It's no secret that Fox has a history of being over-bearing when it comes to their films, especially when it comes to the X-Men franchise. One only has to look at films like
X-Men: The Last Stand to see the end result of that. More recently, we've heard rumors of Fox rushing Matthew Vaughn and the production on
X-Men: First Class. Time will tell if their pressure will be evident in the final product.
Today, we learned that Darren Aronofsky would be leaving
The Wolverine, stating that the production would be pulling him away from his family for too long and he couldn't do that. So he opted to step down, leaving 20th Century Fox to scramble for a new director. But the folks over at Cinema Blend may have the real reason why he bailed.
One of their long time scoopers(who happened to fill them in about Jon Favreau leaving
Iron Man 3 months before ti was announced) has informed them that Aronofsky pulled out due to Fox's unwillingness to allow him to have full control over the film, much like Warner Brothers has done with Christopher Nolan and the Batman films.
...but he’s still Aronofsky, and his style requires total control over whatever he’s working in. Movies like Black Swan don’t happen in an environment of studio interference and Darren no doubt knew of all the problems the previous X-Men movies have had. So he attached himself to the project, but didn’t sign on the dotted line until Fox agreed to give him the control he wanted.
The article goes on to say that once Aronofsky earned his Oscar nomination, he asked for total control of the film, which he wanted all along. Fox offered him more money instead, but Aronofsky turned that down and the studio basically told him to walk...so he did.
This obviously makes more sense to me and is more along the lines of Fox's M.O., not turning anything over fully to the director and keeping their "under-the-thumb" mentality. Obviously,they are going off what their scooper has told them and we may or may not ever really know what happened.
What do you think? Is there any premise or footing to this idea?