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Jackman Says Work on Wolverine 2 is Starting
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Hugh Jackman talked to MTV and confirmed that Wolverine 2 will take place in Japan. "Japan is where we're heading, [and] we're starting to work on it now. We're in the ... first steps of developing that story," Jackman said about adapting Frank Miller and Chris Claremont's story arc. He added: "I think the fans love that saga. It's my favorite saga of the Wolverine stories."
Hugh Jackman Talks Up Trip to Japan for Wolverine 2
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In today’s first round of non-news that might be a little bit of news, Hugh Jackman confirmed for MTV News that he is, in fact, working hard on a story for Wolverine 2, the sequel to this summer’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
The star, who recently signed on to play PT Barnum in The Greatest Showman on Earth, told the former music video network that he’s working on source material from Frank Miller and Chris Claremont, a story arc that ...
Jackman Says Work on Wolverine 2 is Starting
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Hugh Jackman talked to MTV and confirmed that Wolverine 2 will take place in Japan. "Japan is where we're heading, [and] we're starting to work on it now. We're in the ... first steps of developing that story," Jackman said about adapting Frank Miller and Chris Claremont's story arc. He added: "I think the fans love that saga. It's my favorite saga of the Wolverine stories."
Hugh Jackman Says Early Work Has Begun To Bring Wolverine 2 To Japan
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... We’ve known more or less for certain that another Wolverine movie was happening and that it could well take place in Japan. Over the weekend, while appearing at the Teen Choice Awards, Hugh Jackman said on stage that Wolverine would be heading to Japan, and then gave MTV a few more quotes backstage. “Japan is where we’re heading,” he said, “[and] we’re starting to work on it now. We’re in the … first steps of developing that story.” ...
Hugh Jackman Confirms Wolverine is Heading to Japan Next
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... Question of the Day: Are you more excited to see a G.I. Joe sequel or a Wolverine sequel? Let me remind you that the next Wolverine movie will see Logan venturing to Japan for some samurai training and Eastern philosophy. MTV caught up with Hugh Jackman recently at the Teen Choice Awards and talked briefly about the sequel, confirming pretty much what we already know. "Japan is where we're heading, [and] we're starting to work on it now. We're in the… first steps of developing that story." It was ...
Look Out Japan: Here Comes Wolverine!
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... Wolverine actually won the action/adventure category but there is a better-than-slim chance tweens across the continent tried to write in Twilight instead. While accepting his surfboard award (whatever happened to trophies?), Hugh “6 Blades” Jackman threw out this quip:
“Who knows, maybe Wolverine will use one of these when he heads to Japan.”
During a backstage video interview, which you can watch here from MTV, Jackman added:
“The ...
Jackman Hints at Wolverine Sequel
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... about a Wolverine sequel then? According to MTV he is, and Jackman has his sights set on the Land of the Rising Sun in a bid to bring Chris Claremont's comic arc to the big screen. (Watch the MTV video below for more of what Jackman had to say.)
So tell me readers, do you have any kind of hope for a Wolverine sequel or do you think that Jackman should take his idea back to his alternate, box-office-smashing universe?
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Jackman confirms Wolverine's Japan plan
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... Yashida, and his conflict with the ninja clan known as The Hand. Whether it'll be a direct translation or a new take on the tale is yet to be decided, though it's bursting with the sort of torrid Wolvie-angst that the movies have loved so far, so we're sure they'll cram as much of that in as possible. Sigh... After Origins, we're still not sure we need more Wolverine films. But that never stopped a studio before... [Source: MTV] Do you want this sequel? Does it sound like a great idea? ...
Wolverine Heading For Japan
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... my favorite saga of the Wolverine stories.”
“That’s a movie I’ve longed to make from the beginning, so that’s where we’re heading,” he said.
I’m all for a Wolverine movie set in the land of the rising sun, and for the first time this opens up the X-Men universe for previously unseen mutants like the Silver Samurai, but what do you think of this update? Does it fill you with hope or trepidation?
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'Wolverine' Sequel Is Hugh Jackman's Passion Project, McG Talks 'Terminator 5,' Studios Line Up For Previously Studio-Rejected 'Kick-Ass'
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... it now. We're in the first steps of developing that story." Jackman has been a fan of the Japanese storyline a long time and revealed a possible compromise he made in the first film, for the second. "That's a movie I've longed to make from the beginning, so that's where we're heading." We always wondered why Jackman put up with the studio-crap in the first film. Turns out it might be that it was so he could make the Japan-set story. [MTV] ...
Hugh Jackman briefly talks 'Wolverine' sequel
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... "Japan is where we're heading, [and] we're starting to work on it now. We're in the ... first steps of developing that story," he told MTV backstage. ...
Jackman Talks ‘Wolverine’ Sequel
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A sequel was talked about immediately after the first film was released thanks to a good box-office return. It was officially announced in May along with details of the storyline. Hugh Jackman has often spoken of his love for the Frank Miller and Chris Claremont’s fan-favorite story arc which features Wolverine traveling to Asia and being trained in Eastern philosophy and fighting skills.
Now, Jackman has spoken about the Wolverine sequel, telling MTV Movies:
“Japan is where we’re heading, [and] we’re ...
Jackman Says 'Wolverine' Sequel Is in The Works
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... Yesterday MTV reported a story from the Teen Choice Awards that Hugh Jackman was already working on a follow-up to this summer's X-Men spinoff, ...
Liev Schreiber Talks Sabretooth, How He Could Fit Into A 'Wolverine' Sequel
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... While the ending of "Wolverine" certainly leaves the door open for Schreiber to return to the character, Logan's impending journey to Japan might complicate a cameo from Sabretooth. When we had a chance to chat with the actor during a press event for his upcoming film "Taking Woodstock," we had to ask him whether we'd see his take on Victor Creed in the next X-Men movie. ...
