James Mangold set to direct The Wolverine
Other directors who had been circling the project include Gavin O'Connor, Antoine Fuqua and Doug Liman.
James Mangold will direct from a script by Christopher McQuarrie, which takes place mostly in Japan.
No production date has been set.
The Wolverine comes to theaters July 26th, 2013 and stars Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima. The film is directed by James Mangold.
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Lautarous
James Mangold has a variety of bad and good films. His last two were mediocre. So, I'm not convinced . . . not one bit.
2 years agoby @LautarousFlag
Silas Enterprises
Not sure how this is going to end but I will try to keep an open mind.
2 years agoby @Silas-EnterprisesFlag
Ryan Moran
awesome make the movie
2 years agoby @nightwing18Flag
Nautical
Finally, so much director trouble.
2 years agoby @nautical05Flag
Dan
@johnnyblazetb82 Scientologist acting? lol
2 years agoby @dan1Flag
The First Avenger: JohnnyBlaze
could be worse i guess. Knight and Day was a bomb due to in part to the sappy overedone plot and the horrible scientologist acting.
2 years agoby @johnnyblazetb82Flag
Bane5000
3:10 to Yuma was an awesome movie, but Kight and Day brings down my expectations for this director
...i say again...WHY ARONOFSKY, WHY , WHY DID U HAVE TO GO LOL
2 years agoby @bane5000Flag
moviegeek
This won't work any better than the first time around. Oh well, I have no extreme interest in this one.
2 years agoby @moviegeekFlag
KeesjeCola
@Zak-Lee-Ferguson Brilliant!
2 years agoby @keesjecolaFlag
Mutant
I'm going off subject, as of yesterday the Star Gate franchise has been shelved. All future projects are no longer happening, but it's going to be auctioned off.
2 years agoby @zenderFlag
Salem6777
well this movie is f*cked
2 years agoby @Salem6777Flag
CUPID
Okay.
2 years agoby @cupidFlag
Rufio
of all the spinoffs and sequels i am least excited about this one.
2 years agoby @rufioFlag
Mutant
I enjoyed Knight and Day, I just hope he does a great job.
2 years agoby @zenderFlag
Zak Lee Ferguson
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..................................., this just annoys me!
2 years agoby @Zak-Lee-FergusonFlag
m2
Good choice. He has done great work except for Knight & Day.
2 years agoby @m2Flag
ejk1
Alright.
2 years agoby @ejk1Flag
The Boondock Saint
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2 years agoby @combatmadness360Flag
bud2fresh
Nice ! Can't wait till they start shooting :)
2 years agoby @bud2freshFlag
thedude-abides
I said he was the only name in consideration that would be satisfactory after losing Aronofsky. Glad to see this movie back in the hands of one of the better directors in the business.
2 years agoby @thedude-abidesFlag
Disciple419
This dude's career is all over the place. His movies are all very different so I don't know what to expect. I didn't hate the first Wolverine but I hope this one will be a little less colorful. Logan didn't have that attitude like the XMen movies. They need it to come back.
2 years agoby @disciple419Flag
Daveactor7
Excellent! I told you he was gonna get it!
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Cripple
Out of the short list they had, I think he is the best choice. Will it be anything like Aronofsky's? No. But it should not be. I don't want to see anyone try and make the same movie Aronofsky would and mess it up. I am looking forward to seeing Mangolds vision of it.
2 years agoby @crippleFlag
HighCaliberINC
I like how movieweb mentions "walk the line" and "knight and day" -Are you serious ?? The director of "knight and day" is supposed to make me excited about him directing Wolverine. Good job movieweb. Leave it to everyone else to mention that he did "3:10 to yuma" which was great. ..and does anyone else remember "cop land" ? -it was a while ago, but i remember it being pretty good as well. -anyway, we'll see what happens i guess
2 years agoby @highcaliberincFlag
Josh
No real opinion about this. I really enjoyed Walk the Line and Yuma, like everyone else here. But I was so excited for Aronofsky that it wouldn't have mattered who they got. This project has kind of just deflated from my radar for the time being.
2 years agoby @shuabertFlag
fanboy
Not a bad choice.
2 years agoby @fanboyFlag
Nicholaus XX
This will be awesome ! I love 'Walk The Line' and '3:10 To Yuma' was a really, really good movie.This guy knows how to make a movie suspenseful/tense, which is exactly what we need for 'The Wolverine'.
2 years agoby @XxNickTheFilmCriticXxFlag
T.Clark
3:10 to Yuma was great. I haven't seen his other movies. He's no Darren Aronofsky, though. He was perfect. We'll see how this plays out.
2 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
Agent-Cooper
A good alternative. Walk The Line and 3:10 To Yuma are both great movies (I havent seen Knight and Day) so this could very well turn out to be a good flick after all..
2 years agoby @Agent-CooperFlag
Photoman
I don't know........
2 years agoby @photomanFlag