There are thirteen directors in history whose films have grossed over $1 billion domestically. James Cameron and Michael Bay were able to do it in seven movies. Peter Jackson took eight.

Andrew Adamson, meanwhile, did it in three.

So after two "Shreks" and two "Narnias," who's gonna begrudge him a little well earned vacation?

"I want to do as much as I can from somewhere on a nice beach," he laughing, telling MTV that his involvement in the third Narnia, "Voyage of the Dawn Treader," will be largely scaled back. "I am a director, I know what it's like to have someone watching over your shoulder. I don't want to be that person to Michael Apted, and I'm really intrigued to see what he brings to the movie." Read more...