Lauren Shuler Donner on Wolverine 2
Empire magazine recently got a chance to talk to X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner (X-Men, X-Men Origins : Wolverine) at a press do for the just-released ‘Wolverine’ DVD & Blu-Ray about a few upcoming Marvel films including Wolverine 2, X-Men: First Class, Deadpool, and Magneto.
On Wolverine 2:
That’s the furthest along of all the X-Men projects on the boil. It’s actually the story we wanted to use for the first Wolverine film, but [Fox head honcho] Tom Rothman preferred to set the character up with an origin story first. This movie will really focus on the relationship between Wolverine and Mariko, the daughter of a Japanese crime lord, and what happens to him in Japan. We’re very fortunate to have a story mostly outlined for us [from the comic book arc co-written by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller]. And we wanted an A+ writer, so we want to Chris McQuarrie (Valkyrie, The Usual Suspects). He came in and has tightened the story and got really immersed in the whole thing – he’s in Japan in his head!
Lauren Shuler Donner Talks X-Men: First Class
X-Men franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner told /Film, during a press junket for the “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” DVD/Blu-ray release, that the other movies she wants to see happen beyond X-Men: First Class are X4 and The New Mutants.
Donner also revealed that early plans have been considered for a fourth “X-Men” film reuniting the remaining cast members from “X-Men: The Last Stand” but the idea has yet to be pitched to the studio.
She also took the opportunity to clear up the confusion surrounding what was written last week on the Twitter page of Tim Pocock, who played the young Cyclops in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” Pocock apparently wrote:
