Director for Wolverine Spinoff Narrows

[Brian Damage]

Fox is moving on with the production of Wolverine. We're hearing that there are two names on the short list of directors the studio has in mind.


It appears there is action on the Fox lot surrounding the X-Men spin-off movie, Wolverine.

Fox has been working on finding a director to helm the first of two possible franchise spin-offs from the X-Men franchise that Fox apparently put to rest, the other being Magneto.

Fox wants to ensure that Wolverine and Magneto can stand on their own after putting the kabosh on the expensive X-Men franchise, which would only continue to bloat its budget as the ensemble cast gets more expensive.

So to put things in the right hands, Fox is in talks with DJ Caruso. Caruso is a hot property after the success of Disturbia and is also being courted by Dreamworks for an unnamed project.

To hedge their bets, Fox may be looking at Len Wiseman as possibly directing if Caruso winds up at Dreamworks.

I'm not sure who Fox would rather have in the directors chair, but Wiseman may leap frog Caruso if Live Free, Die Hard is well received.

The David Benioff script tells the tale of a pre-X-Men Wolverine and the events surrounding his adamantium skeleton and claws.

David Goyer has already signed on to direct Magneto.

[TJL]

It will be interesting to see which movie makes it to the theater first.

As much as i like Magneto (especially with what Ian McKellen did with the character) I think a Wolverine movie will be a sure hit.