ALL ARGUMENTS INVALID.
We’ve suggested The Wolverine should be titled Wolverine 1: This Is The First One, There Weren’t Any Others Seriously (And Hugh Jackman Is Shirtless For 90 Minutes). Fox and director James Mangold are already delivering on the shirtless Hugh Jackman part. (Hellooo, Google search traffic.) Now our reasonable plea to forget the first movie — what first movie? — seems to have been answered. Hugh Jackman himself explained to Total Film how much The Wolverine (opening July 26th, 2013) differs from that other movie which shall not be named:
We’ve deliberately not called it Wolverine 2 because we want it to be placed and feel like a standalone picture. 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. [Total Film via Coming Soon]
Brett Ratner just shed a single tear at the possibility that something could ever be “overloaded with mutants”. Also shedding a single tear was a certain mutant who loves all Wolverine movies equally:
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Yeah, this is why you shouldn’t let the stars of the movie also be one of the main producers (not sure how good this next one will be either based on that fact.)
I too worry about the fate of this next picture. “Hey man, you’re really going to enjoy this one. I’m a white guy with mutant powers and I’m all up in Japan! But I know what you’re thinking. Teams of mutants running around using their awesome powers, right? WRONG! There’s won’t be any of that exciting shit. It’s gonna be about how I love. And 6 minutes of this epic shit I had to take after eating an entire Sushi boat by myself. Wasabi, mothertrucker!”
I don’t know. On the one hand, THAT MOVIE. On the other hand, apparently Jackman had quite a bit of input on the game based on THAT MOVIE, which is universally understood to be much, much better than THAT MOVIE.
The game was surprisingly fun, leaping absurd distances across the map and impaling enemies never got old for me =P
I also have concerns for this next installment as well, but it’s at least comforting to know Hugh Jackman and co. realize how much of a steaming pile of crap the previous film was. So, *raises glass* here’s to hoping the next one actually gives us a Wolverine film and not another X-Men 3 mutant extravaganza knock off so to speak.
I would watch the shit out of a romantic comedy starring Wolverine falling in love in Japan.
Or sticking Wolverine into The Last Samurai and filming that movie.
sounds good to me. some of wolverines best stories happen in japan…wolverine versus ninjas, the hand, yakuza, or silver samurai cant be all bad. cant wait….for the trailer
I’ve always liked that silver samurai story on the other hand its not very popular so who knows.
By the way I’m the only guy on the planet who liked the “first” one?
Yes.
Meh, I have a fan edit of the Wolverine movie that brings it from a 3 out of 10 to at least a 5. Good enough for me.