After Oscar nominated director Darren Aronofsky walked away from
The Wolverine back in March, Fox have been hunting for another filmmaker to take his place in bringing the popular mutant to the big screen. While a recent shortlist contained names like Justin Lin and Doug Liman (to name just a couple) one of those on the list has now taken themselves out of the running in a recent interview with
Digital Spy.
"That's just one of those stories that floated around. I was on their list, I received the script months ago. It didn't seem like my kind of thing."
"That script was a terrific version of that kind of thing, but not something I felt really passionate about."
What do you guys think about this? Are you disappointed that Romanek has passed up the chance to direct
The Wolverine? While
Never Let Me Go, which starred
The Amazing Spider-Man's Andrew Garfield, received a lot of praise from the critics, I always found it hard to imagine the director being suited to this sort of project. Be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place!
UPDATE: It's being reported by various sources that some of the other directors on the previously released shortlist may also have passed on The Wolverine for other projects. Liman is said to be moving on Luna while Fuqua is aiming to direct Eminem in Southpaw. Stay tuned for more as we have it!