After director Darren Aronosky left the project, there has been a lot of concern and speculation over who may take over for directing the next Wolverine-centric film. All that speculation may be coming to an end as Deadline is reporting that final negotiations have begun to have James Mangold helm the film:
James Mangold is 20th Century Fox’s and star Hugh Jackman’s choice to direct The Wolverine, ending one of the most competitive contests among directors for a major studio film. Negotiations are about to get underway, but I’m told that Mangold will take the helming job on the sequel to the X-Men spinoff film, a post that became vacant when Darren Aronofsky dropped out of the film in March.
Mangold has directed some pretty solid films as of late including 3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line and more recently, Knight and Day – which wasn’t a great movie, but had some pretty fun action in it. Honesly, I really enjoyed 3:10 to Yuma and Walk the Line, so perhaps I should be more excited about him taking over directing duties for this film but my heart was so set on Aronofsky directing a Wolverine movie that any director may just seem sub-par to me. I’m willing to give another Wolverine movie a shot as I didn’t think X-Men Origins: Wolverine was complete shit, but I of course have my reservations as I’m not completely convinced that the only reason Aronofsky left the project was because of the time it was going to take him away from his family for . . .
How do you feel about Mangold taking over the directing seat for the next Wolverine film? Are you even that excited for another Wolverine film, especially with Aronofsky gone? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!