I remember when he was rumored to be in X3 and Vince Murdocco was suppose to play him and Vince lied to us all. We thought some mutant on the bridge scene was Omega Red and we heard he was fighting Wolverine in the forest but nooooooo
I love Omega Red...a great villian.
Wolverine II will hit in May of 2012, God willing.
Jackman likes his downtime from the claws, hopefully Neil Marshall's DRIVE will prove to be his next PRESTIGE
Is Drive even still happening? Last I heard that was supposed to film last summer.
Supposedly he's going to be doing a musical about Harry Houdini, so let's assume that's the next Prestige.
If he doesn't film anything before he goes back on stage in the rumored Spring 2010, it could be another two-three years before we see him in a movie, depending how long the Broadway run is. Which is why I would like to see a movie or two "in the can" before he goes back that would be timed to come out while he's on Broadway so it doesn't seem like he's away from the movies.
I'm dying to see him let lose.
The Prestige and The Fountain were such a great direction for him to go after X3. I just wish they hadn't been released a month apart and the same year as X3.
Hopefully DRIVE will be a chance for Jackman to cross over into the realm of "R" rated films like Eastern Promises and No Country for Old Men.
The description for the film sounds like something Charles Bronson woulda done in '73...
"Based on the novel by James Sallis, Jackman will star as a Hollywood stunt driver that also drives getaway cars for bank robbers."
he's such a talented actor, I'm hoping he keeps looking for more serious pieces and more serious directors to work under.
Nolan and Aronofsky were great starts.
I wanna see Jackman in a Cronenberg movie
As far as we know, he did drop out since that's the last word we got on it, but Soderbergh's comments made me a little suspicious - that perhaps he did but Soderbergh really wants him so is willing to wait. Or of course Soderbergh could be talking about someone else completely LOL. But the last thing official is that he "removed his name from negotiations" and Soderbergh wasn't specific, just said "one of our actors..."
I LOVE the Guys & Dolls movie and I agree! I remember a few years ago there was a quote reportedly from Hugh saying they were going to do a movie musical of Guys & Dolls and were ready to go and just needed a director - and that was the last we heard. So who the heck knows. Also, I think his three-picture movie musical deal with Disney also went by the wayside when Disney had that shakeup a few years go (I do wonder if G&D was part of that). Yeah I know, Contact Music = very reliable - not - but BroadwayWorld.com picked it up. This is dated May 2006.
I think G&D was originally with Miramax so maybe something happened when that went under, although other than ContactMusic I haven't seen that quote anywhere else. Would love to know where they got it from. One of these days he'll do his movie musical (his "Carousel" is still in development) - I hope the Oscars isn't the only venue where people could see him sing besides Broadway (which is a limited audience - but more people probably saw him sing at the Oscars than would see a movie musical LOL).
http://www.totalfilm.com/news/simon-beaufoy-writing-truckersJames White @ Total Film said:
Omega Red first
But the cure was temporary. Magneto was getting his powers back by the end of the film. I'm not saying that all the events of X3 have to be undone, but this point was already unravelling by the end of the third movie. I don't see the problem.
