I think Tim Burton would be a good choice. I recently saw the new 3D version of Nightmare Before Christmas. It's basically a dark musical. Very well done.
I seem to remember that Tim Burton was going to direct the musical stage version of Batman. I still don't understand why that collapsed.
> A. Tim Burton
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> B. Steven Spielberg
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> C. Peter Jackson
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> D. Ridley Scott
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> E. Baz Luhrmann
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> I vote for D, Ridley Scott.