Is The Rat gonna helm the WOLVERINE spin-off movie after X3?

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a bit of a rumor that apparently came from the loose lips of one Vinnie Jones during an interview with MTV. He said he might appear in the WOLVERINE spin-off flick and that he talked to Ratner about it. The direct quote is below, but something's fishy... I'll be back below:

MTV interviewed Vinnie Jones [Juggernaut] the other day and he confirmed that even though his contract includes options for X4+X5, there's a chance he might be in the WOLVERINE movie, which Brett Ratner might wind up directing

"I said this to Brett the other day, and he was saying that they'll probably use a lot of the characters," Jones said, implying that the director will also return alongside star Hugh Jackman in "Wolverine." "Hopefully [the Wolverine/ Juggernaut rivalry] will come into it. There might be something for me and him to get together."

May 26 gets closer..........................

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That quote is all he really said regarding Ratner in the director's chair. (CLICK HERE FOR THE MTV ARTICLE!) I think it's a bit of a jump to assume that Ratner is directing based on the above. What the article really seems to say above all else is that all this talk from Ratner about X3 being the last movie isn't an opinion shared by the studio, who have signed Jones on to many sequels.

This goes with what I've been hearing about the last minute decision to leave "outs" for some of the big character deaths we've known about since that very first script review last year. It's almost as if 20th Century Fox just remembered that X-MEN is a huge franchise...

I've been hearing some positive word from early secret screenings of X3. Let's hope Ratner proves all us naysayers wrong with the new flick. I'd love for nothing more than to fall in love with X3.