Matthew Vaughn is a hot topic in the film world right now because he’s been doing a lot of press to promote the release of “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” as of late. Vaughn has also confirmed that he’s had talks to direct a potential “Man of Steel” sequel as well.
The director is no stranger to superhero movies, and many X-Men fans feel that “X-Men: First Class” was the best entry in the franchise so far. Vaughn was originally signed on to direct “X-Men: Days Of Future Past” but eventually it was Bryan Singer who ended up taking over as the director.
Vaughn recently spoke to Uproxx about his experience working on the X-Men franchise, and he noted that originally he wanted to make a young Wolverine movie.
“The reason I haven’t done sequels in the past is they just weren’t exciting me. And on Days of Future Past, even though I co-wrote the bloody thing, the reason I bailed out of it is two things: First, I respect Bryan Singer hugely and X-Men is Bryan’s world and I feel he let me play in his sandbox. I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t my sandbox. I wanted my own sandbox. And, second, I didn’t want to do Days of Future Past next. I felt that one should be in a trilogy and Days of Future Past should be the finale of that story. I would have done a film in-between where you meet the young Wolverine and a new character, and then in Days of Future Past became the young Wolverine and the old Wolverine and just really blow it out.”
It doesn’t look likely that we’ll ever see Vaughn’s vision for a young Wolverine film come to fruition, but now that Hugh Jackman has retired from the role, the possibility of seeing a young Wolverine on screen could become a reality whenever Fox decides to recast.
“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” will open in theaters on September 22.
With their headquarters destroyed and the world held hostage, members of Kingsman find new allies when they discover a spy organization in the United States known as Statesman. In an adventure that tests their strength and wits, the elite secret agents from both sides of the pond band together to battle a ruthless enemy and save the day, something that’s becoming a bit of a habit for Eggsy.
