Variety are reporting that The Wolverine, as it is now titled, will start shooting in April, presumably eyeing a release date during the summer of 2012. Looks like 2012 is shaping up to be a Marvel/DC Royal Rumble, with The Avengers, The Wolverine, The Dark Knight Rises and Superman: Man of Steel all competing for a hefty slice of the box-office pie.
In addition, Variety are saying that 20th Century Fox have signed Darren Aronofsky (director of The Wolverine) and his production company Protozoa Pictures to a two-year deal, through which they will develop and produce his films, either through 20th Century Fox or Fox Searchlight Pictures. Fox produced and distributed Aronofsky’s Black Swan, as well as distributing The Wrestler and clearly like what they see from him. Fox Searchlight heads Steve Gilula and Nancy Utley said:-
“Darren’s vision has brought audiences some of the most original and memorable stories and characters in recent motion picture history. We at Fox witnessed this first hand with his work on ‘The Wrestler’ and ‘Black Swan’ and now on ‘The Wolverine,’ which will be an exciting take on that iconic figure and on the genre itself.”
20th Century Fox already have producing deals with Shawn Levy (Night At The Museum, Date Night), Ben Stiller, James Cameron, Ridley Scott and Tony Scott and this latest deal surely qualifies as another feather in their prestigious cap.
Hollywood will implode itself by putting such big movies so close to one another. Somethings got to give, I guess none of the studio’s figure it will be them. What’s wrong with November/December, didn’t Potter and Avatar re-establish them as “blockbuster” months? Studio’s should be looking to give some of their properties breathing room and move them there, particularily for the two upcoming summers. Pretty sure Superman will be december. As for 2012, you forgot an entrant into the “Royal Rumble” slick, and it will be MASSIVE. I’ll let you figure it out. Wink, wink, wink all the way home. Let’s keep the cosmic trigger happy.
Hollywood will implode itself by putting such big movies so close to one another. Somethings got to give, I guess none of the studio’s figure it will be them. What’s wrong with November/December, didn’t Potter and Avatar re-establish them as “blockbuster” months? Studio’s should be looking to give some of their properties breathing room and move them there, particularily for the two upcoming summers. Pretty sure Superman will be december. As for 2012, you forgot an entrant into the “Royal Rumble” slick, and it will be MASSIVE. I’ll let you figure it out. Wink, wink, wink all the way home. Let’s keep the cosmic trigger happy.
I know, Spidey, realised just after posting. Schoolboy rror *grovels*. I think you are spot on about shifting away from summer. March worked for 300/Watchmen and Sucker Punch is going for the same. LOTR went for December to spectacular box office. I think someone will suffer if they bunch too much. Lest we forget, Star Trek 2 is going to be in there too.