Producer Of ‘The Wolverine’ & In-Development Deadpool Movie Talks About The Projects

Here’s a couple little nuggets for you X-Men/Marvel fans to kick start your week. In their upcoming May issue Empire spoke with Lauren Shuler Donner, producer of the X-Men Movies, about the Marvel projects that are currently in the pipeline – in particular the Deadpool movie and the Hugh Jackman starring ‘The Wolverine.’

On the subject of the ‘The Wolverine’ Donner spoke on the direction the Japan-set movie will go in: “It will have depth and a dramatic backbone,” she said. “And yet there’s more action in this one than in any one we’ve ever done. It’s such a good script. We have the great Christopher McQuarrie writing and it’s very true to the Japanese saga. This is Logan on his own…”

Talking about the Ryan Reynolds starring Deadpool movie Donner confessed that it would be “a total reboot. We’re either going to pretend that didn’t happen, or mock it, which he could do.” No director has yet hopped on board Deadpool, although the film has been offered to the likes of Robert Rodriguez in the past. “We’re looking for a director, yes,” said Donner who, mindful of Reynolds’ ever-growing logjam of work, added that the film would shoot in the next year or so. “He’s very involved, Ryan. He’s working with the writers on the screenplay and it is as much as it is ours.”

With Aronofsky leaving the director’s chair on ‘The Wolverine’ my interest levels have plummeted 200%* (*that might be a slight exaggeration), hopefully FOX can find right director for the project. With regards to Deadpool I’m truly excited in seeing the witty and talkative mercenary hit the big screen, fingers crossed it doesn’t disappoint!