It looks like Darren Aronofsky is eager to scratch the itch of a big budget blockbuster, and “X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2” may be the film to satisfy that urge.
Deadline reports that the director has turned down Warner Bros. offer to helm “Tales From The Gangster Squad,” a period gangster movie about cops attempting to bring down notorious LA gangster Mickey Cohen. The move now leaves him wide open to take on ‘Wolverine 2’ and it looks like it’s merely a matter of hammering out deal points.
In the wake of the festival success of “Black Swan,” Aronofsky is ready to get real paid. He’s apparently working out a deal that will see him bank $5 million against 5% of the gross of ‘Wolverine 2.’ That’s one helluva incentive.
We’re big fans of Aronofsky and are a bit dismayed he’s seriously in contention to helm a boring franchise film, particularly when he has much more interesting films he could be doing instead. We guess we now have a reason to care about the second installment of the Hugh Jackman payday vehicle which takes place in Japan and will have ninjas or something. But if this means Aronofsky eventually gets to make his own “Inception,” we suppose there is a potential silver lining in all of this.
