According to an exclusive report by Variety, Twentieth Century Fox has been aggressively in search of a new director for the sequel to X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE entitled THE WOLVERINE, especially after the shock departure of director Darren Aronofsky.
Now The studio has revealed that eight directors are being narrowed down as potential candidates to helm the sequel. They are: José Padilha, Doug Liman, Antoine Fuqua, Mark Romanek, Justin Lin, Gavin O'Connor, James Mangold, and commercials director Gary Shore.
Personally I would like to see what directors best known for their indie expertise can do for THE WOLVERINE (e.g. Mark Romanek, Jose Padilha) rather than commercially-minded director like Justin Lin or Antoine Fuqua.
THE WOLVERINE stars Hugh Jackman, and is currently in development. The movie is still aiming for 2012 release.