Another highlight is bound to be X-Men Origins: Wolverine due out in March. After the closure of the X-Men Trilogy, there was still a massive audience enthusiasm for these characters, and the studio decided that they would proceed with a series of Origins movies. These would sketch the birth and early life of the characters up to the time that they entered Prof Xaviers Academy and thus into the original film trilogy. They selected Wolverine and Magneto as the first two characters.
South African director Gavin Hood was picked for the job and along with his excitement about the project, he had some apprehension. When I spoke to him about his last film, Rendition, he admitted that he had been quite anxious about tackling Wolverine because it was so far removed from his more familiar social dramas.
The thing that settled it for me was a letter from Hugh Jackman, says Hood. He had seen Tsotsi, and he wrote to me saying that Wolverine was not so different. It was also about a young man, still close to his childhood and deeply vulnerable, who has the potential for great violence and cruelty. Just as the character in Tsotsi allowed his emotions and impulses to protect the child that had landed in his life, so Wolverine is not an evil or naturally violent figure. He told me it was really about understanding what makes him different and using it for good. Jackman said Just make Tsotsi again in this new context and youll be fine.
In addition to Jackman, the cast features Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth and Dominic Monaghan as Beak. The major plot line follows the youthful rivalry between Wolverine and Sabretooth. The film was shot mainly in New Zealand, but it was drastically delayed by the US writers strike of 2007. At one stage the studio was close to abandoning the project, but they hung on for long enough to get it done.
The Magneto prequel is still on hold, pending the audience reaction to the first.
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