Kubrick. Spielberg. Wilder. Ang Lee?

In my opinion, the greatest directors are the ones that always keep their fans guessing as they move effortlessly from genre to genre. It already boggles the mind to think that the same director oversaw “Sense and Sensibility,” “Hulk,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain,” so it’s even more impressive when you think about the fact that Ang Lee’s next flick is about Woodstock. And I have only one thing to say: Jake Gyllenhaal would make the perfect Wavy Gravy.

“Demetri Martin is the main character,” Lee’s longtime writing/producing partner James Schamus clarified, explaining the real breakout actor in the movie. “This is his ‘Hello world, this is Demetri Martin [moment].’”

In addition to the quirky, boy-faced comedian, the film also co-stars such heavy hitters as Paul Dano, Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton and MTV Movies team fave Dan Fogler. “It’s not the story of Woodstock,” Schamus said of the flick, which is currently being called “Taking Woodstock” as it’s being filmed. “It’s the story of a guy who happened to almost, by accident, help make it happen. Demetri plays this schnooky interior designer, a gay guy, who lives in Greenwich Village.”

Expanding on a plot that’s heavy on hilarity and more likely to jilt Jimi, Schamus added: “[Martin’s character] is broke and totally under the thumb of his Russian Jewish parents who own this fleabag hotel, this Catskills dump. He has to move back in with them for the summer, and up there he’s in the closet and the president of the Chamber of Commerce, which is a joke because there’s no commerce.”

“Every summer he gives himself a permit to have a music festival on the front lawn to drum up business for the hotel,” he explained. “So one day he’s listening to the radio and hears this music festival lost their permit, and he calls them up and says ‘Well, I’ve got a permit.’ He thinks he’ll drum up business for the hotel. Two-and-a-half weeks later, half a million people show up and it completely changes his life.”

“It’s not the concert,” Schamus said of the movie. “But there will be thousands and thousands of extras. It’s kind of like a zombie movie. One hippie shows up, and then another and then a thousand. It’s going to be fun.”

Who do you think is the most versatile film director working today?