Wolverine has a script and move on to production, Thor doesn't?

Wolverine is an established character/property within the public eye and has a current fanbase, they need to capitalise while he's still in peoples minds. Thor has none of these things...

 

I thought Marvel loved the script?

 

Also Wolverine already has Hugh Jackman.
And they want to use him whie they still have him signed to play Wolverine and while he is young enough for it.

 

The strike didn't get to Wolverine, but it did Thor.

 

Im just curious....the script was done BEFORE the writers strike, so how is the strike holding up Thor's production? Does it effect writers from Europe as well, because i remember Vaughn saying that's where he wanted to work...

 

It may have been finished, but it wasn't finished. Changes need to be made even up to and during filming. Once an director is chosen he or she will alter the script as they see fit, and then as each actor is chosen the script will again need to be altered to fit the actors strength, and then it will be altered even further when they are actually be it because the director comes up with an interesting new idea, or once they start filming they realize certain things don't work, aren't practical, or don't translate well from paper to live action, add on to the the budget problems they had to deal with on this particular film, the fact that they didn't even have a lead actor, and that they were being rushed into filming anyway to try and beat the strike. It's obvious they weren't as prepared as they would have liked to be at this stage, so they've decided to wait it out.

Beyond all of that though, the most important thing to remember is that that no development on two films is ever the same. You can't say A is doing this, so B should be doing this right now, it doesn't work that way. They're two totally different situations.

 

regardless of where the film is shot, or the writer's nationality, this is still a Hollywood production backed by an American movie studio. Guild rules still apply.

If that weren't the case then all the currently stalled film and television prodcutions could just go "Say what, the writers are striking? Who cares, let's just grab some British writers and continue on like nothing happened."

 

Maybe or maybe not. I have in my hands the latest draft of a movie to be shot next year and the last revision was done after the strike began.
And by a major Hollywood screenwriter.

 

Let's be real. They are more likely to make money with a Wolverine movie than with a Thor film.

 

They, son! Wolverine = guaranteed return on investment, considering how established he is in film lore nowadays. Women awn over jackman and little boys buy this action figures and games. The character is more acceptable in the public domain.

Whereas they, the other they, are going to be reluctant to push through a thor film which is less likely to appeal to anyone other than fanboys. So the strike is a good excuse to halt production on riskier products.