s like…I don’t know. The truth is, when you’re successful as a screenwriter, you have to just take everything in stride. That’s like more than half the job.