November 23, 2024

XMF • the SUPER

Celebrating The Continuing Legacy Of X-Men Films • Covering Our Most-Anticipated Genre Film And TV Projects

Hugh Jackman confirms THE WOLVERINE as a standalone film; not a sequel.

Hugh Jackman confirmed to Total Film that James Mangold’s THE WOLVERINE is not a sequel to Gavin Hood’s X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, and is a standalone film, with an entirely new cast and setting.

Via The Geek Files — “We’ve deliberately not called it ‘Wolverine 2’ because we want it to be placed and feel like a standalone picture.” says star, Hugh Jackman. “With an all-new cast and setting it in Japan, it’s going to give us a whole new visual aesthetic. The approach to character means we won’t be overloaded with mutants and teams and the like, so it’ll be more character-based. I think in many ways it will feel like a completely different X-Men film.”

On the multiple delays in the film’s production, he says “I’m just really glad it’s happening. For a while it’s felt like a rocky ride. I’ve been waiting for it so long now,” he jokes, “I think half the material in my one-man show is about the wait for The Wolverine!”

Read more via Coventry Telegraph @ the following link.