Tony Scott Won't Be Directing Wolverine 2

As long as we don't get the BORIGINS director...

Thats all that matters! ; P


WOLVERINE in JAPAN = Classic!

LEEE: I have to agree with Ror on this. The director didn't write the story for Origins. It was the story that sucked. I think Hoods directing is what made the movie watchable.

Shaman: You really think so? Even though comic fans had a strong dislike for the original, it did well at the box office. I would think there is too much money to be made for the film to not see the light of day.

After seeing how LSD & Jackman completely overhyped the universaly trashed pile of shit we got with XO:W, praising one of the worst directors i've ever seen, i'm sure Fox will stick with their First Class requel and develop the franchise further with it, Star Trek style. The Japan saga will never happen and we can forget about Jackman being Wolverine altogether. After the fan backlash he got, he ain't strapping on those claws anymore IMO. I predict the next time we will be seeing Wolverine will be in First Class's sequel. Bring on Christian Kane!!!

Okay, this one's out of left field, but I just watched Book of Eli. Could the Hughes brothers pull it off?

Tea- I personally was so dissapointed of how bad the movie was that i didn't even realise all the liberties they had taken. The film in itself can be compared to GI Joe's quality. It has shitty special effects, lackluster action scenes, completely forgettable acting (aside from jackman & Liev) and one of the weakest plots i have ever witnessed. And critics seem to have thought the same. Sure the movie took shitloads of liberties but i could have put them completely aside had the film been any good. In all honesty, film making wise, Ratner's X3 was a masterpiece next to X-Men Abominations: Wolverine.

Same here Tea, quiet a few of my mates have never read a comic and really liked the film. I mean they didn't think it was a masterpiece obviously, but they liked it more than Iron Man 2 anyway! Just goes to show you the biased/non biased approach that goes along with being a comic/non comic fan.

"The veteran helmer is pondering the John Grisham adaptation The Associate."

That's actually the best bit of news in this article because I love Grisham's novels, lol! He would have been a good choice for Wolverine 2...however, I think it's far more important for them to get a decent scriptwriter because the first movies story was a mess! The film itself wasnt really that bad and I did quite enjoy it, but from a comic book fans perspective, I hated it! :P Nice find anyway ROR!

@Tea: I agree, man. I thought that the first one was quite enjoyable. It wasn't quite as enjoyable as the video game and it's not the way I'd have done the movie, but even so. I mean: if ifs and buts were tits and nuts: we'd all have a happy Christmas. :p

A Ninja Assassin type deal would work great..even though that actual movie was awful! Still, tone down the cartoon gore a bit and if we ever do get an R rated Wolvie movie I would say McTeige is a good choice.

Shaman, yeah no doubt it didn't flow very well, and those character were jammed in unnecessarily, but I didn't think the performances were bad at all, in fact I though Jackman and Screiber were great. The script was a let down though. As for the pacing, well I wouldn't say it was any worse than Iron Man 2 in that regard.

Mass- Well, i haven't read the Japan Saga. I know i'm missing out here. But i had the feeling that that Saga would have been where Wolverine learned to tame himself with the way of the samurai. So in a sense, i understand that Wolverine is better suited for savage & gritty fighting a la Proyas but Japan would be the perfect clean fight setting for someone like McTeigue, the Wachowskis or Snyder. I feel that his savage/gritty ways would have been brilliant for the era where he looses his adamantium and his beast side takes over, somewhat ;)

Ror- Well.. um... *ahem*... you see... i still haven't seen Ironman 2 yet LOL. And i definitely agree that Jackman & Schreiber were the best performances of the film. But here is where i think its actually a bad thing. Those two performances were so great that they seemed like they were part of an other film entirely. They didn't fit in the shitfest at all! They stuck out like Megan Fox's toe-thumbs, only as if those toe-thumbs were the best part of Megan Fox's body LOL. The rest was just aweful and it was cringe inducing to me to see those two diamonds swirl down the drain with the rest of the diarrhea.

Mass- DEFINITELY!!! That would totally make my day :)) But Anil has a point, unfortunitelly. I doubt Fox would give us that.

Wait a minute. Does that mean Fox won't make Deadpool R rated either? SCREW THAT. A PG Deadpool movie SHOULD NOT BE MADE.

Has Edward Zwick made any other movies with action besides Last Samurai and Blood Diamond (which I haven't seen)?

haha, it wasn't great. Thats the best you'l get outta me! I just enjoyed it despite its failings. I still want a damn better one next time though! I would really liek to see Jackman play Wolvie one last time, and get a fitting send off. Because despite what the "He's a pansy, he's a dancer, blah blah" crowd say, without a fully R rated blood bath of a movie, which we were never going to get folks, Jackman did a great job at balancing everything out accordingly.

A replacement..well, I didn't think Christian Kane was very good in Angel which is all i've seen him in, buuuut, man thats a hard one! I'll get back to ya

is he stupid or what? of course he must choose wolverine. it will be a blockbuster and will make him lots of money.

This is hilarious. We will actually have to wait for Wolverine to get LESS popular to see a movie done right, because that's the only way that the rights might change hands and someone might make it rated R. Plus, a lower budget would actually be better if it led to less effects and more gritty fights.

It doesn't really NEED to be rated R guys. Think back to all of the old school Wolvie comics before marvel allowed themselves to go gory. Claremont's run, the new X Men(Blue and Gold teams?, even Whedon's run on Astonishing. Those were great stories and depicted a great Wolverine. There doesn't have to be blood and heads flying everywhere to establish that he's suppressing animalistic rage! Its only one part of his character anyway, its far from everything that defines him.

@RorMachine - I think that the lack of blood and flying limbs in the comics is reflective of the strength of the medium. Comics show key moments, not continuous action. Comics are more abstract and can show the essence of the character without too much gore, but the lack of gore in the film hurts the suspension of disbelief. If you were actually there, watching the situations happen in reality, you WOULD see the gore. A great director could get away with not showing it, but it would still be a handicap I would rather do without.

Mass: Charles Bronson would be The Punisher, he may as well be named Castle in his Deathwish movies. Check out this (( Avengers )) fancast I did under the (any actor from any time period) assumption a while back.

@Hawksblueyes - I know what you're saying, what with Deathwish and all, but he's just to short. That's one of the reasons I keep coming back to Wolverine. That, and his earlier stuff like the Dirty Dozen.