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Slade and Schwentke Up for Wolverine Sequel

by Edward Douglas
August 20, 2010

Eclipse and Red directors approved to helm Logan's Japanese adventure 

New York Magazine's Vulture is claiming that 20th Century Fox has approved two directors to helm the untitled sequel to their 2009 hit X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the first being The Twilight Saga: Eclipse helmer David Slade, the second being Robert Schwentke, the director of the upcoming comic movie Red for Summit Entertainment. The final decision will be up to the movie's star Hugh Jackman, who is said to be meeting with both directors next week although their insiders seem to think the gig is  going to Slade, who has less on his immediate plate than Schwentke, who has already been circling other projects to do next.

According to the story, the plot in the script written by Christopher McQuarrie involves Logan beginning a "forbidden romance with a Japanese woman whose hand in marriage is, unfortunately, promised to another man."  Since Logan won't take "no" for an answer, it puts him into battle with her father and her "samurai-sword-wielding brothers."  We fully expect the Silver Samurai to be one of those brothers. His father is Lord Shingen Yashida, a Yakuza crime boss and a mutant himself. One can also expect the movie to deal with Wolverine's relationship with his daughter Mariko Yashida, and who knows, maybe we'll even see Yukio in the new movie, but that's a lot of Japanese (or Asian) actors who should start lining up for roles in the movie if they're going in this direction.

A release date has not yet been set for the sequel.

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lamberto
August 20, 2010
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who are these people?
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zene456
August 20, 2010
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What a boner of an idea this is. Please do not waste Mr Jackmans and the publics time with this dribble. The last movie was bad enough but if you cannot show guts spilling out on the floor what is the point? The worst part of origins was the fact that wolverines love interest was faking her death to save him. Boo fricken who!
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lamberto
August 20, 2010
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and by that i mean they can do better.
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zene456
August 20, 2010
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This is gonna be a piece o crap!
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Eric
August 20, 2010
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Conceptually this is starting well...Logan in Japan and all that...but my faith in Fox to bring that concept to life in the form of a good film is non-existent at this point. Come on Fox, prove me wrong. Make a good movie.
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Vaportrail
August 20, 2010
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Okay.. at first I was about to hate on Slade, but then I read he directed "Hard Candy".

Which was insanely good. It also had a good script, so we'll see.
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the most intrig
August 20, 2010
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Who does this stuff?? So Logan's going against the Yakuza, fool around with the wrong girl and go head to head with the Silver Samurai. At least the Silver Samurai will be there. They should get Zero Kazama to play him. He would be perfect. I still want to have faith in this movie along with "First Class".
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