James Mangold Discusses Plans for 'The Wolverine'

2009's X-men Origins: Wolverine scored high at the box office, but left a very bad taste in the mouths of both critics and fans.  It gave us exactly what we expected to see, and nothing else.  It's a good thing that 3:10 to Yuma director James Mangold seems intent on taking the X-men franchise places it hasn't gone before in The Wolverine.  In an interview with The Playlist, Mangold said,

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Producer Talks About New & Improved 'Wolverine' & 'Deadpool'

Hey someone in the know is finally updating us on the delayed Wolverine sequel and Deadpool's debut movie.  While out promoting the newly released on Blu-Ray and DVD X-Men: First Class, producer Lauren Shuler Donner talked future X-Men related movies.

She first discussed how the next Wolverine installment won't be a sequel, and why the studio must wait on Hugh Jackman to finish other projects (Les Miserables) to start production.  Here's what she had to say.

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'Wolverine 2' Production Begins In November, Not In Japan

It's likely Darren Aronofsky didn't know about this change of plan, but would he have stayed on as director had he known? Either way, we won't get to see his vision for Wolverine this time. Instead, James Mangold (director of 3:10 to Yuma) will be taking over directing duties for the Hugh Jackman starring Wolverine 2 and it will be shooting in Vancouver.

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Fox Narrows Directorial Search for 'The Wolverine' Down to 8

Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky turned the down The Wolverine follow-up gig months ago, and now Fox has finally picked up the pace in the directorial hunt again.  The studio sent Variety a shortlist of filmmakers they're eyeing to helm Chris McQuarrie's script, including some names you wouldn't ordinarily associate with big blockbuster action films.

Here's the list of potential directors reportedly being courted for the vacancy and some of their previous/upcoming work.

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Hugh Jackman Still Hopeful for 'The Wolverine'

The development road for Fox's Wolverine sequel, so bluntly titled The Wolverine, has been quite the veritable roller coaster.  After the first X-Men Origins film was panned by pretty much the entire world, fans were rightfully worried by the idea of a sequel. Then when it was announced the film would follow Frank Miller's fantastic Japan-centric storyline, things started to look up.  And then, when indie darling Darren Aronofsky signed on to direct, things took on a whole new level of awesome.  Now, cut to the last few weeks when Aronofsky decided to walk from the project and the horrifying events in Japan have left the sequel in a state of uncertainty.

So what now?  Does Fox put the project into turn-around?  Or do they stay the course while looking for a new ship captain?  Right now, no one really knows.  But ComingSoon caught up with the Wolverine himself, Hugh Jackman, at this week's Cinema Con and, when asked those same questions, seemed very optimistic.

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