Wolverine Movie Picture
Thursday, February 14, 2008
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Oh man! This is what I wanted to see for about 15 years now. Wolverine will probably be one of the greatest movies I own, even if it’s as crappy as I thought X-men 3 was. I read all the comics as a kid and have a cool old collection. Should I give away a #1 issue of Wolverine for the movie release? Maybe the original 4-issue mini series? Drop me a line and let me know what you think.
As if a guy with temper issues, iron blades for fingernails and a penchant for cage fighting needed it, Wolverine is about to get even surlier.
Yeah, I know. The guy that wrote this has no clue does he? Iron blades for fingernails…
“I know it seems odd given, you know, the guy is already half animal,” says Hugh Jackman, who revives the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, due in theaters May 1, 2009. “But with all the success of the X-Men, you feel the pressure to keep pushing it further.”
Jackman, also a producer on the film, says he never expected the story of mutants trying to fit in “to catch on the way it did.” (Since the first film hit screens in 2000, the X-Men franchise has taken in more than $1.1 billion worldwide.) “But I became a fan of Wolverine like everyone else. That’s why I keep holding on to the character.”
Wolverine will be a prequel to the X-Men saga. It will center on the origins of the superhero with animal-like reflexes, an alloy skeletal system and the ability to heal from virtually any wound. He also could use a friend.
“I think one of the reasons the X-Men took off is that it connected in a way nobody saw,” Jackman says. “They’re mutants with powers. But they’re also outcasts for being, and everyone connects with that on some level. And who wouldn’t want the power to get back at the people who ostracized you?”
This connected in a way nobody saw? Right. That’s why comic book fans pushed X-men comics to #1 and Wolverine to the top fan-favorite hero back when I was a teen. This is written for mainstream people that have no clue. We forgive them, right?
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