According to HeatVision Christopher McQuarrie, writer of The Usual Suspects and Valkyrie, will once again be working with Bryan Singer on Jack the Giant Killer. McQuarrie is currently working on the latest draft of the script, with New Line aiming to start shooting in July.

Singer is about to begin casting for the fantasy adventure, the tale of which is set in motion when a princess is kidnapped, threatening a long-standing peace between men and giants. A young farmer is given an opportunity to lead a dangerous expedition to the giants’ kingdom in hope of rescuing her.

Christopher McQuarrie recently handed in his script for Wolverine 2, which according to Hugh Jackman is the best of the series yet. McQuarrie is an Oscar winner so that could very well be the case, and Wolverine 2 will need a solid script if it is going to improve on the last outing.

Jack the Giant Killer has a release date set for late 2011, although depending on how post-production goes it may be released in 2012.

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Hugh Jackman recently said that they were developing the story for Wolverine 2, and I suppose to do that they will need to have a writer. Well it turns out they do. According to The Hollywood Reporter Christopher McQuarrie has been hired to write the script which will see Wolverine fighting ninjas in Japan. There are two reasons why I like this choice. The first is that he won an Oscar for writing The Usual Suspects which currently sits at number 22 on IMDB’s Top 250 movies. He was also a writer on the first X-Men film, but voluntarily took his name off the movie when the final version was more in line with David Hayter’s script than his.

McQuarrie writing credits also include Valkyrie, which was directed by Bryan Singer, director of X1, X2 and The Usual Suspects. Could the hiring of McQuarrie be a tactic by 20th Century Fox to lure Bryan Singer back to the franchise? Singer’s X-Men films were basically Wolverine films anyway, so for him to direct his own Wolverine film would be something I’d like to see as the earlier films were when Wolverine was at his best.

On a related topic, I’d like Fox to hurry the hell up and green light X-Men: First Class. While Wolverine is cool, I’d like to see an actual (Wolverine-free) X-Men movie.

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