It looks like one of two directors is going to be taking Wolverine to Japan. Vulture reports that the contenders to helm Wolverine 2 are David Slade (Hard Candy, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler’s Wife, the upcoming Bruce Willis action flick Red). While both men have been approved by 20th Century Fox brass, the decision comes down to Hugh Jackman, and Vulture says he’s going to choose Slade.
Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) is penning the script, which will see Wolverine traveling to Japan and completely ignorant of the events of X-Men Origins: Wolverine thanks the magic of adamantium memory bullets. I’m going to assume that McQuarrie will be drawing from Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s 1979 arc that had Wolverine traveling to Japan and falling in love with Mariko Yashida whose father, Shingen Yashida was a Yakuza crime boss. Shingen also had an illegitimate son, Keniuchio Harada, who was a mutant and came to be known as the Silver Samurai. Vulture says the plot of the movie has Wolverine battling folks with samurai swords. Hopefully those swords won’t be coming out their freaking forearms. Hit the jump for my thoughts on Slade (potentially) getting the gig.
I skipped Slade’s 30 Days of Night since everyone I talked to said it was crap. However, I have seen Hard Candy and Eclipse and he has skills. Then again, Gavin Hood, who directed Origins, won an Oscar for Tsotsi, so past success doesn’t necessarily translate to a quality picture. Wolverine deserves a good movie and he didn’t get it the last time out. Hopefully, Slade, McQuarrie, and Jackman can make it happen this go round.
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30 Days of Night is not a crap, but one of the best vampre horror movie in the last decade.
It's not necessarily the director you gotta look at, but the writer. The Director can only do what he can with the material he's given. Also, Wolverine needs to be more R-rated I think. Having those claws and not being able to show blood and dismemberment kinda defeats the purpose.
I don't care about this anymore. All hope I've got is Matt Vaughn and First Class.
Let's see how it turn out.I hope they don't screw up this time.
That's not true at all. The director is the one who approves the script and agrees to make the movie. They bring in rewrites if the director doesn't think it's up to snuff. If a director tried to shift the blame for a bad movie he made on the writers, I think he'd be mocked by most.
30 Days of Night was a lot of fun and perty damn good. You should check it out Matt. I mean, you saw Eclipse…
the first wolverine movie is an awesome film! when i first watched it i wasnt too keen, but i gave it a second chance and it really does get better now every time i watch it, i would go as far as saying its the best marvel film, second to spiderman 2 and blade 2. It would be a dream if gavin hood directed number 2 considering he did such a great job on the first.
I would go as far as saying it's one of the best movies of the decade. Period. Up there with There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Man and Zodiac.
and I have no hope left for the whole X-Men franchise… The Last Stand was a complete disappointment and waste of terrific actors, then Wolverine gave the final blow changing smart and touching stories for pure fanboy action…
Fuck yeah, it's even better than Citizen Kane!!1
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Wow..these are the directors taking on Wolvie 2?
Nooooo! Not the Twilight guy. I read that Aronofsky was attached to this film (or rumored to be, that’s what I read on http://www.squidoo.com/wolverine-2-movie-rumors) Can’t Fox pick him instead? This guy sold out.