‘Logan’ director James Mangold says, ‘I do not do multiverses’

Sorry, Stroll the Line followers. Joaquin Phoenix‘s Johnny Money is not going to be a part of A Full Unknown, the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic that stars Timothée Chalamet.

Director James Mangold, who’s behind each movies, was agency when he instructed Rolling Stone in an interview revealed Wednesday, “I do not do multiverses.”

The director of superhero sequels together with The Wolverine, Logan, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future sounded shocked at among the tasks on his resume.

“It is bizarre that I’ve even labored on this planet of IP leisure as a result of I do not like multi-movie universe-building,” stated Mangold, who’s additionally helmed Ford v Ferrari, Cop Land, and Woman, Interrupted. “I believe it is the enemy of storytelling. The demise of storytelling. It is extra fascinating to individuals the way in which the Legos join than the way in which the story works in entrance of us.

“For me, the purpose turns into, at all times, ‘What is exclusive about this movie, and these characters?’ Not making you concentrate on another film or some Easter egg or one thing else, which is all an mental act, not an emotional act. You need the film to work on an emotional degree.”

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Chalamet feels in a different way, telling NME in March that he would really like his Dune: Half Two costar Austin Butler, who performed the King in Baz Luhrmann‘s Elvis in 2022, to look in his Dylan film.

Within the case of Phoenix, the Joker: Folie à Deux star, who was nominated for an Oscar for the 2005 movie, is simply not proper for this one.

“I like Joaquin, however he isn’t 30, or no matter Johnny was at this second,” Mangold stated. “They’re each younger individuals in that second in life.”

Boyd Holbrook portrays the music legend in A Full Unknown, which is scheduled to reach in theaters in December.