Wolverine filming update/news.

I'm absolutly agreed.

4 films about Logan????........ no, thanks.
 
Finally, another female!

http://www.smh.com.au/news/stay-in-touch/a-little-offstage-bonding/2008/04/20/1208629722259.html

Asher Keddie no longer receives sideway glances from shopkeepers who fear she may have the same kleptomaniac tendencies as Julia, her character on the award-winning drama series Love My Way.

"That was the beauty of that character," Keddie said. "She changed in people's perception over the three series, which was wonderful for me. I have different conversations about her now."

The role in the pay-television series saw Keddie receive a Logie nomination in the industry-voted category of Most Outstanding Actress in 2005 and 2006. With the third and final season screening last year, Keddie and her co-stars- including Claudia Karvan - are also up for Logies this year.

Keddie is also nominated, for a second time, in the category of Most Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor, at tonight's ASTRA awards, the pay-TV equivalent of the Logies. However, she won't be there to collect, should she win, due to a gruelling schedule of night shoots for her role in Hugh Jackman's Wolverine.

Wolverine will be Keddie's second feature - she is also in the yet-to-be-released Beautiful- since finishing Love My Way 18 months ago.
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From a Google search:

Asher Keddie has worked extensively in theatre, film and television. She has performed in productions for the Melbourne Theatre Company and the Carlton Courthouse. Her television work includes appearances in Blue Heelers, Halifax f.p., State Coroner, and Simone de Beauvoir's Babies.
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Bowen, Australia was one of the locations where Hugh and Nicole Kidman filmed their movie AUSTRALIA last year. Check out this piece of gossip in their local paper - since when was WOLVERINE Len Wiseman's movie LOL??? I'm thinking it was the other way around - Hugh wanted to see it to see if Wiseman was a possible director since we heard rumors about that.

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2008/04/22/12427_talknorth.html

Die Hard fans in Bowen
JOHN ANDERSEN
22Apr08

DIE Hard 4 starring Bruce Willis had its world premiere in Bowen's Summergarden picture theatre last year.

This is a fact the Summergarden's Ben De Luca revealed yesterday. It's an interesting story. Ben took a call from movie director Len Wiseman who said he had just finished making Die Hard 4 and he wanted Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman to see it. Both stars were in Bowen at the time working on Baz Luhrmann's Australia. Wiseman told Ben he would send over a print of Die Hard 4 if Ben would agree to screen it privately for Hugh and Co. Ben told the Hollywood director that this was Bowen and that `we can do anything'. Two weeks go by and he gets a call from one of Wiseman's executives who says he's just taken off from Los Angeles and that he has the print with him and will be in Bowen `tomorrow'. Private guards were with him to ensure the film was not lost, stolen or copied. Hugh and Nicole all went and watched it along with their pals from Australia. And they invited Ben and his staff in to watch it as well. At the end of the movie Hugh Jackman, who by this time had buddied up with Ben, asked him what he thought of the movie. "I thought it was **** hot Hugh," Ben said. "I did, too," said Hugh. The reason Wiseman wanted Jackman in particular to see the film was because he wanted him to star in his next movie, Wolverine, which is now in production. Jackman had told Wiseman he was not familiar with his work so Wiseman said `have a look at Die Hard 4 and see if you'll work with me'. Hugh liked it and now he's playing the lead in Wolverine. "The first time Die Hard 4 was shown in a commercial theatre anywhere in the world was in Bowen," Ben said yesterday.
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Great casting...although he is a little tall for Wolverine don't you think?

:D
 
the a1ant said:
Wow, who on earth wrote that article??? Lol...



Heather Hudson? Besides Hudson, I can think of a female character that's at the carnival with Beak, and maybe there's some female doctor characters, but I'm hoping it's for Hudson (assuming she's in the film) :up:
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Where does it say anything in the story about a carnival and Beak?
 
Oh, I was just talking about early script reviews that mentioned a couple female characters.
 
Hugh did an interview to promote his new movie while he was getting his makeup applied for Wolverine.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertai...1208743020724.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2

[snip]

Jackman is in make-up at Fox Studios in Sydney as he talks to Metro over the phone. "Right now I'm getting stuff stuck all over my body so I can go on set as Wolverine."

After the success of the three X-Men films, Jackman is now starring in a movie based around his character, Wolverine. Seed is producing this one, too.

"Actually, I'm loving producing ... I find I enjoy the acting a lot more being a producer, because you're so much more involved with the process of the creation of the scene.

"I think the hardest thing as an actor - and of course actors' personalities sometimes don't help - is that when you concentrate on what you're doing, you can forget the film as a whole. As a producer, that's what's on your mind the whole time. You're thinking, 'How can I make the best film possible?' [To be a producer and an actor], you've got to be a bit grown-up."

[snip]

"Oh," he says, "the guy's behind me are motioning for me to take my pants down. It's time to end the interview."

What's this? A scandal?

No, just the make-up crew transforming Jackman's lower half into Wolverine's.
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We read about her before but not sure if we've seen her pictures - it's in this article.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23582964-5012990,00.html

HER boyfriend Koby Abberton could double as her bodyguard, but with a part to play in Wolverine it sounds as if Tahyna Tozzi will have plenty of muscle around after jetting back to Sydney for her closeup yesterday.

She impressed producers with her role in upcoming Aussie flick Beautiful (starring opposite Deborra-Lee Furness) and plays a mutant in the X-Men prequel.

Tozzi will join the stellar cast next week, flying home with Abberton from New York early yesterday to prepare.

The couple's camera work at Sydney airport - all smiles and laughing - convinced Confidential their romantic comedy is still going to script.

Abberton has previously said he's happy to play a supporting role to Tozzi's career, despite scoring rave reviews of his own for the surf doco Bra Boys.
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Not really filming news but XMen/Wolverine mentions in it, and goes to show how Hollywood works.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-word24apr24,0,4497072.story

Why did Fox take on 'Deception'? Hugh Jackman

The Aussie actor's "X-Men" work has made a mint for the studio.
By John Horn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 24, 2008

THE basic message of "Deception" is that all that ultimately matters is a trustworthy relationship. That's the main reason, too, why the blackmail thriller, in theaters Friday, landed on 20th Century Fox's release schedule.

Fox has a well-deserved reputation for narrowly focusing on easy-to-market movies with a clearly defined audience and built-in sales hooks: "Horton Hears a Who," "The Fantastic Four," "Live Free or Die Hard." Which makes Fox's involvement in "Deception" -- an R-rated, sex-filled adult drama whose biggest role is played by Ewan McGregor -- so out of character.

But "Deception" is produced by and costars Hugh Jackman, and when it comes to important Aussies on the Fox lot, Rupert Murdoch and Jackman run a close one-two. Jackman not only starred in Fox's three "X-Men" blockbusters, but also stands at the center of next summer's spinoff "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" (he's producing and starring). Later this year, Jackman plays opposite Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann's cattle-drive epic "Australia," which Fox believes has Oscar potential, and could earn the kind of award attention lavished on Fox Searchlight but rarely seen at the main studio.

So if Fox scratches Jackman's back by distributing "Deception," it's only fair: He's made the studio a windfall and classes up the joint. And Fox is hardly the first studio to support an actor's or a producer's passion project -- it's as enduring a show-business tradition as screaming at assistants.

Audience tracking surveys show "Deception" is headed for a devastating debut in wide release of about 2,000 screens this weekend, and may just barely crack the Top 10. The real drama will be which new film wins bragging rights for the No. 1 spot: the surrogate mother comedy "Baby Mama" or the silly slacker movie "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay." Both movies could gross around $16 million in their debuts, but we're giving the narrow edge to Universal's "Baby Mama."

"Deception," on the other hand, may take in as little as $5 million this weekend. Given the film's subject matter and marketing challenges, it's not a surprising outcome. The film stars Jackman as Wyatt Bose, a too-convivial-to-be-true lawyer, who befriends inhibited (is there any other kind?) accountant Jonathan McQuarry (McGregor). By accident or design, McQuarry and Bose end up with each other's mobile phones. McQuarry soon starts accepting phoned invitations to sexual liaisons apparently intended for Bose.

The sex club's women are beautiful, willing and, unlike Eliot Spitzer's high-priced acquaintances, don't charge a penny. One of McQuarry's companions, known only as "S" (Michelle Williams), is a little more alluring than the others, and before long McQuarry wants to break the club's rules about anonymity and friendship. But since the movie is called "Deception" (earlier titles included "The List" and "The Tourist"), "S" and Bose aren't quite all they seem.

Some six years in the making and shot more than a year ago, "Deception" was once in development at Fox, which ultimately declined to underwrite its under-$25 million price tag. Producer Arnold Rifkin and Jackman's Seed Productions, which makes its debut on the film, were able to secure backing from independent financiers Media Rights Capital and Summit Entertainment, which sold foreign rights.

Fox initially was going to distribute "Deception" only in Australia but agreed to release the film in North America after Jackman's representatives called the studio, according to people familiar with the deal. With a minimum guarantee of close to $10 million and limited advertising, Fox could break even if "Deception" does a couple of weeks of middling business in theaters and performs well enough on DVD and pay television, these people say. (Six years ago, the studio released to modest success the adultery drama "Unfaithful," but it had Richard Gere, not McGregor, in the lead role, and "Fatal Attraction" director Adrian Lyne, not "Deception's" first-timer Marcel Langenegger, behind the cameras.)

"Deception's" reviews are not likely to be strong, and female moviegoers have not embraced the sex club story line, according to someone familiar with the film's marketing. Williams, the film's best publicity hook for attracting women, isn't doing media interviews because of the recent death of her former boyfriend, actor Heath Ledger.

Even if it doesn't make much (if anything) on the film, Fox's bond with Jackman and "Deception" is not unusual. Studio executives frequently take special care of their top talent, often taking on movies their inner bean counters realize are risky business.

Paramount likely would not have made the "Abre Los Ojos" remake "Vanilla Sky" with Tom Cruise had not its "Mission: Impossible" star insisted upon it. Having made a fortune on Tom Shadyac's comedies ("Liar Liar," "Patch Adams"), Universal let him direct the drama "Dragonfly." Jerry Bruckheimer has sold hundreds of millions of tickets for Walt Disney Co., which helps explain why the studio agreed to "Veronica Guerin," a Bruckheimer-produced drama about a murdered Irish journalist.

Everyone says Hollywood is built on relationships, but "Deception" proves that it's not just empty talk.
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Some Wolverine info in here. Poor Hugh had food poisoning last Sunday! And this mentions Kodi Smit-McPhee - I'm not sure now if that's a mistake or not!

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23592022-5006023,00.html

Hugh Jackman talks summits and sideburns
Claire Sutherland
April 24, 2008 12:00am

HUGH Jackman may have the film industry clout that goes with being one of Australia's biggest movie stars, but even he knows when to put his hand up and say he's failed.


Hugh Jackman had plenty of good ideas for the future of Australia when he attended last weekend's 2020 Summit.

Among them was the encouragement of creativity, support for scriptwriters, and mutton-chop sideburns for all.

Jackman laughs when asked if he thinks his spectacular Wolverine facial hair might start a parliamentary trend.

‘‘I noticed the Prime Minister's chops do on occasion err south,'' he says. ‘‘Have you noticed that?

Maybe if he gets re-elected for a second term he might make an even bolder choice there.

‘‘Though I don't think it would garner any more votes, or certainly any more attention at home. Not if my experience at home is any reflection.''

Joking aside, Jackman relished the opportunity to have his say at 2020 and was spewing (literally) that he missed Sunday's session, the ‘‘business end'', due to a bout of food poisoning.

‘‘I think it was exactly as it was billed, a genuine chance to start a conversation, bring forth ideas,'' he says.

‘‘I loved it. Held in Canberra, the home of politics, but it was not a overtly political event.''

He dismisses criticism of co-chairwoman Cate Blanchett's decision to attend with her five-day-old son.

‘‘If that's the kind of thing outraging people, they need to get a little bit of a life,'' he says.

‘‘What she does as a mother is her business. What I applaud entirely, 100 per cent, is her commitment to doing something and making a difference in the community.

‘‘If you're spending all your time looking for possible flaws -- if there are any -- in Cate Blanchett, then you really have far too much time on your hands. To me she's nothing but admirable in every way.''

Jackman's passion at 2020 was his belief Australia should nurture a supportive atmosphere for homegrown creative types. His own Seed production house, based in Sydney and LA, is an attempt to foster projects here and overseas.

The latest, Deception, is a snaky thriller starring Jackman, Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams. Jackman plays a conman who befriends a lonely corporate auditor (McGregor) and draws him into a convoluted plot involving illegal money transfers and a high-end sex club.

Jackman is profoundly relaxed about the picture's prospects. The film had broken even before filming started, thanks to a canny policy of keeping the budget low and the international sales high.

‘‘That took a lot of pressure off, financially,'' Jackman says. ‘‘The film is not a massive film budget-wise. We thought it unrealistic to put that kind of pressure on us as a young company, to make a film that had financial pressures of having to break even was too much to take in. So we had this amazing situation of being in the black before we'd even shot a frame.''

The fact Deception was financed outside the studio system meant Seed could take a chance on a first-time director, Swiss Marcel Langenegger, and on casting decisions.

‘‘We really got to make some interesting choices,'' Jackman says.

‘‘Even the sex montage. If we had a studio, if there was more pressure on us box office-wise, every one of those women would be a Victoria's Secret model probably. We could be far more eclectic.

Having someone like Charlotte Rampling play that little cameo, I think, gives the film an unexpected richness that people who go to see it are not expecting.''

Also unexpected is a rare outing as a bad guy for the irrepressibly likable Jackman.

‘‘It's a universal law. Every actor wants to play the bad guy and I really, really enjoyed it,'' he says.

‘‘It's really a frightening thing, but there has to be some empathy at some level in order to play it.

‘‘The worst thing you can do as an actor is judge your character. And let's face it, my job is being a conman.''

The late Heath Ledger was a regular visitor to the New York set and his then partner Michelle Williams.

‘‘At the time of shooting, beginning of last year, the situation was very different, those guys were together and both very committed parents and Michelle obviously still is,'' Jackman says.

‘‘I just really feel for her. It's an incredibly difficult time and she's an unbelievably committed mother. As a working actress, a year ago her focus was very much on (daughter) Matilda and looking after her. Nothing has changed there.''

Jackman is unashamedly pleased with Deception, its clever financial underpinnings and Williams' performance in particular after a baptism of fire in the producing department when one of Seed's first projects, the US TV show Viva Laughlin, crashed and burned, dumped by CBS after two episodes.

Ask if he thinks the show -- like so many in TV history -- wasn't given a chance and deserves a new life on DVD, and Jackman refuses to grasp the face-saving lifeline.

‘‘You know I'm always happy to stand up when something's done well and tell people about it, and I don't mind admitting we failed pretty spectacularly on that gig,'' he says.

‘‘But you can't win them all, and we've moved on. I don't think there will be much effort put into the DVD. I'm proud we did it. People didn't watch it and that's OK. It's time to move on.''

It's 8pm and Jackman is only halfway through his interview commitments, but he affably dismisses the idea he's being worked hard by his publicists.

‘‘Not really, because if it wasn't this I'd be doing a night shoot at Cockatoo Island and finishing at 6am. I get off at 1am so it's not so bad.''

Jackman is deep into shooting an X-Men spinoff and new Seed project Wolverine in Sydney with co-stars Liev Schreiber and Ryan Reynolds.

‘‘I'm used to these movies now,'' he says. ‘‘They're big and there's a lot involved, a lot at stake, so it's always high pressure. But Gavin Hood, our director, is a real force. He's an Oscar-winning director (for Tsotsi) and he's used to working under different kinds of pressure and stresses.''

Jackman hand-picked Melbourne youngster Kodi Smit-McPhee (Romulus, My Father) to play Wolverine as a young man.

‘‘He's one of those kids who's fearless,'' Jackman says. ‘‘I hope he doesn't read this article because yes, there is pressure on him because of who he's playing and the expectations of fans. I was lucky to be completely ignorant of fans' expectations and the whole world before X-Men came out. I just hope he doesn't read too much or go on the internet because he naturally has the goods I know the fans will love.''

It's indicative of Jackman's clout that he arranged for Wolverine to be shot in Sydney.

‘‘As the Baz (Luhrmann) movie went a little longer, as producer I needed to be around for pre-production,'' he says. ‘‘I couldn't just sit around and let that all go. Also, it was a strong choice because of my family situation and schooling and the kids. Our son's almost eight, so the gypsy lifestyle isn't as convenient as it used to be.''

Almost as anticipated as Wolverine is Luhrmann's Australia, which Jackman shot with Nicole Kidman until earlier this year.

‘‘I have seen snippets, a fantastic 12-minute piece Baz put together before we finished,'' he says.

‘‘Recently I saw another five minutes, and I just pinch myself I'm a part of it. It's an amazing moment for Australian film. Fingers crossed we can pull off the ambitions being set.''

Deception opens today
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And:

http://www.moviehole.net/news/20080424_jackman_talks_wolverine_and_au.html

In addition to Ryan Reynolds and Liev Schrieber, Jackman confirmed the casting of Kodi Smit-McPhee as young Wolverine.

"He's one of those kids who's fearless", Jackman says. "I hope he doesn't read this article because yes, there is pressure on him because of who he's playing and the expectations of fans. I was lucky to be completely ignorant of fans' expectations and the whole world before X-Men came about. I just hope he doesn't read too much or go on the internet because he naturally has the goods I know the fans will love."
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An update from the boomie who also worked on Hugh's "Australia":

http://thompsound.blogspot.com/2008/04/another-month.html

things are still going well on the current project; we've moved into night shoots on an island in sydney harbour, and it's no where near as bad as first thought.

there's sound to be recorded as the original issues (reverb/planes/traffic/boat noise/birds/rain) have reduced themselves to be at least workable.

It has of course been raining non-stop (well partially non-stop :)) for almost 2 weeks now, and it's getting a LITTLE tedious having to drag ourselves up to work yet another rainy evening... at least we've been indoors

Unfortunately the boom op injured himself and has been replaced temporarily; also the original sound recordist (whom, I worked with on the last film) has returned home for some long-overdue family time, and also been replaced (with our 2nd unit recordist).

I'm waiting for fate to step in and render me either lame or stricken with something that will remove me from filming (everything happens in threes...); but so far I've been lucky enough to only get a bout of pre-winter cold and flu, nothing too serious.

nothing else to report really; I've been working. I've also been working at night - and therefore improving my coffee-making-skills exponentially.
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Cool. Thanks for the updates. I wonder what scenes they're filming on Cockatoo Island? Sounds interesting.
 
Hugh was on the Australian TV talk show Rove Live to promote his new movie. Wolverine came up right at the beginning of the interview.

Rove said (leaving out all the "mates" LOL) "the facial hair is coming along marvelously."

Hugh: Thank you very much, it's an occupational hazard shall we say.

Rove: Because obviously all things Wolverine are happening at the moment.

Hugh: Yes - I had a funny moment yesterday at the races. I was talking to a girl and she said "ah, you're shooting Wolverine" and I said yeah, and she said "ah, I would have thought you would have had the muttonchops on for that." (Funny look from Hugh, like what the heck...) So I went right, right. And she went, "no, why don't you have the muttonchops on for Wolverine?" I went (as he's rubbing his face), "I'm sorry, have you been drinking something that I should be drinking?" It was just a very odd moment.

Rove: That is weird!

Hugh: (rubbing his face) They are chops, right?

Rove: They are! How's it going on set at the moment?

Hugh: It's going great, we're more than halfway through shooting here in Sydney which is fantastic for me. It's bizarre, it's the fourth time I'm putting the claws on and I'm enjoying it more than ever before. I'm just loving it - it's great, well, let's face it, I'm the boss on this one (laughter).

Rove: Can you get back in the scowl?

Hugh: Yeah, just being angry all the time every day instead of this nice guy thing, which is really tiring being nice. So basically all day I'll be grumpy and tell everyone to ef off [he did say "ef" and not the real word LOL] and all that, it's perfect.

So that's basically the transcript from the Wolverine part of the interview.
 
It's possible to get a teaser trailer out as early as this June for The Happening.

-TNC
 
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/04/2...gins-for-wolverine-inspiration-talks-sequels/

Hugh Jackman Looks Towards ‘Batman Begins’ For ‘Wolverine’ Inspiration, Talks Sequels
Published by Larry Carroll on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 11:37 am.

At the moment, you’re likely drooling with anticipation to watch “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk” and “The Dark Knight” over the next few months. Heck, maybe you’ll even go see “Punisher: War Zone.”

But once these thrills have come and gone, what comic book movies will come next? It’s a question we’re all dying to know, and vague promises of “Captain America” and “Thor” movies aren’t cutting it. So instead, we hold out hope for a new take on a familiar hero.

“It feels different,” Hugh Jackman told us recently about “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” which he’s currently shooting with eyes towards a May 2009 release. “But I don’t think its going be night and day.”

After being the breakout character in three blockbuster mutant flicks, Logan will try and set a spin-off blueprint that could eventually yield a “Magneto” movie and more. “We are dealing with a character who is probably one of the darker comic book characters ever created,” Jackman said of the flick, which co-stars Liev Schreiber, Dominic Monaghan and Ryan Reynolds. “The movie has a lot of fun elements, but there are layers of pain and darkness to this character.”

“Tonally, I would put it more in the ‘Batman Begins’ sort of realm,” he said, distancing the flick from past “X-Men” movies. “That’s sort of where we’re headed.”

And if Jackman has his way, “Origins” won’t be the last time we see him wielding adamantium claws. “There are two conditions for me doing any more: One is will anybody want to see it, and the second is: Will I still have the passion for it?” he explained. “I really wanted to do this spin-off movie, because I felt we hadn’t truly found who this character was.”

“Right now,” Jackman added, fueling hope for the fanboys, “I feel like I could do another ten or eleven.”
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Jackman said of the flick, which co-stars Liev Schreiber, Dominic Monaghan and Ryan Reynolds.

“Right now,” Jackman added, fueling hope for the fanboys, “I feel like I could do another ten or eleven.”
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I found curious how in some sites, the main cast of the movie has Dominic and Ryan (and no Striker or Taylor, who still is in Australia).

And apart, Hugh wanting to do more x-films sounds good. Let's hope he let the other actors to have more moments to shine too.
 
The writers just pick which actors they want to add. Probably the actors they're most familiar with. It's no indication of the actual role sizes in the film.

Nice to know Hugh is up for more films. Guess if Wolverine is a big success, we'll see a sequel.
 
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