Hugh Jackman talks problems with X-Men Origins
From what we’ve seen so far of James Mangold’s The Wolverine, it looks less a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and more a total reboot of the character…
First trailer for The Wolverine: watch now
The first trailer for The Wolverine has finally been unveiled, and having waited for so long for the first footage to see the light of day, our excitement appears to have been well-founded…
James Mangold tweets 10 films that have influenced The Wolverine
James Mangold has frequently stated that The Wolverine will be influenced by more than just the X-Men comics, and has taken to his Twitter feed to make his point in picture form…
New on-set image from The Wolverine
James Mangold has tweeted another image from the set of The Wolverine, and it looks as though a wrecking ball has been through one of the walls…
James Mangold talks The Wolverine
James Mangold has been talking to EW.com about his forthcoming X-Men spin-off, The Wolverine, describing how the story fits in to the rest of the X-Men universe and explaining Logan’s situation when the film begins…
![Director James Mangold discusses The Wolverine
Ah The Wolverine… if ever there were a film to file under the heading “Development Hell”, the long-awaited sequel to X-Men Origins would surely be it.
However, things do appear to be moving again, with Walk The Line director James Mangold having discussed his vision for the project. And whilst we’re loathe to get too excited about this just yet, we have to admit, his ideas sound great.“The fact that half of the characters in this movie speak Japanese,” explained Mangold to The Playlist, “[means] this is like a foreign-language superhero movie that’s as much a drama and a detective story and a film noir with high-octane action, as it is anything like a conventional tentpole film.”
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Director James Mangold discusses The Wolverine
Ah The Wolverine… if ever there were a film to file under the heading “Development Hell”, the long-awaited sequel to X-Men Origins would surely be it.
However, things do appear to be moving again, with Walk The Line director James Mangold having discussed his vision for the project. And whilst we’re loathe to get too excited about this just yet, we have to admit, his ideas sound great.
“The fact that half of the characters in this movie speak Japanese,” explained Mangold to The Playlist, “[means] this is like a foreign-language superhero movie that’s as much a drama and a detective story and a film noir with high-octane action, as it is anything like a conventional tentpole film.”
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Doug Liman added to The Wolverine directors shortlist
A shortlist of directors who are currently favourite to take on comic-book sequel The Wolverine has surfaced online.
Among them are the expected ‘trending’ names like Justin Lin (who’s been attached to Terminator 5 and Fast & Furious 6 as well as a handful of other projects) and the RoboCop reboot’s Jose Padilha.
Other names include James Mangold, Antoine Fuqua, Gavin O’Connor, Mark Romanek and Gary Shore.
