15.
THE WOLVERINE
The
Wolverine is based on the character’s most famous
comic book storyline of all time. On one hand, this is a good thing: the source
material is the best opportunity yet for a truly great movie featuring an
X-Man. On the other hand, it also means that if this doesn’t work, we can all
pack up and go home as far as X-Men solo projects are concerned. Some of the directors that danced around this are promising
(Darren Aronofsky), the project eventually landing on James Mangold (Walk the
Line, 3:10 to Yuma, uh, Kate and Leopold) and Hugh Jackman is always fantastic
as this character, no matter the movie, so let’s hope they’ve finally given him
a film worthy of his performances.
