"And the screenplay should be by the guys who did Pearl Harbor."
This guy also wrote BRAVEHEART and WE WERE SOLDIERS(which he also directed).
As for Ron Howard, I like his movies. There is no HATE AMERICA in his movies.
Some of his better movies :
Night Shift
Cocoon
Willow
Backdraft
Apollo 13
Ransom
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
A Beautiful Mind
Let's give him a shot, even though I love the Duke's version (The extended version, not the crap version that's available on DVD).
One of his kids is even named Dallas.
I look forward to his rendition of the Alamo.