Now that Darren Aronofsky has stepped away from the director's chair for The Wolverine 8 directors are now on FOX's short list of replacements. The company is looking to get this film back on track before other commitments of Jackman's come up putting the film on hold. Here is the list and the films you may be most familiar with.
Jose Padilha: Secrets of the Tribe and the upcoming RoboCop reboot.
Doug Liman: Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Jumper, Fair Game.
Antoine Fuqua: Training Day, Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Shooter and Brooklyn's Finest.
Mark Romanek: One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go.
Justin Lin: Annapolis, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five.
Gavin O’Connor: Miracle, Warrior.
James Mangold: Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma, Knight & Day.
Gary Shore: Commercial Director
Each director has great films under their belts, yet also some stinkers. None of them are action directors of films comparable to what Wolverine would be though that doesn't mean none of them are not capable. So are you surprised they are not going after another high profile director to take the project? Does this worry you in anyway? FOX has a sketchy history with the X-Men series but with reviews starting to come in for X-Men First Class giving the film a lot of positive buzz (check out the 9 reviews submitted so far on Rotten Tomatoes) maybe Wolverine isn't totally lost.
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