Darren Aronofsky Passes On Tales From The Gangster Squad Nearing Deal For Wolverine 2

Darren Aronofsky Passes On ‘Tales From The Gangster Squad’; Nearing Deal For ‘Wolverine 2’

By Russ Fischer/Oct. 12, 2010 12:22 pm EST

Looks like Mr. Aronofsky’s flirtation with Warner Bros. and Tales From the Gangster Squad was deeper than we’d thought, but the filmmaker has now turned down that project and is earnestly working on a deal to direct Wolverine 2 for Fox.

I’m not sure there’s much to say about that prospect that we haven’t already said a couple of times. All I can hope for is that the strength of the Hugh Jackman & Darren Aronofsky pairing will be enough to resist the incursions of terrible studio notes from Tom Rothman and others at Fox.

We still don’t know too much about the thrust of Wolverine 2. Here are the basics as we’ve reported in the past. Frank Miller’s Japan-set comics miniseries, which is said to be the inspiration for the story, has a lot of material that Mr. Aronofsky could use as raw inspiration for a solid film.