If you want to take Wolverine away from Hugh Jackman, you’ll have to pry it from his cold, dead, adamantium-strengthened hands. According to Deadline, Fox is in negotiations with Jackman and director James Mangold for a sequel to their successful standalone X-Men flick, The Wolverine. This would afford Jackman an eighth opportunity to play Logan on celluloid. Though The […]
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Hugh Jackman denies $100 million payday for future Wolverine movies
August 19, 2013 
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With The Wolverine doing impressive business overseas – if not entirely in the U.S. – rumours began to swirl online that star Hugh Jackman had been offered $100 million for four more sequels. Jackman has since addressed the rumours, telling EW, “No, it’s not true.” “I would never do that. I’ve never done that mainly […]
Continue readingFirst look at Peter Dinklage in X-Men: Days of Future Past
August 1, 2013 0 Comments
We’ve got out first look at Peter Dinklage as the villainous tech tycoon Bolivar Trask in X-Men: Days of Future Past, and it’s… well, it’s better than we could have ever hoped for. The Emmy winning Game of Thrones star dons a labcoat and a moustache to depict Trask. The image comes courtesy of a […]
Continue readingSuicide is painless – The Wolverine review
July 22, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo July 22, 2013 When director James Mangold Tweeted the ten films that inspired The Wolverine, he dropped titles that would undeniably send shivers of excitement down the spines of his cineaste followers. They included Wong Kar Wai‘s Chungking Express, Roman Polanski‘s Chinatown, as well as westerns The Outlaw Josey Wales and Shane, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Wolverine
March 28, 2013 0 Comments
The first teaser trailer for James Mangold’s The Wolverine has been released online, featuring Hugh Jackman’s much-loved X-Man battling a bunch of ninjas in Japan. Mangold and screenwriters Christopher McQuarrie and Mark Bomback have smartly separated Jackman’s Logan from the rest of his mutant buddies and placed him in Japan, paying tribute to the comic character’s most […]
Continue readingThe 10 most exciting films of 2013
January 11, 2013 0 Comments
The 10 most exciting films of 2013. By Simon Miraudo. Though the holidays are over and many of us are back at work, it’s hard to feel anything but elation during January. With the whole year ahead of us, anything is possible. Yes, we can lose that Christmas weight! Yes, those new Arrested Development episodes […]
Continue readingJessica Biel starring in The Wolverine
July 16, 2012 1 Comment
After years of false starts, we won’t officially believe this movie is actually happening until we see it unspooling on the screen, but here is some more news on The Wolverine. According to Twitch (and confirmed by Deadline), Jessica Biel will star as Viper in the James Mangold directed X-Men spin-off. Once a significant cog in the evil Hydra machine, Viper […]
Continue readingThe Wolverine to shoot in Sydney
April 23, 2012 1 Comment
After months – years? – of false stars, The Wolverine is that little bit closer to becoming a reality. IF.com reports the James Mangold directed pic will film in Sydney, despite it being set in Japan. Production in Asia was halted following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in the region last year. The decision to […]
Continue readingRussell Crowe joins Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables
September 9, 2011 1 Comment
Russell Crowe has been added to the cast of Tom Hooper’s upcoming take on Les Misérables, joining the previously rumoured lead Hugh Jackman. Deadline confirms Jackman and Crowe’s casting as protagonists Jean Valjean and Javert respectively. A release date has been set for December 7, 2012. Based on the classic story by Victor Hugo, Les Misérables was last seen […]
Continue readingWolverine 2 delayed once again
August 26, 2011 0 Comments
20th Century Fox have again delayed the start of production on The Wolverine, the sequel to the 2009 Hugh Jackman film, Deadline reports. Fox have said that they never committed to a start date to begin with but were looking at late 2011. It seems that may now become early to mid 2012, though Fox […]
Continue readingJames Mangold to direct The Wolverine
June 17, 2011 0 Comments
Our long, national nightmare is over. After Darren Aronofosky skipped out on directing The Wolverine, Fox and star Hugh Jackman have been on the lookout for a suitable replacement. According to Deadline, they have settled on Knight and Day helmer James Mangold. Mangold is a serviceable director; he makes solid films (Walk the Line, 3:10 […]
Continue readingAronofsky and Clooney to explore Human Nature
May 11, 2011 3 Comments
In March, Darren Aronofsky dropped out of directing The Wolverine, reasoning that a year long shoot in a foreign country wasn’t viable as he would be away from his family for too long (although there have been hints that Aronofsky’s real reason for leaving the project was that 20th Century Fox wouldn’t give him total […]
Continue readingWill Duncan Jones direct The Wolverine?
April 12, 2011 0 Comments
Probably not. But still, it’s a fun possibility to ponder. Aint It Cool News got a tip from an attendee at a Q&A screening of Duncan Jones‘ latest film Source Code, where the director revealed he will soon take a meeting with Fox to discuss potentially taking over the reins of The Wolverine, now that […]
Continue readingDavid Slade confirms his involvement in Daredevil
March 22, 2011 0 Comments
It was revealed last week that David Slade – director of the incredible Hard Candy and abominable The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – was set to direct a new Daredevil flick for 20th Century Fox. Slade took to his Twitter account to confirm his involvement in the project (as well as debunk a couple of rumours […]
Continue readingDarren Aronofsky will direct The Wolverine NO MORE
March 18, 2011 0 Comments
Darren Aronofsky, the Oscar-nominated director of Black Swan and scarf-aficionado, will no longer direct the highly-anticipated X-Men spin-off The Wolverine. Aronofsky released a joint statement with 20th Century Fox, revealing that the project would keep him away from his family for too long. The statement (courtesy of Deadline) reads: “As I talked more about the […]
Continue readingAronofsky reveals title of his Wolverine sequel
November 15, 2010 0 Comments
Although Darren Aronofsky hasn’t officially been announced as director of Wolverine 2, we’ve got enough information to assume as much. Hugh Jackman has confirmed it, Aronofsky’s Black Swan DOP Matthew Libatique has revealed he is working on it, and now the director himself has gone to the trouble of naming the new film. In an […]
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