With Deadpool vs. Wolverine hitting theaters around the world and many Marvel fans reliving the past personal adventures of both characters, it makes sense that we’re hearing from Logan director James Mangold, who’s trying to Ending Hugh Jackman’s journey as Wolverine. Unsurprisingly, he has nothing good to say about the cinematic universe, but almost half of his big screen career has been intellectual property work.
In an interview with Rolling Stone following the release of the first trailer for the Bob Dylan biopic, the filmmaker admitted that even he was surprised that he was working in the “world of IP entertainment,” considering By the time he had cashed three huge checks, it was fun. In addition, he will direct a “Star Wars” movie at Lucasfilm and “Swamp Thing” for James Gunn’s DCCU, a new attempt by Warner to emulate the Marvel Universe.
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“Weirdly, I’ve even worked in IP entertainment because I don’t like multi-cinematic universe building. I think it’s the enemy of storytelling. The death of storytelling. LEGO is more interesting to people than we connect How the story in front of you works is more important,” he explains. do you know? The thing is he’s not wrong. Even when fan service and appropriately good storytelling can coexist, studios and fans often get lost in quick profits and superficial satisfaction.
It makes sense for a traditional filmmaker like him (movies like 3:10 to Yuma and Ford v. Ferrari were great “dad movies” and crowd-pleasers) to have this view, But it all fell apart, and it feels really interesting that he helped set up the mutant universe at Fox twice, handled the ending of Indiana Jones, and then immediately signed on to make a Star Wars “Jedi Origins” movie as well as DC Studios’ ” Swamp Thing. Note that all of his IP-based output is independent, but they’re still part of a larger, franchise-driven effort. It’s also not a great look when you’re gearing up for James Gunn’s upcoming reboot of the DC continuity. Like it or not, Swamp Thing will fit into the larger universe.
“For me, the goal is always: ‘What’s unique about this movie and these characters?’ Without making you think about other movies or Easter eggs or whatever, it’s all an intellectual act, not an emotional act , you want the movie to work on an emotional level,” he added. Again, his central idea is absolutely correct, and it does show up in most of his IP work (even if the full story doesn’t always land 100%). But man, you really aren’t the best person to step up and bang the drum.
