Today's action-packed Sequel Bits contains news about spies, martial artists, giant alien robots, tortured mutants, and so much more. After the jump: Transformers 5 and 6 depend on Transformers 4 James Mangold offers a minor Wolverine 2 update Winona Ryder is "sworn to secrecy" about Beetlejuice 2 Simon Pegg says he'll return for Mission: Impossible…
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Hugh Jackman has already played Wolverine in six different movies over a decade and a half -- seven if you count the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past -- and now he's going for one more. Jackman and his The Wolverine director James Mangold are now in negotiations to star in another installment of the series, which…
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Who will direct the Wolverine sequel for Fox? Since Darren Aronofsky elected not to make the film we've heard about some possible options, but none have been offered the gig so far, and the film remains sidelined for the moment. But a shortlist of eight names has emerged, and it contains a few that are…
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Best known for small budget psychological thrillers, the addition of Darren Aronofsky to the Wolverine franchise was initially a curious one. Brows were certainly furrowed thinking about why Aronofsky would want to follow up a film which was populated by a ton of random characters and featured several departures from the canon Wolverine story. A…
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Take this post as a confirmation of something many of us have hoped, but we know now that cinematographer Matthew Libatique will shoot Wolverine 2 for director Darren Aronofsky. The two have worked together on all of the director's features except for The Wrestler. That change-up was deliberate -- Darren Aronofsky hired Maryse Alberti in…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the possibility of new Star Wars films, get excited about an Aronofsky-directed Wolverine film, and ponder whether Mel Gibson truly has been subjected to a double standard. Special guest C. Robert Cargill joins us from Ain't It Cool. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com,…
Read MoreWhile we haven't had a press release from Fox or another final confirmation that Darren Aronofsky would direct the sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it has seemed like a done deal over the past week. (We've treated it as such thanks to a variety of reports.) Now Hugh Jackman, the returning star of the franchise,…
Read MoreI'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Darren Aronofsky is going to direct Wolverine 2. But success and doing a big film with an actor you like (Hugh Jackman) has to be appealing at this point, and after a run of very well-liked movies in the indie realm, why not jump…
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Just in case you thought there was any chance that Darren Aronofsky might stay in the semi-indie mid to low budget realm in which he's worked so far, this is your warning to get used to the idea of seeing the director's name on big studio movies. Or, at least, come to terms with the…
Read MoreIn late August, it was reported that 20th Century Fox was looking at Darren Aronofsky and David Slade for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine sequel, while Red director Robert Schwentke had been a frontrunner but dropped out. At the time, I didn't put more weight to the report. Aronofsky has a connection to star/producer Hugh Jackman who…
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What is this madness? In the first of three small updates on possible directorial hires for big studio tentpole films, there's a report that Darren Aronofsky has joined the race to direct Wolverine 2. David Slade is still looking like the frontrunner, while Red director Robert Schwentke has dropped out. More on that after the…
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Discussions of X-Men Origins: Magneto stopped about the same time that X-Men: First Class was announced. Last we heard about it, Bryan Singer was still signed on to direct First Class, and he said that the film might supersede the Magneto prequel. Now we've got an update from producer Lauren Shuler Donner, providing a slightly…
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Fox's sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine is moving forward, and the studio is reportedly on the cusp of hiring a director. The shortlist is very short, indeed: David Slade (Hard Candy, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) is said to be the frontrunner, with Robert Schwentke (Red) as a backup option. Vulture says the decision will now…
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Here's a shock: Hugh Jackman has dropped out of the film Avon Man. The comedy, which is perpetually likened to The Full Monty, was supposed to shoot this past spring, but is now set to shoot in October. Now it loses Jackman, who remains a producer on the film. Not like he's washing his hands…
Read MoreOver the weekend, producer Bryan Singer was questioned at a church event about recent X-Men: First Class casting rumors and Wolverine 2. Also, a new unconfirmed report regarding what role Kevin Bacon might play in the upcoming X-Men prequel hit the web. We cover all this and more, after the jump. There actually seems to…
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We've just been hearing that, in addition to directing X-Men: First Class, Fox may be interested in tapping Bryan Singer to direct a fourth X-Men movie that fits directly into that series' established continuity. There is also implication that Fox wants him for Wolverine 2. Which is all well and good, but a man only…
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Update: This story features a correction -- Liev Schreiber has not yet read the screenplay. Last week it was reported that screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) has turned in a screenplay for Wolverine 2, and that a January 2011 start date decided for the comic book sequel. io9 reports that during that press…
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Slow news day today, so there are a couple of small news items bubbling up. One is that the script for Wolverine 2 has been handed in, and a January 2011 start date decided for the sequel to Hugh Jackman's last mutant outing. Roger Friedman reports that Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) has turned…
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Wolverine 2 is happening. But who's going to direct? It might be Gavin Hood, director of this year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Or it might be someone else. At a recent press event for the DVD release of Wolverine Hood was on hand to talk about this year's film with producer Lauren Schuler-Donner. Naturally, questions arose…
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Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to pen the screenplay for a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This comes as no surprise, especially considering the film grossed over $158 million worldwide on opening weekend. Hugh Jackman has said that a sequel will loosely follow the early 1980s Chris Claremont/Frank Miller comic book miniseries, where Logan journeys…
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We've known more or less for certain that another Wolverine movie was happening and that it could well take place in Japan. Over the weekend, while appearing at the Teen Choice Awards, Hugh Jackman said on stage that Wolverine would be heading to Japan, and then gave MTV a few more quotes backstage. "Japan is…
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine hasn't even hit theaters and Hugh Jackman is already "developing" a potential sequel. And why not? Box Office analysts are already predicting a $92 million opening. "I won’t lie to you, I have been talking to writers, I'm a big fan of the Japanese saga in the comic book," Jackman told MTV.…
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Earlier this week we reported that Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy had mentioned during an appearance at the Bradford International Film Festival that he had been offered and accepted an offer to write a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Hours later our friends at FirstShowing heard back from 20th Century Fox who claimed that "the…
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Update: Alex from FirstShowing contacted Fox, and the studio claims the story isn't true. I received an interesting e-mail yesterday from a /Film reader named Adam B claiming that Wolverine 2 was in development, and Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy was penning the script. alright guys, im currently working at the bradford international film festival…
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20th Century Fox and Hugh Jackman have brought Swordfish and Hitman screenwriter Skip Woods to revise ("more than a polish") David Benioff's draft for the upcoming X-Men spin-off prequel, Wolverine. Director Gavid Wood, whose film Tsotsi won the Academy Award in 2006 for Best Foreign Language Film, has been out promoting his new film Rendition,…
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