Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky has announced fairly late in the game that he is retracting his claws and will not be shooting Fox's revamped The Wolverine with Huge Ackman. Uh, Hugh Jackman.Aronofsky cited the movie's long shooting schedule which would have kept him in Japan for over a year -- too long a time away from his family.
One can't help but be intrigued with the prospect of a director with Aronofsky's viscera taking on a superhero flick. The Wrestler was flat-out amazing. It will be interesting to see who they can get to replace him that has even close to as much edge and if they can keep this project's interest level elevated above that of just another sequel. Aronofsky had previously been shaping a his own version of Robocop, but had to walk away from that one, too. Here's hoping whatever lures him back towards a genre project one day that third time's the charm.
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I'm disappointed (kind of) about this, but heard a couple of good replacement suggestions today:
ReplyDeletekathryn bigelow or neil marshall, both of which would be great choices. of course, it's fox, so it'll probably end up back in brett ratner's hands.