Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:02PM - By Krystal Clark
If you still have hope that Wolverine 2 will be the redemption of the X-Men Origins franchise, this post’s for you. Darren Aronofsky has been confirmed by Hugh Jackman to direct the sequel, which will take Logan from his native Canada to Japan. There he’ll encounter a fresh group of foes including the deadly Silver Samauri. Over at Pajiba, they somehow got a copy of the main cast list that features some major characters, and some minor spoilers. If you want to know who they’re looking for continue reading…
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:42PM - By Krystal Clark
Over the past few weeks, 20th Century Fox has been courting Darren Aronofky to direct their upcoming sequel, Wolverine 2. The movie is a follow up to the commercially successful but critically panned X-Men Origins: Wolverine from 2009. Over the last few days, it seems that Aronofsky has been inching closer and closer to the project. He even turned down an offer from Warner Bros to direct Tales From The Gangster Squad. According to Wolverine star and producer Hugh Jackman, Aronofsky will direct him in the sequel and that’s straight from the horses mouth!
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:32PM - By Krystal Clark
The countdown to Darren Aronofsky directing Wolverine 2 can officially begin. One obstacle that was in the film’s way was the Warner Bros production Tales From the Gangster Squad. Aronofsky was being heavily courted for the project after the studio decided to hire Zack Snyder to direct the Superman reboot Man of Steel, which Aronofsky was also in the running for. According to Deadline, he’s opted against directing Gangster Squad, which leaves the door wide open for Wolvie.
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010 9:41AM - By Krystal Clark
Earlier this week it was announced that Zack Snyder would direct Warner Bros’ Superman reboot Man of Steel, which left fellow candidate Darren Aronofsky in the dust. He was said to be the front runner for the gig, but the studio obviously decided to go in another direction. Their loss is 20th Century Fox’s gain, because there’s been movement on the Wolverine 2 front and it has Aronofsky written all over it.
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Monday, August 30, 2010 2:18PM - By Krystal Clark
It’s been well documented that Darren Aronofsky has no problem taking on campy or oddball material. He was attached to the reboot of RoboCop for over a year before MGM decided to pull the plug on it. Now we’re hearing his name in the same sentence with an upcoming comic book sequel — Wolverine 2.
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Friday, August 20, 2010 8:53AM - By Krystal Clark
Earlier this week we reported that Hugh Jackman had dropped out of the upcoming film Avon Man (which he’ll also produce) to begin training for Wolverine 2. The film should begin production pretty soon but it still doesn’t have a director. The first installment of the X-Men Origins series was directed Gavin Hood, but he won’t be returning for the sequel. Instead, Fox has their eye on a new guy, David Slade.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010 8:13AM - By Krystal Clark
We never thought we’d say this, but Hugh Jackman should step away from the role of Wolverine for a while. In all seriousness, he played the guy for a decade and we love him for it but X-Men Origins: Wolverine proved to fans of the character and the X-Men mythology that they don’t know what the hell they’re doing. Jackman must really want to redeem the hero because he’s just pulled out of a starring role in a film called Avon Man to go into training for Wolverine 2. Yes, Wolverine 2 is still happening.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 4:20PM - By Mali Elfman
For the love of film! I mean I support you Hugh on almost anything. Want to go ride a horse across a desolate land for 3 hours and I’m with ya, but when I hear the words “script” and “Wolverine” I get a little nervous. At least we have a different crew on board for this film and only one writer to boot! As we’ve known for some time, writer Christopher McQuarrie has decided to tackle to un-tacklable and has completed a Wolverine 2 script. He himself has turned in great work (The Usual Suspects) and not so great work (Valkyrie), so it’s still up the air as to what we can expect from this film.
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Friday, October 16, 2009 6:44PM - By Laura Aguirre
X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner has been with the film franchise since its debut back in 2000, and Empire was lucky enough to land an interview with her to get the scoop on the future of the pending X-Men spin-offs. According to her, it seems like their focus is geared more towards the next Wolverine, and it will be a while before any of the others (Deadpool, X-Men: First Class, or Magneto) see production.
See what she had to say…
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