The anticipated "Wolverine" sequel has been without someone at the helm since director Darren Aronofsky ("Black Swan") dropped out of the project in March.
The search for a replacement has included a number of top directors, but Deadline is reporting Fox has settled on James Mangold.
The director's most recent projects have included "Knight and Day," "3:10 to Yuma" and "Walk the Line."
According to the report, negotiations between Mangold and Fox are set to begin soon.
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" hit theaters in 2009, spinning off of the successful "X-Men" trilogy, told the backstory of Logan/Wolverine (played by Hugh Jackman). That film was expected to be first of a number of films exploring the histories of various X-Men. The next was supposed to be "Magneto," but it was eventually reworked into this month's "X-Men: First Class," a far superior film to "Wolverine."
"The Wolverine," as the sequel has come to be called, has a script from Christopher McQuarrie, whose resume includes "The Usual Suspects" and "Valkyrie," as well as the recently announced Jack Reacher adaptation, "One Shot." The story will be set mostly in Japan.
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| The first film hit theaters in 2009. |
The director's most recent projects have included "Knight and Day," "3:10 to Yuma" and "Walk the Line."
According to the report, negotiations between Mangold and Fox are set to begin soon.
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" hit theaters in 2009, spinning off of the successful "X-Men" trilogy, told the backstory of Logan/Wolverine (played by Hugh Jackman). That film was expected to be first of a number of films exploring the histories of various X-Men. The next was supposed to be "Magneto," but it was eventually reworked into this month's "X-Men: First Class," a far superior film to "Wolverine."
"The Wolverine," as the sequel has come to be called, has a script from Christopher McQuarrie, whose resume includes "The Usual Suspects" and "Valkyrie," as well as the recently announced Jack Reacher adaptation, "One Shot." The story will be set mostly in Japan.
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