The Wolverine News & Discussion Thread - Part 1

[narrows101]

Hugh Jackman ‏@RealHughJackman
Had my 1st session with ray on the amazing boxmaster......unbelievable core workout!!!! pic.***********/kLsGUyg3

 

[JP]

Chicken legs. D:

 

[terry78]

Wow, wait. Correct me if I'm wrong, but has no one posted the mariko set picture yet? Here: http://xmenfilms.wordpress.com/2012...hewolverinehiroshima/#image-attachment-anchor

Finally.

 

[narrows101]

Chicken legs. D:

Oh he would agree with you, he's said as much in interviews!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but has no one posted the mariko set picture yet?

That hasn't been posted here? Because I've seen it, it's a few weeks old I think (when they were still filming in Japan).

 

[lastairbender]

I want to see more set pics... i want to see Viper!! lol

 

[Superhero 101]

I have a feeling that the main part of this movie takes place after x3 judging the way those cars are looking in that pic with Logan and Mariko walking

 

[Silvermoth]

I don't think they're that worried about continuity with the other films tbh except maybe First Class. It's a new decade after all. They'll probably want to start fresh.

I wonder if Mark Millar coming in as a grand overseer will change anything? He would probably be quite good for a project like this and add in a bit of de Niro's 'Taxi Driver' or whatever. Hopefully he wouldn't have Wolverine kill Northstar again. That was really dumb.

 

[Cagefighterkip]

I have a feeling that the main part of this movie takes place after x3 judging the way those cars are looking in that pic with Logan and Mariko walking

Agreed. Let's just call it now and say its post-X3.

 

[narrows101]

Hugh interview in Total Film magazine:

The new issue of Total Film magazine is in shops now (or you can get in on your iPad for just £1.99), and Hugh Jackman is the subject of this month’s Total Film Interview.

Covering everything from Rise Of The Guardians to Les Misérables (via The Avengers), Jackman talks at length about his career past present and future.

When the topic of The Wolverine came up, Jackman was keen to state his ambitions for the comic-book character that launched his career.

“For various reasons with the first movie I don’t think we got to the bottom of the character and I think that’s why, in this one, we’re calling it ‘The’ Wolverine. It should feel like a standalone movie,” he told us.

“It’s a wonderful idea, which is why Darren [Aronofsky] was interested in doing it. He’d been looking for a movie for a long time and he said that this was the best script he’d read. It didn’t work out in the end for many, complicated reasons but it was kind of a reassurance to me that I knew we were on the right path.”

The Wolverine opens on 26 July 2013.

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/hugh-jackman-talks-about-darren-aronofsky-s-interest-in-the-wolverine

 

[JP]

Not that we ever stopped getting standalone comments since Aronofsky left, but having ANOTHER one should hopefully make people stop the nonsensical speculation of this tying into DoFP.

 

[X-Maniac]

Not that we ever stopped getting standalone comments since Aronofsky left, but having ANOTHER one should hopefully make people stop the nonsensical speculation of this tying into DoFP.

But hang on a moment. I think The Wolverine will almost certainly 'stand alone' from X-Men Origins: Wolverine and was probably intended to stand alone from the First Class/DoFP series.

But since then we've had Rothman going and now Mark Millar coming on board to help build a 'shared universe.' If The Wolverine is going to be part of that, it must be 'sharing' something with the rest of the franchise by having a link of some kind.

Just saying that we cannot be 100 per cent certain - especially with Millar just coming on board - that The Wolverine will be an entirely separate entity.

On a note of comic book accuracy, it's also interesting that Alexei Belyakov, during his lament on here for the loss of Aronofsky and arrival of Mangold, mentioned that the script at that stage did have the comic book costume and mask in it. I can't see Millar wanting to pass up the opportunity to ensure those elements are included.

It could well be that Logan is forced to embrace the animal side (just as Batman embraced the bat/shadows) and don a costume for some sort of ritual (hunt? battle?) to separate his bestial nature from his human side. That could be a cool way of the Japanese training attempting to isolate his animalistic/berserker aspect from his human self.

 

[obin_gam]

disregard

 

[Superhero 101]

Weren't we supposed to be getting something today regarding Wolverine?

 

[JP]

That was last week.

 

[Superhero 101]

oh i thought they were going to release more stuff today

 

[squeekness]

They are probably going to draw this out and give us only dribs and drabs for a while.

 

[JP]

Poster and Trailer either November or December, I'm sure.

 

[squeekness]

I don't want to wait that long.

 

[marvelrobbins]

Probally some kind of teaser In December and full trailer february/early spring

 

[Alexei Belyakov]

Hopefully a trailer in December like the last film.

 

[psylockolussus]

Hopefully a trailer in December like the last film.

Yes + production stills.

 

[narrows101]

More set photos:

Shaon Diwakar ‏@shaond
On the set of Wolverine with Hugh Jackman. #wolverine #hughjackman #sydney http://instagr.am/p/QZPthWRM2H/

Al Reid ‏@TheRealAlReid
Hugh Jackman spotted! #thewolverine [url[pic.***********/3UWUf9z5[/url]

Matthew Bo ‏@mattheworbit
Apparently Hugh Jackman is in here, metres away... pic.***********/cL4gliZW

@czarinamaye
waiting for hugh jackman to come out. Shooting wolverine @ darling harbour

Cato Tomlinson ‏@LouissCarrots1D
Saw Hugh Jackman today pic.***********/r3EnDp1K

 

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[JP]

That's a gorgeous location.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...urce=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=BgJyUMKaGInW0gHF64CQDg

 

[narrows101]

Photos on a Live Journal:

http://hope1972.livejournal.com/2393912.html