Van The Wolverine weten we al dat regisseur Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, Black Swan) er een unieke film van wil maken, die los zal staan van eerdere films over Wolverine. Het zal dus geen simpel vervolg worden op X-Men Origins: Wolverine, tot genoegen van veel fans.
Hugh Jackman is in elk geval erg lovend over de aanwezigheid van Aronofsky, ook al wilde hij nog weinig details onthullen:
“He’s a visionary. I’ve been trying to get Darren since X-Men 3, really. We’ve been talking about this and Wolverine for so long.…we had a meeting about three weeks ago, catching up as friends more than anything, and he just ran a few ideas by me and my eyes just lit up, because already I think this is like a whole new ballgame – just the ideas, the level of depth, and intelligence, and creativity. I think he’s been waiting so long to do a movie in this genre. When he found the script, he said this is it. It’s really exciting.”
