This weekend, Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine returns for Deadpool and Wolverine. The superhero movie adds Ryan Reynolds’ lovable antihero to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as the X-Men fan favorite after Jackman returned to the latest (or almost). While critics call Deadpool and Wolverine the “definitive Deadpool movie,” Logan director James Mangold has shared his thoughts on the cinematic universes.
James Mangold is now preparing to shoot a very different film: the Bob Dylan biopic with Timothée Chalamet. When the first trailer for A Complete Unknown was released on Wednesday, Mangold asked if he would create his own “cinematic universe” by bringing back Joaquin Phoenix’s Johnny Cash from Walk The Line. This is how he responded to Rolling Stone:
I don’t do multiverses. Array. . . It’s strange that I’ve even worked in the world of IP entertainment because I don’t like building multi-movie universes. I think he is the enemy of stories. The death of the story. For other people it is more attractive to see how the Legos come together than how the story unfolds in front of us.
While Mangold rarely speaks directly about the MCU, or any other multiverse in particular, his answer actually speaks to his own view of the popular team that studios have been employing lately. In fact, the director was part of a Marvel movie with Logan, but in a way that fits into that perspective. The film was almost devoid of cameos, references or interconnected moments. Hell, the X-23 movie that could have come out of Logan never happened (although it was “a reality” once upon a time). As Mangold continued:
For me, the purpose is, “What’s unique about this movie and those characters?Don’t make yourself think of another movie, an Easter egg or anything else, that is a totally intellectual act, not an emotional act. You need the film to paint emotionally.
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With that in mind, don’t expect to see James Mangold directing an MCU movie anytime soon. The filmmaker largely speaks to a factor that many have raised with multiverse films over the years. Sometimes it can feel like each access is an advertisement for the next rather than focusing on a big central plot. The smart ones excel at locating their own emotional story rather than relying on Easter eggs or stories that unfold in other films.
While James Mangold may not be a multiverse guy, he’s already given his blessing for Hugh Jackman’s return to Logan. The director has said in the past that he and Jackman, whom he considers an old friend, have talked a lot about “what kind of Midnight Run or 48 Hrs. with Deadpool and Logan would be” and “fully understands” that Reynolds, Jackman and director Shawn Levy “pursue this idea” with Deadpool and Wolverine.
Deadpool and Wolverine are hitting theaters this weekend!And you can check out Mangold’s next film, A Complete Unknown, in December.
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