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You’ll remember that back on the 18th of March it was announced that Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky was no longer going to direct The Wolverine due to family issues and the length of time needed to film in Japan. To be fair to the producers they didn’t just rush in to get anybody who was free to replace Aronofsky, but it remains likely that some may be a little disappointed that a choice as bold as that of the director of films that are so different from the mainstream hasn’t been made. Failing that people may have been hoping for someone like Guillermo Del Toro, Luc Besson, Paul Greengrass or even the return of Bryan Singer. (Although hope remains strong that he may be directing X4 in the not too distant future)
Mangold’s last film was the Tom Cruise & Cameron Diaz starrer Night & Day. Now that film had issues, but they were mostly to do with the script; it looked good and the action scenes were handled well. I’ve always got time to watch a film from te director of The 3:10 to Yuma. That film, starring Christian Bale & Russell Crowe is one of the best I’ve seen this Century; it was outstanding and shows (alongside Walk The Line and Girl Interrupted) that with a good script, he’s capable of making very good films.
The one thing we do know is that the script for The Wolverine should be very good. Firstly the story it’s based on is a comic book legend and for another it’s hard to see Aronofsky being interested in the first place with a weak script. Finally it’s written by Usual Suspects screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie. So in the inevitable wave of fanby revolt, remember there’s a lot of potential here.
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