Thoughts:Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to write the script for Fox's sequel to its "Wolverine" movie.
McQuarrie is not unfamiliar with the character. The scribe, who won an Oscar for writing "The Usual Suspects" for Bryan Singer, reteamed with the director to write 2000's "X-Men."
Though McQuarrie could have received a credit, he voluntarily took his name off the movie when the final version was more in line with David Hayter's script than his.
Hugh Jackman is set to return as the Marvel Comics character, a mutant with healing powers and a skeleton laced with the indestructible metal known as adamantium. Jackman is also producing via his Fox-based Seed shingle along with Lauren Shuler Donner.
The movie's story line will take its cue from the early 1980s Chris Claremont/Frank Miller miniseries, which is set in Japan and features Wolverine dealing with ninjas as he struggles whether to follow his animal killer instincts or the life under a samurai's code of honor and respect.
The studio put a sequel in development after the movie, titled "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," carved up almost $180 million at the domestic box office and $363 million worldwide.
This gives the movie alot more hope than I was initially expecting. Christopher McQuarrie is a pretty good writer and I'm sure he will do wonderful things with the Wolverine sequel. Now if the movie can only get an experienced action film director.
3 comments:
McQuarrie or no McQuarrie, I can't help but think of this:
"Fool me once..."
The first one was dreadful.
I dunno about this one...the last movie just seemed so unnecessary. Unless McQuarrie and whoever signs on as director decides to take the character in an unexplored direction, I'll sit this one out.
@Fletch:
I agree Fletch that the first one was dreadful, but thats what happens when you get a lame script tagged with a lame director. They already have a pretty solid writer for the sequel so heres hoping they can get a better director that knows how to direct action scenes.
@V-Knowledge:
I wouldn't call the last one unnecessary because Wolverine's past is alot more interesting and satisfying than people seem to believe. They just fucked up the movie and the one opportunity they had to tell a great story with Logan's past and how he became the rabid animal known as Wolverine. They are already hinting that the next one will involve Wolverine going to Japan and having that struggle with the animal instincts that lay deep within him.
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