The Wolverine (July 26th, 2013)

[Dryr]

I know not everyone loved the x-men sequels. I thought they were all fine. But, I thought very little of the Wolverine Origins movie. The only thing I liked about it was Gambit. I want a well done Origins movie with him. That is all..

[Hatedregret]

I just can't agree with you. We all deserve our opinions, but when I pictured Gambit, I always go back to the Xmen cartoon. Every character in it was perfect. Gambit was a complete failure to me and I really was excited to see him in it.

[Blackice]

I just can't agree with you. We all deserve our opinions, but when I pictured Gambit, I always go back to the Xmen cartoon. Every character in it was perfect. Gambit was a complete failure to me and I really was excited to see him in it.

Agreed. As much as I like the actor who played Gambit, he just didn't do the character justice. Probably the most obvious mistake was the lack of the cajun accent which just killed it for me.

[6souls]

There was a recent interview with the actor who played Gambit..

Around the time of the release of X-Men Origin: Wolverine there was a lot of talk about a Deadpool spin-off film, and a Gambit spin-off film. Deadpool took off and the film production for it is coming together. As for Gambit, there seems to have been no movement on it at all. Taylor Kitsch, the actor that played the character, recently gave an interview and talked about the films status... it doesn't sound like it's going to happen any time soon.

There were strong rumors a while ago, but I haven't heard or seen anything tangible anyways. I know if we do it, it'll probably be down the road and we'll do it hopefully a lot darker. I'd love to play him again, but it's a matter of doing it right, too. There's no point in just doing it for the sake of doing it. You gotta kill if you're going to do it, so we'll see.

http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/4/22...off-movie.html
http://www.superherohype.com/news/ar...turn-of-gambit

[Kerberoz]

Texan Gambit was one of the worst things about that abysmal film.

[6souls]

So there is a number of directors in the running to get the job right now and one of them, Gary Shore, made this promo as an attempt to get picked.

[grantlogan]

I hope he doesn't get picked, that was awful.

[Sunrider]

So there is a number of directors in the running to get the job right now and one of them, Gary Shore, made this promo as an attempt to get picked.

Looks like something directed by Zack Snyder.

[Pikarya]

It's not that he's boring... it's just that there are dozens of more interesting chars in the franchise.

Hollywood doesn't care. The same reason they stamp video game titles on movies that completely bomb (hi Max Payne).

[Salodin]

Wtf they're still picking a director for this? I thought this thing was well under way already; gonna be a long time till we see this thing damn.

And yeah...that video sucked. Hope he doesn't get picked...

[vagus]

Should get FreddieW and his crew to direct it.

[6souls]

Wtf they're still picking a director for this? I thought this thing was well under way already; gonna be a long time till we see this thing damn.

Other director left the project after the Japan quake. Most of the flim was/is going to be filmed there.

[BadKarma]

As long as they dont fuck up Silver Samurai, I'm ok with this.

[6souls]

More than two months after Darren Aronofsky dropped out of directing "The Wolverine," 20th Century Fox is considering eight replacement candidates, a diverse group that includes helmers with indie pedigree and tentpole experience -- and almost all with action credits.

Studio is considering Jose Padilha, Doug Liman, Antoine Fuqua, Mark Romanek, Justin Lin, Gavin O'Connor, James Mangold and Gary Shore (largely a commercials director) to helm the Hugh Jackman-toplined actioner, multiple sources tell Variety.

The earlier choices of Gavin Hood -- who directed the first "Wolverine" pic -- and Aronofsky, whose fare includes "Black Swan," "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream," showed the studio was open to turning the superhero pic over to helmers known more for prestige films than commercial fare. But the latest list demonstrates that while Fox is still receptive to directors best known for their indie chops, like Romanek ("Never Let Me Go") or Padilha, they're also looking closely at directors with popcorn-pic credits.

While some of the contenders have yet to direct a big summer tentpole, all -- except for Romanek and Shore -- have had success directing some sort of actioner.

Liman's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" grossed more than $470 million worldwide in 2005, while Lin's "Fast Five" has been Universal's most successful pic since "Despicable Me." Mangold recently directed for Fox the Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz starrer "Knight and Day," which earned more than $260 million globally, and also helmed "3:10 to Yuma."

Fuqua comes from more of an action background, having directed WB's "Training Day," "King Arthur" for Jerry Bruckheimer and "Tears of the Sun." Lionsgate will release O'Connor's "Warrior" later this year; helmer also directed 2008's "Pride and Glory," starring Colin Farrell and Edward Norton.

Padilha directed "Elite Squad 1" and "Elite Squad 2" and is also attached to helm MGM's "Robocop" reboot.

Christopher McQuarrie penned "The Wolverine," which largely takes part in Japan. Aronofsky's departure from the film came shortly after a tsunami devastated the country, although his exit was not attributed to the disaster. Moving forward, however, most sources connected with the film say the floods and earthquakes at least complicated plans to shoot the pic, which currently has no release date.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...ews|LatestNews

[Rhinox]

Sentry movie? That's dumb.

agreed.

The creators of sentry went 8 year old fanboy and basically made him a god. his only weakness? Meth

Shit is weaker then green lantern wood weakness.

[Kainos]

When will they realize only an R-rated movie with TONS and TONS of violence, bloodshed and murder will appease the fans. fuck a plot

[Delirium]

When will they realize only an R-rated movie with TONS and TONS of violence, bloodshed and murder will appease the fans. fuck a plot

ya, like Punisher: War Zone...oh wait

[tyven]

Im cool with Doug Liman

[6souls]

It looks like 20th Century Fox and Hugh Jackman have chosen a director to take over for Darren Aronofsky on The Wolverine. I still wish Aronofsky would have stayed on, I would have loved to see his vision realized. According to Deadline the directing job is going to go to James Mangold the director of films such as Girl Interrupted, Identity, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma and Knight & Day. I've enjoyed most of his films, and I think he's a very solid director. But, does he have what it takes to take on The Wolverine? I'd like to think that he does, but it's still hard to get excited knowing what we could have had with Aronofsky.

The deal has not been sealed yet, negotiations are about to start but according to the report he "will take the helming job." So I guess we can expect Mangold to be the new director of The Wolverine.

At this point let's just except what happened, Aronofsky isn't directing the movie. It's time to move on and hope for the best. Mangold is a very talented director that has made some great films in his career, and I'm willing to give him my support and see what he ends up doing with the film.

The movie starts shooting in the fall, and is based on the first solo Wolverine mini-series from 1982 by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller that sent Logan to Japan in a story involving the ninja clan the Hand.

http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/6/15...e-for-fox.html
http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/jame...the-wolverine/

[6souls]

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