47 Ronin director barred from the editing room

Here's what individuals have said about working on 47 Ronin about the director. Rinsch "seemed creative and competent" during preproduction on the 3D samurai epic, he "struggled to control the filmmaking process... [and] buckled under the pressure of the ambitious shoot."  The budget, once $175 million, has now "ballooned to $225 million," and Universal co-chairwoman Donna Langley "is now overseeing the editing of the movie instead of the director."  Universal of course denies that the budget has spiraled that high.

Reportedly Rinsch would have already been outright fired, but Universal wanted to do reshoots that gave more screentime and action to bankable star Keanu Reeves and there's a Director's Guild of America rule that stipulates "if a director completes physical production he must also take part in the reshoots."

Now this is what I think on the matter.

I think it's unfair to judge the guy.
In my view $175m is a lot for a newcomer and he shouldn't have been placed or considered in that position in the first place.
I think filmmakers should build their way to that sort of budget and they will learn the ropes on a smaller scale and less costly in terms of mistakes.

I think directing a 5 minute short is a very different beast to a 120+ min feature, never mind budget which is technically more in a short but also in narrative.

If it's anyone's fault it's the people who green lit the film and chose the people to be involved in the film.