James Mangold to Direct The Wolverine?

Cool... 3:10 to Yuma is some solid entertainment. Nice job, Fox!

Solid choice.

Time to see if FOX can go on a streak and not eff this X-Men film up.

While I don't feel Mangold is as talented a director as Aronofsky, I think that he could do a very, very good job with McQuarrie's script.

Just remember, Knight and Day's downfall was its script (which was written by a virtual novice to the field), not its directing. Mangold has proven that with the right script (as was the case with Walk The Line and 3:10 to Yuma), he can make quite an excellent movie.

Hopefully this gets verified and filming starts soon. Jackman isn't getting any younger!

Yes Mangold did do Knight and Day but that movie was bad not because of him necessarily script and cruise [frick]ed it up but the dudes a good director not Aronofsky but certainly a very good director Walk The Line and 3:10 to Yuma proved that any man that can make a really good movie, if the scripts right and fox don't interfere too much then we'll get a solid Wolverine movie. 10 times better then Justin Lin so appreciate this choice if its true. I am telling if the script is good then this guy will deliver.

knight and day was bad do to the actors not the director, i have seen all 3 movies and there all good in diff ways, 3:10 and k&d both had some good action scenes. i dont mind this, lets hope its better the origins and we will all be happy

yay lets [frick] up the x men for a sixth time!

idc who directs it, i just want this movie to be made

PLEASE MAKE THE WOLVERINE RATED R

@MrAnonymous.

Agreed. It CAN be done PG-13, but lets see Wolvie really unleashed.

Considering that the rumors are this takes place after X3 I doubt he will have a costume, he hates wearing them when the team goes all out, so I'm betting he'll just wear street clothes like in XMOW. but if he does get a suit I say go with the classic Tan outfit I think it would transition easier to screen then the yellow and blue.

Sounds good to me. I loved Walk the Line and 3:10 To Yuma, both great character pieces and very well shot and never boring. Lot of potential. He is great at action (3:10 to Yuma showed that and it was the one good thing about Knight and Day). Also he has a nice variety in his filmography. He directed a romantic comedy (Kate & Leapold), a biopic (Walk the Line), a western (3:10 to Yuma), a drama (Girl Interupted), and i think a superhero movie would be a nice addition to that resume and if he can bring what he brought to all of those, it will turn out ok.


I trust the screen writer, and Mangold does best when he has a good script (most directors do). I hope Bryan Singer comes aboard to produce it, cause his vision for the X-Men films is the best and he is the one who brought it to the screen so he has the best idea for how it should be planned out.

I am now offically excitted. I wasn't on board with Arronofsky (He is an overrated director, and very pretincious). So I am happy with the choice.