Word came to us from Deadline recently that deals were very close to being done for Darren Aronofsly to helm Wolverine 2. Then Hugh Jackman seemed to confirm that things were indeed on the move, and Aronofsly would be in the directors chair. despite that, Aronofsky is still keeping schtum.
When asked about it at this year’s American Express Screen Talks at the London Film Festival, the director would not reveal if Wolverine 2 would be his next project. All he did say was..
“I’d really like to direct a movie where I’m not the only person in the room who wants to make it. It would be a really exciting prospect to take on a product and attempt to do it well. I’d be extremely game to give it a shot.”
Aronofsky had been talking previously about the other films he has made, and how he would like to have a go at a bigger, studio picture. Is that
Wolverine 2? It LOOKS that way. We haven't had any reports to the contrary at least. Its just strange that Aronofsky and Fox are still so hesitant to speak about it. But one CBM he would talk about was Batman. If you remember, Aronofsky was in line to bring the Caped Crusader back to cinema screen after the disastrous Joel Schumaker incident. His take would have been back to basics, and apparently even more "real world" than the version Chris Nolan ended up brining us..
“I took the writing job and pitched what we called a low-tech, duct-tape version of Batman where basically, the Batmobile was going to be a Lincoln Continental with a diesel bus engine dropped in it. It was intended to be the exact opposite to where the Batman films had gone.”
“The bottom line was, at the time I wasn’t ready to do something like Batman, and I really wanted to get The Fountain made.”
Be sure to click on the link back to HeyUguys for the rest of the highlights from the Q & A. Its interesting stuff for Aronofsky fans.