{"id":11574,"date":"2012-07-09T16:59:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T21:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xmenfilms.wordpress.com\/?p=11574"},"modified":"2012-07-09T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T21:59:54","slug":"casting-updates-for-james-mangolds-the-wolverine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=11574","title":{"rendered":"Actors joining Hugh Jackman in THE WOLVERINE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSuperhero Hype!<\/a> has word on four actors who’ve been cast in Fox’s THE WOLVERINE<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Director James Mangold, star Hugh Jackman and producers are making sure to stay authentic to the film’s Japanese setting by hiring talent directly from the country.<\/p>\n

Hiroyuki Sanada<\/strong> (“Lost,” “The Last Samurai”) is set to play Shingen<\/a>; veteran actor Hal Yamanouchi<\/strong> (“Push,”) plays Yashida; fashion model’s\u00a0Tao Okamoto<\/strong>\u00a0and Rila Fukushima<\/strong>\u00a0play Wolverine’s love interest\u00a0Mariko<\/a>\u00a0and the deadly female ninja Yukio<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n

Production begins in a matter of weeks at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia, with on-location filming planned for Japan. A theatrical release date of July 26, 2013 has been set.<\/p>\n

Inspired by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s classic Marvel comic book arc, the film follows Wolverine as he treks Japan and falls in love with Mariko, a woman whose hand is promised to another. When he doesn\u2019t back down, her powerful crimelord father summons the Silver Samurai and other deadly threats in the X-MEN universe to push his healing-factor to the limit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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