The Official "Wolverine at Comic-Con" Thread

[FaT_tONle]

Another report:

http://www.geektyrant.com/2008/07/hugh-jackman-showed-us-a-wolverine-clip/

Gambit throwing cards??? I thought it was a cameo... Fox is freaking clueless...

 

[Matt Mortem]

Has anyone released a description of sabretooth? Does he look alright? I've got all these worries bout leiv as sabretooth. I hope he looks mean

 

[danoyse]

Gambit throwing cards??? I thought it was a cameo... Fox is freaking clueless...

Cranky, party of 1...your table is ready.

 

[narrows101]

Hugh reports to Access Hollywood (on the TV show and in an online story/video) that he still has the facial hair (although a full beard again) because he and Nicole Kidman are doing some reshoots for Australia in a few weeks.

And he also reports that Stan Lee is making a cameo:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/news/bal-lifestyle-jackman0725,0,7672642.story

Hugh Jackman announces Stan Lee cameo in 'Wolverine' at Comic-Con
By Sandy Cohen | The Associated Press
9:38 AM EDT, July 25, 2008

SAN DIEGO - The creator of "X-Men" bumped into Wolverine at Comic-Con.

After happy introductions between Stan Lee and Hugh Jackman, the actor announced that Lee would make a cameo in the upcoming 20th Century Fox movie " X-Men Origins: Wolverine," due out next May.

"Don't tell anyone," Jackman joked about the accidental announcement. "It's always a big shock when people see him."

"I promise not to try and overshadow you," Lee said.



Jackman, who made an unannounced appearance Thursday at the convention to tout "Wolverine," later said that he and Lee had met before, at the opening of the first "X-Men" movie in 2000.

"I don't know if he remembers," said Jackman, who went on to praise the 85-year-old comic-book king.

"Around here this guy is like a god," Jackman said. "Around here, people see this guy, they faint. Their whole livelihood and everything they're interested in came out of his mind."

One character Lee didn't create, Jackman added, was Wolverine.

But there is always room for more superheroes on screen, Lee said. The success of superhero flicks will continue to inspire new and better big-screen stories, he said.

"You could tell having seen 'Iron Man,' having seen ' Batman,' the writers and producers and directors now know how to treat these movies," he said. "They're not just silly stories of people wearing capes hitting a bad guy. They have more dimension to them."

" ... It's like gangster movies," he said. "There will never be an end to crime stories. There will never be an end, I think, to superhero stories. They'll just evolve, they'll be done in different ways and I think they'll keep getting better and better."

 

[jaymes_e06]

" ... It's like gangster movies," he said. "There will never be an end to crime stories. There will never be an end, I think, to superhero stories. They'll just evolve, they'll be done in different ways and I think they'll keep getting better and better."

Well said.

 

[X The Bends X]

quick question when does the main story take place? the80's or what?

 

[.Rorschach.]

If you google it you can find pics of Blob,Gambit,Sabertooth,and Deadpool.Deadpool needs to have a scarred face.I hope he doesn't end up looking like Ryan Reynolds with a sleeveless red shirt on.Blob looks better than expected,and the one pic I saw of Gambit looked ok.

 

[jaymes_e06]

quick question when does the main story take place? the80's or what?

According to Jackman the story spans 100 years so yeah that's a lot of ground to cover in a 2 to 2 1/2 hour (who am I kidding this is Fox we're luky to get 2 hours) movie.

 

[narrows101]

Great story from Len Wien's wife, who was in the audience with him and reports on her blog what happened when Hugh made his appearance and other stuff from San Diego.

http://mcvalada.blogspot.com/2008/07/superhero-moment.html

Superhero Moment


Well, we've been in San Diego for 24 hours now. The weather, as always, is darned near perfect. Our hotel has a view of the bay and whatever battleship that is in dock across the water on Del Coronado Island. And Len says he may never come back again because how could he possibly top what's happened so far. It is truly lovely to be a special guest and actually treated as...special.

This morning was the Fox presentation of upcoming films. Unlike a number of people in the audience, we knew there was a special guest showing up for a few minutes after the panels on the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still and a game-based film called Max Payne. Len had a hot ticket to go back stage, but we both had Studio Guest seats in the front few rows. He had a signing at the DC booth that overlapped with the beginning of the program, which, as it turned out, wasn't a problem. The panel was delayed half an hour.

I got there first to save the seats and got tipped off about what was going to happen when the surprise guest arrived. When Len arrived, I told him to "de-Geek"--take off his cap and take the Bluetooth out of his ear. He grumbled a little and wanted to know what was up. I said "trust me."

To the screams of the audience, the special appearance of Hugh Jackman was announced and he came bounding out onto the stage. He had just flown in from Australia because they had finished principle photography for X-men Origins: Wolverine.

He started out by saying "I know what you are all thinking--he's just too tall to play Wolverine!" This has been a running joke because the 6'3" Jackman is playing a character who is only 5'3" or 5'5" tall, depending on which interview you happen to read. Len told Hugh the first time they met that he feels that Hugh does a great job of "playing short."

The audience went wild as Hugh thanked them for supporting the first 3 X-men movies and how he's grateful to have a career thanks to this character and the fans support of him and then he announced that there was someone in the audience without whom there would be no Wolverine and without whom he, Hugh, would not have a career (how generous is that?): Len Wein. He asked Len to stand up and before we knew it, Hugh was jumping off the stage to shake hands. OMG! Well, I'm proud as can be and can't stop tearing up. It was such a gracious thing to do.

Entertainment Weekly Online and several other online news sources have done a good job covering the moment. As soon as I get ready, I'll have some pictures from back stage after the all too brief appearance. I should have brought the Mac with me, not the PC.

And yes, Hugh Jackman is even more beautiful in person than on screen.

 

[chaseter]

Gambit throwing cards??? I thought it was a cameo... Fox is freaking clueless...

As opposed to have him just sitting there for 5 seconds and say one line...OHHHHKKKAAAAAAYYYYYY

 

[batman497]

These pictures look bad on epic proportions! Gosh I'll wait till I see some action but so far the reports of this being bad look accurate. Ryan reynolds looks stupid, the wolvs and sabertooth shot looks terrible, the young wolverine shot is dreadful and gambit looks like a total dork. To top it all off the color makes it look like darkman. I know this stuff might be cleaned up but right now this looks like the bomb of next year.

 

[Beanjuice]

oh god a negative nancy has arrived

 

[snowball]

Some people clearly like to complain just for the sake of it. They'll never be happy, no matter who's cast or how the movie is made! Get over it! This is a live action movie, it's never going to match the freaking cartoons in every way! If you don't like it, don't see it, just stop ruining the buzz for everyone else. I'm totally stoked, I can't wait to see this film, but I'm getting seriously pee'd off with the complaining, it's making me really start to hate this fandom.

 

[Deadpool87]

Some people clearly like to complain just for the sake of it. They'll never be happy, no matter who's cast or how the movie is made! Get over it! This is a live action movie, it's never going to match the freaking cartoons in every way! If you don't like it, don't see it, just stop ruining the buzz for everyone else. I'm totally stoked, I can't wait to see this film, but I'm getting seriously pee'd off with the complaining, it's making me really start to hate this fandom.

Yes! I agree with you 100%!! It's hard to stay excited about anything on here any more because every time we get some awesome news, some new pics, or something there's always that group of people who just starts complaining about the stupidest little things, and it completely kills my excitement. Those are the kind of people who, when they are talking to people in person, will say anything just to start an arguement. I'm just tired of having to sift through ten pages of complaining just to get one piece of new info. So, I'm sure I speak for a great many people on here when I say: Please stop griping! I mean this is frickin' Wolverine!! Get excited! If you don't like Wolverine, then you've got no place on here. Just go start an "I don't like Wolverine" thread and stay there.

Ok, that was my rant for the day.

 

[narrows101]

Hugh's G4 video interview:

http://www.g4tv.com/specials/videos/27332/Hugh_Jackman_Interview.html

 

[chaseter]

Some people clearly like to complain just for the sake of it. They'll never be happy, no matter who's cast or how the movie is made! Get over it! This is a live action movie, it's never going to match the freaking cartoons in every way! If you don't like it, don't see it, just stop ruining the buzz for everyone else. I'm totally stoked, I can't wait to see this film, but I'm getting seriously pee'd off with the complaining, it's making me really start to hate this fandom.

Oh but nooooo, Batman in a ninja outfit means Batman Begins sucked and Peter Parker in a wrestling outfit means that Spider-Man was the worst movie ever We get one shot of Wade pre-scars with NO BACKSTORY to the shot as to when this was in the movie. God this is ridiculous.

And I agree with yout:

 

[RonStoppablefan]

This is so awesome. I wish some one would post the trailer, guess I'll have to wait for the preview in thetares which sucks. The movie sounds bad ass, I mean Wolverine V.S SaberTooth, yes ^^

 

[Retroman]

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22982

EMPIRE's REPORT (including their description of Deadpool)

Cool, thanks.

Hugh reports to Access Hollywood (on the TV show and in an online story/video) that he still has the facial hair (although a full beard again) because he and Nicole Kidman are doing some reshoots for Australia in a few weeks.

And he also reports that Stan Lee is making a cameo:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/news/bal-lifestyle-jackman0725,0,7672642.story

I love Stan and all but how come het gets a cameo in this and not Len Wein who created the main character?

Great story from Len Wien's wife, who was in the audience with him and reports on her blog what happened when Hugh made his appearance and other stuff from San Diego.

http://mcvalada.blogspot.com/2008/07/superhero-moment.html

That was really nice of him!

He had just flown in from Australia because they had finished principle photography for X-men Origins: Wolverine.

Didn't he say the same thing a month ago at the Cinema Expo?

 

[Retroman]

Star portraits shot specially at Comic Con for EW. Anna Paquin was also present.

HUGH JACKMAN, Wolverine

ANNA PAQUIN AND STEPHEN MOYER, True Blood

Source:http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20213067_20213322_20215160_9,00.html
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20213067_20213322_20215160_2,00.html

 

[narrows101]

Cool, thanks.
Didn't he say the same thing a month ago at the Cinema Expo?

Who knows what he meant since he's been on vacation for about the last three weeks! He was in St. Tropez, Athens and Dubai before returning to Sydney I think last week. My guess is they finished right before Amsterdam like he originally said, but perhaps what he was referring to at Comic-Con was some stuff that didn't need him since his beard has grown out so he couldn't be filming anything (and he didn't get home until last week) or perhaps he was referring to last-minute producing duties and not filming.

 

[jaymes_e06]

Star portraits shot specially at Comic Con for EW. Anna Paquin was also present.

HUGH JACKMAN, Wolverine

ANNA PAQUIN AND STEPHEN MOYER, True Blood

Source:http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20213067_20213322_20215160_9,00.html
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20213067_20213322_20215160_2,00.html

Cool I wonder if they bumped into each other. Anna is so hot as a blonde:heart:

 

[jaymes_e06]

Cool, thanks.
I love Stan and all but how come het gets a cameo in this and not Len Wein who created the main character?

He's the one who created the Marvel Universe basically so he can cameo in any movie he likes. lol

 

[Retroman]

^^Yeah but even so i think they should have given Wein a cameo too.

Who knows what he meant since he's been on vacation for about the last three weeks! He was in St. Tropez, Athens and Dubai before returning to Sydney I think last week. My guess is they finished right before Amsterdam like he originally said, but perhaps what he was referring to at Comic-Con was some stuff that didn't need him since his beard has grown out so he couldn't be filming anything (and he didn't get home until last week) or perhaps he was referring to last-minute producing duties and not filming.

Probably the latter.

 

[jbone55]

What does Sabertooth look like?

 

[snowball]

go to the Trailer thread and start from page 8, there are pics in there