Tag archive: Wolverine

It is a sad day for comic book fans. Of all the upcoming superhero-inspired films coming soon—and there are many—few piqued the interest of fans more than the possibility of Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream) directing The Wolverine, the sequel to 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The story was said to be based on Frank Miller’s Wolverine mini-series, which was a fairly dark look at the mutant superhero that redefined the… Read More

Director Darren Aronofsky (The Black Swan, The Wrestler) is currently busy preparing for the inevitable tide of promotion that will accompany his upcoming film Black Swan, due out on December 3, which stars Natalie Portman as a ballerina who begins to embrace her dark side, but he already seems to be making plans for his next film. Mere weeks after officially accepting the job as the director for the Hugh Jackman franchise, Aronofsky seems to… Read More

In what may be one of the oddest pairings in recent Hollywood history, Deadline is reporting that Darren Aronofsky, director of Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler, is leaving the world of dark dramas in favor of the superhero genre to direct the tentatively titled Wolverine 2. It is an abrupt departure for the director, to say the least, who will soon be reunited with Hugh Jackman who starred in Aronofsky’s The Fountain. Aronofsky was also… Read More