Hugh Jackman has confirmed that he’s started work on a second Wolverine film.
Hugh Jackman says:
“Japan is where we're heading, (and) we're starting to work on it now. We're in ... the first steps of developing that story.”
A sequel to Jackman’s first X Men Origins movie was announced back in May but until now fans could only speculate about where the story would take place.
The flick will be based around X Men comics from the 1980s co-written by Sin City creator Frank Miller where Wolverine battles ninjas and samurais.
Hugh said: “I think the fans love that saga. It's my favorite saga of the Wolverine stories. That's a movie I've longed to make from the beginning, so that's where we're heading.”
Hugh Jackman has spoken about the next Wolverine film saying it will be “very different” to the first film dedicated to the X Men character.
This month director Darren Aronofsky has been confirmed for the project, which will start shooting next year.
He’s famed for dark movies like Requiem For A Dream and The Wrestler, so seems an unusual choice for a comic-book adaptation. But Hugh said he’s expecting great things.
“This is, hopefully for me, going to be out of the box. It’s going to be the best one, I hope," the Aussie star told NY Mag. “I feel this is going to be very different."
He continued: "This is Wolverine. This is not Popeye. He’s kind of dark, But, you know, this is a change of pace. Chris McQuarrie, who wrote The Usual Suspects, has written the script, so that’ll give you a good clue. [Aronofsky’s] going to make it fantastic.
“There’s going to be some meat on the bones. There will be something to think about as you leave the theater, for sure.”
X Men Origins: Wolverine 2 is currently scheduled for release in late 2011.
Maybe now the movie will be a kick ass rated R movie.
The wolverine movie is rumored to feature Silver Samurai.My only problem with the movie is its the sequel to the first movie.This movie also comes out around the same time as X-men First Class which is kind of stupid since they are both prequels.I guess we will se what happens later.
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