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WOLVERINE gets an interesting director...

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Of all the one-shot properties out there, I think WOLVERINE could easiest survive the break from the team. MAGNETO can be done well, but it's tougher than WOLVERINE. He's got so many great single stories to pull from, be it his time in Japan or his Canadian adventures or his war stuff.

However, I've heard nothing but bad things about the script. It's been offered and turned down more times than Courtney Love.

But what gives me hope is that they've attached a really intriguing director. A man by the name of Gavin Hood is directing. You may have seen his amazing film TSOTSI. Pretty intriguing that he's on this film. I hope David Benioff's script has improved, but then again... I haven't read it myself, so it could be just misunderstood. It does surround Wolverine's origins, which is a little worn as a plot point already... and one that seemingly was set up in the X-MEN films to have a resolution in that franchise. Hrmm...

Fascinating choice on this one. I hope we get a kick-ass WOLVERINE movie. Hugh Jackman back, Hood directing... two checkmarks in the "doin' it right" column so far...


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by lost.rules
Jul 20th, 2007
02:49:11 AM
Studio Suits will ruin this movie.
by lost.rules
Jul 20th, 2007
02:50:37 AM
Third
by lost.rules
Jul 20th, 2007
02:51:38 AM
Direct to download
by Scanain
Jul 20th, 2007
02:52:48 AM
Not Ratner...
by Dutch Angle
Jul 20th, 2007
02:54:26 AM
Are they going with "Origin"...
by Kirbymanly
Jul 20th, 2007
02:54:33 AM
Cool
by Syd Mead
Jul 20th, 2007
02:54:58 AM
HUGH, LISTEN TO ME GAWD DAMMIT...
by Shermdawg
Jul 20th, 2007
03:06:27 AM
Awesome
by captainhamsack
Jul 20th, 2007
03:06:50 AM
I sense a new movie in the Walmart $5 bin is coming!!!!
by lost.rules
Jul 20th, 2007
03:11:03 AM
It'll suck - just like X3 sucked
by Brody77
Jul 20th, 2007
03:21:19 AM
It will be another poor origin flick
by Alonzo Mosely
Jul 20th, 2007
03:24:47 AM
It'll be Good
by DOGSOUP
Jul 20th, 2007
03:25:15 AM
LatinoReview...
by TheGoddamnSiege
Jul 20th, 2007
03:35:38 AM
FEH... Remember Elektra?
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Jul 20th, 2007
03:36:32 AM
could go either way
by The Dum Guy
Jul 20th, 2007
03:36:35 AM
whatabout, Live Free or Die Hard w/Claws....
by The Dum Guy
Jul 20th, 2007
03:37:53 AM
Good Enough...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Jul 20th, 2007
03:40:31 AM
director choice
by erockwilly
Jul 20th, 2007
03:50:48 AM
TSOTSI was a good film, but FOX is the problem.
by The Founder
Jul 20th, 2007
04:01:07 AM
Don´t mess with the DUKE
by CuervoJones
Jul 20th, 2007
04:04:33 AM
Fox is a Terrable Studio..
by Redfive!
Jul 20th, 2007
04:07:15 AM
TSOTSI is a great little movie...
by palimpsest
Jul 20th, 2007
04:25:25 AM
Gavin Hood...
by TheRealMoriarty
Jul 20th, 2007
04:26:54 AM
And what's up with Fox and Comic-Con?
by palimpsest
Jul 20th, 2007
04:27:56 AM
Other directors who should be working more?
by palimpsest
Jul 20th, 2007
04:32:03 AM
That sucks...
by blindambition238
Jul 20th, 2007
04:40:55 AM
Cool!!!
by Grrrr....
Jul 20th, 2007
04:46:39 AM
I agree that....
by mr. brownstone
Jul 20th, 2007
04:54:47 AM
Yobo - because they don't feel they need to...
by palimpsest
Jul 20th, 2007
05:10:32 AM
I am actually from South Africa...
by brokentusk
Jul 20th, 2007
05:11:46 AM
Frank Miller
by zabu 123
Jul 20th, 2007
05:13:01 AM
Mysterious Yobo
by VinnyMac666
Jul 20th, 2007
05:16:14 AM
so they're actually making this?
by El Borak
Jul 20th, 2007
05:24:06 AM
Tsotsi was great...good move on Fox's part...
by Rindain
Jul 20th, 2007
05:26:55 AM
Psssft! How about Neil Marshall?
by TheBloop
Jul 20th, 2007
06:20:13 AM
TOO SOON 2: TOKYO DRIFT
by messi
Jul 20th, 2007
06:34:16 AM
xmen 3
by palewook
Jul 20th, 2007
06:52:33 AM
What?
by tHEmOOG
Jul 20th, 2007
06:56:31 AM
redfist, yikes, when was the last time you...
by Shermdawg
Jul 20th, 2007
07:08:59 AM
And my html membership card has been revoked as well :(
by Shermdawg
Jul 20th, 2007
07:10:28 AM
Could they possibly get it right . . .
by Nice Marmot
Jul 20th, 2007
07:11:33 AM
Luc Besson
by Spandau Belly
Jul 20th, 2007
07:12:22 AM
Marvel Studios
by almostgrown
Jul 20th, 2007
07:23:11 AM
and furthermore...
by almostgrown
Jul 20th, 2007
07:28:53 AM
-sigh-
by Anna Valerious
Jul 20th, 2007
07:35:29 AM
Tsotsi
by LORDRANDO
Jul 20th, 2007
07:39:21 AM
X3 Had a sleek look alright...
by LORDRANDO
Jul 20th, 2007
07:41:47 AM
Should be 1st half WEAPON X, 2nd half WOLVERINE mini
by SpyGuy
Jul 20th, 2007
07:59:06 AM
The Weapon X Origin
by Mosquito March
Jul 20th, 2007
08:08:36 AM
Anna Valerious
by Mosquito March
Jul 20th, 2007
08:11:20 AM
Brian De Palma
by Samuel Fulmer
Jul 20th, 2007
08:12:07 AM
Who cares
by grendel69
Jul 20th, 2007
08:15:11 AM
Mosquito...
by Anna Valerious
Jul 20th, 2007
08:18:00 AM
Honestly...I just want to see Omega Red...
by Datascream
Jul 20th, 2007
08:29:31 AM
Anna Valerious
by Mosquito March
Jul 20th, 2007
08:31:03 AM
Wolverine has potential
by DEX
Jul 20th, 2007
08:32:45 AM
didn't Latino Review give a positive on the script?
by Argentino
Jul 20th, 2007
09:06:02 AM
It Won't be the Incredible Hulk
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 20th, 2007
09:09:04 AM
Magneto the Motion Picture
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 20th, 2007
09:12:06 AM
Good choice
by Cobbio
Jul 20th, 2007
09:18:13 AM
Wolverine's origin was a mystery for 20 years
by Bass Bastardson
Jul 20th, 2007
09:18:52 AM
Well at least it might be gritty looking
by Neo Zeed
Jul 20th, 2007
09:22:59 AM
Maybe Marvel is finally started to care about...
by rbatty024
Jul 20th, 2007
09:23:31 AM
Speaking of the writing.
by Nice Marmot
Jul 20th, 2007
09:25:52 AM
AM I ALONE...
by WISEBLOOD
Jul 20th, 2007
09:26:50 AM
Oh and this movie will be PG-13.
by Neo Zeed
Jul 20th, 2007
09:27:06 AM
Great choice for a director!
by Boondock Devil
Jul 20th, 2007
09:30:02 AM
Will Wolvie cry a lot in this one?
by rev_skarekroe
Jul 20th, 2007
09:32:10 AM
OH YEAH, AND...
by WISEBLOOD
Jul 20th, 2007
09:34:29 AM
Mosquito...I don't think you realize...
by Anna Valerious
Jul 20th, 2007
09:36:54 AM
X3, Wolvie, and other subjects
by tylermo
Jul 20th, 2007
09:44:24 AM
Comic book movies need to get PAST origins
by ScamsAndFlams
Jul 20th, 2007
09:46:13 AM
The X-films should just die...
by blindambition238
Jul 20th, 2007
09:51:39 AM
Thank you, rev_skarekroe
by Nice Marmot
Jul 20th, 2007
09:51:58 AM
X-Men 3 was fantastic
by ejcarter9
Jul 20th, 2007
09:56:05 AM
Nice Marmot
by blindambition238
Jul 20th, 2007
09:57:58 AM
NO NO NO NO!!!!
by HailDaHypnoToad
Jul 20th, 2007
10:02:21 AM
P.s
by HailDaHypnoToad
Jul 20th, 2007
10:03:32 AM
I think an ambitious director is the only way...
by rbatty024
Jul 20th, 2007
10:10:46 AM
Enuff with the origin Story. Blah.
by Diagnostic
Jul 20th, 2007
10:12:48 AM
PERFECT
by supermarch
Jul 20th, 2007
10:14:02 AM
X-Men 3 Was Good
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 20th, 2007
10:15:52 AM
Re: HailDa
by Cobbio
Jul 20th, 2007
10:22:43 AM
I actually don't blame Ratner for how bad...
by rbatty024
Jul 20th, 2007
10:22:57 AM
I hate Wolverine's solo stories
by INWOsuxRED
Jul 20th, 2007
10:23:26 AM
Wolverine could be good
by santi01
Jul 20th, 2007
10:44:50 AM
Wolverine should be a two hour action epic
by liljuniorbrown
Jul 20th, 2007
11:20:34 AM
Matthew Vaughn was a good director to... but X3?
by modlight
Jul 20th, 2007
11:37:02 AM
rbatty024, I agree with you.
by modlight
Jul 20th, 2007
11:38:12 AM
wow sure sounds better than Rats
by pipergates
Jul 20th, 2007
11:56:48 AM
I don't know what you guys are bitching about..
by ShogunMaster
Jul 20th, 2007
12:03:38 PM
and people hated Hulk because it got a good director
by Faust_8
Jul 20th, 2007
12:05:25 PM
Gavin Hood's US career will be destroyed!
by MetalMickey
Jul 20th, 2007
12:21:31 PM
Magneto: The Motion Picture
by MetalMickey
Jul 20th, 2007
12:24:42 PM
X-MEN 3 was great.
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jul 20th, 2007
12:44:03 PM
I fail to see how this is good news
by IndustryKiller!
Jul 20th, 2007
12:58:17 PM
This bears repeating:
by IAmLegolas
Jul 20th, 2007
01:15:48 PM
MetalMickey "Gavin Hood's US career will be destroyed!"
by IAmLegolas
Jul 20th, 2007
01:18:03 PM
Oops
by IAmLegolas
Jul 20th, 2007
01:19:54 PM
FOX are a bit of a jerk off
by IAmLegolas
Jul 20th, 2007
01:22:32 PM
No origin stuff, no Weapon X flashbacks - please!
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
01:27:13 PM
The probably will ruin it but it's such a shame because
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
01:29:42 PM
I'll repeat myself for the 100th time
by AlwaysThere
Jul 20th, 2007
01:30:53 PM
Magneto movie.
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
01:40:58 PM
I like X3 also.
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
01:54:49 PM
I want a Warlord movie
by BringingSexyBack
Jul 20th, 2007
01:59:41 PM
Wolverine is a pussy
by BringingSexyBack
Jul 20th, 2007
02:01:40 PM
superninja!
by MetalMickey
Jul 20th, 2007
02:03:16 PM
MetalMickey, well if you think about it what
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
02:22:10 PM
BSB, but what about the children?
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
02:24:25 PM
fuck you! I like Courtney Love.
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Jul 20th, 2007
02:26:01 PM
Jean went outside of the plane because she
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
02:33:41 PM
I agree that I don't want to see anymore X-Men movies
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
02:35:24 PM
Look kids... two cents!
by yrimpossible
Jul 20th, 2007
03:22:13 PM
I'd rather see a Dazzler movie starring Gwen Stefani
by SpencerTrilby
Jul 20th, 2007
03:28:46 PM
Damn You Gavin Hood!
by McClane_Corleone
Jul 20th, 2007
03:52:51 PM
Just get rid of Halle Berry and give the role to
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
03:56:45 PM
This Is Major Slumming for Hood.
by ImFixingtoDie
Jul 20th, 2007
03:59:12 PM
WOLVERINE.... The MUSICAL!!!!
by Roboteer
Jul 20th, 2007
04:02:23 PM
You can even bring in Rachel Summers.
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
04:02:40 PM
ImFixingtoDie...
by SpencerTrilby
Jul 20th, 2007
04:06:29 PM
hair brain
by WolfmanNards
Jul 20th, 2007
04:08:54 PM
X2 has some flaws. They were just not as pronounced
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
04:12:16 PM
You could even bring back Magneto and Mystique
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
04:18:50 PM
DAMN YOU ROTHMAN!!!!!!!!!
by Doc_Strange
Jul 20th, 2007
05:28:49 PM
and having anything remotely comic book
by MrJJonz
Jul 20th, 2007
05:29:28 PM
What happened to Len Wiseman?
by jangotangos
Jul 20th, 2007
05:51:09 PM
Magneto > Wolverine
by snife
Jul 20th, 2007
06:33:49 PM
Hugh Jackman's just OK as Wolverine.
by Hesiod2k7
Jul 20th, 2007
07:19:00 PM
Please.
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
07:34:34 PM
Just couldn't imagin Crowe with the hair
by MrJJonz
Jul 20th, 2007
07:37:00 PM
I could picture Crowe as Logan.
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
07:42:20 PM
Although I thought Marsden did a pretty good job
by superninja
Jul 20th, 2007
07:43:51 PM
I really can't do the Crowe - Logan thang
by MrJJonz
Jul 20th, 2007
07:45:34 PM
It better be a Hard-R or this film will be the suck.
by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz
Jul 20th, 2007
07:57:31 PM
I hate Quint's overuse of ellipses...
by troutpencil
Jul 20th, 2007
08:34:52 PM
Oh for Christs sake you are never gonna get a Hard R...
by RockLobster800
Jul 20th, 2007
08:36:13 PM
A hard R?
by Alonzo Mosely
Jul 20th, 2007
08:57:23 PM
TSOTSI 2 WOLVERINE AS ONCE WERE WARRIORS IS TO
by Stormwatcher
Jul 20th, 2007
09:14:46 PM
xmen 3 koolaid
by batmanthehorse
Jul 20th, 2007
09:55:24 PM
people talk about how bad X3 is.. and im sick of it
by Cotton McKnight
Jul 20th, 2007
10:02:20 PM
Cotton you are obviously a TB virgin
by MrJJonz
Jul 20th, 2007
10:12:49 PM
no, that's not true.
by Cotton McKnight
Jul 20th, 2007
10:44:21 PM
I appreciate those who fear Hood will sacrifice...
by rbatty024
Jul 20th, 2007
11:16:34 PM
To those who can't stop hating on SR, X3, etc.
by Forestal
Jul 21st, 2007
02:17:27 AM
Sure there are characters in X3. It's episodic
by superninja
Jul 21st, 2007
02:41:59 AM
I havent read any of the talkbacks yet
by Phategod1
Jul 21st, 2007
03:08:04 AM
Holy crap
by XAOS
Jul 21st, 2007
04:06:11 AM
Interesting choice for a director...
by Tourist
Jul 21st, 2007
04:11:26 AM
I actually think that everyone hating X3 years before..
by rbatty024
Jul 21st, 2007
07:11:57 AM
fuck his stupid origin story......
by wolvenom
Jul 21st, 2007
08:17:43 AM
DO THE FUCKING MAGNETO STORYLINE WITH WOLVIE!
by wolvenom
Jul 21st, 2007
08:21:23 AM
I believe that anyone who likes SR is defective.
by Cotton McKnight
Jul 21st, 2007
11:08:58 AM
It's true that the action in X3 is not staged as well
by superninja
Jul 21st, 2007
01:21:29 PM
ok ....good director.
by machman36
Jul 21st, 2007
02:01:39 PM
SR is Great. X3 is Shite
by Robots In Das Guys
Jul 21st, 2007
03:01:36 PM
No origins. no ninjas. no madripoor or hong kong
by trombone
Jul 21st, 2007
11:44:12 PM
Robots
by trombone
Jul 21st, 2007
11:47:00 PM
I guess I'm defective, because I liked Superman Returns
by Forestal
Jul 22nd, 2007
12:32:22 AM
Killraven = cool.
by superninja
Jul 22nd, 2007
01:22:46 AM
It really ought to be a prequel.
by superninja
Jul 22nd, 2007
01:27:17 AM
David Fincher is required to direct Wolverine
by xhorbius
Jul 22nd, 2007
10:13:45 AM
I find this encouraging. Indy film directors make
by CrichtonAstronut
Jul 23rd, 2007
10:25:03 AM

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