‘Wolverine 2′ Set To Film In January
‘Wolverine 2′ Set To Film In January
This probably should be filed under ‘No Great Surprise,’ but Roger Friedman over at THR’s Showbiz 411 reports that Wolverine 2 is all set to go January 2011. Christopher McQuarrie has finished the script, and Fox is now on the hunt for a director.
Friedman is weirdly cryptic about the story, noting that Wolverine is set to visit Japan but ‘the script is a little different than originally thought.’ I think this only means that it’s different than Friedman was imagining, because he goes on to confirm that it’s based on the Frank Miller and Chris Claremont storyline: ‘Wolverine’s adventures in martial arts will be a love story featuring a Japanese actress, I am told. ‘It’s a beautiful story,’ says a source, ‘and will be very different than the first film.”
I hope it’s different than the first film. I hope it’s actually really, really good. I’ve said numerous times that Miller’s Japan storyline is one of my absolute favorites, and I want to see it done to perfection. Hugh Jackman has been dying to adapt it since the first X-Men film, so I certainly hope he takes it more seriously than he took Weapon X. I don’t want some kind of amnesia katana twist ending that explains away how he doesn’t remember a love of sake and Mariko.
As for directors, who would you like to see? I’m sure I’ll inspire a few groans, but I’d love to see Ang Lee take it on. This film should be Wolverine meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (and yes, I know that’s China over Japan), and I’d love to see Lee tackle comics again. There were some things in Hulk that I quite liked, and I think his approach to character would serve the Old Canucklehead better than it would Bruce Banner.
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