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X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics' fictional character Wolverine. It is the sequel to the 2009 film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine as well as the sixth installment in the X-Men series. The film will be directed by Darren Aronofsky with a script wriiten by Christopher McQuarrie and stars Hugh Jackman as the title character.

Plot

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Cast

• Hugh Jackman as James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine: A mutant and future member of the X-Men. Jackman, who played Wolverine in the previous films and has previously worked with director Darren Aronofsky in the 2006 film The Fountain will also produce the film via his company Seed Productions. Jackman stated that he ate six meals a day in preparation for the role.

Production

Development

I won’t lie to you, I have been talking to writers… I’m a big fan of the Japanese saga in the comic book.

In September 2009, Hood speculated that there will be a sequel, which will be set in Japan. During one of the post credits scenes Logan is seen drinking at a bar in Japan. Such a location was the subject of Claremont and Miller's series, which was not in the first film as Jackman felt "what we need to do is establish who is and find out how he became Wolverine". Jackman stated the Claremont-Miller series is his favorite Wolverine story. Of the Japanese arc, Jackman also stated that:

..there are so many areas of that Japanese story, I love the idea of this kind of anarchic character, the outsider, being in this world - I can see it aesthetically, too - full of honor and tradition and customs and someone who’s really anti-all of that, and trying to negotiate his way. The idea of the samurai, too - and the tradition there. It’s really great. In the comic book he gets his ass kicked by a couple of samurai - not even mutants. He’s shocked by that at first.

Jackman added that another Wolverine film would be a follow-up rather than continuing on from X-Men: The Last Stand. The inclusion of Deadpool and Gambit also leads to the possibilities of their own spin-offs. Before Wolverine's release, Lauren Shuler Donner approached Simon Beaufoy to write the script, but he did not feel confident enough to commit. On May 5, 2009, just four days after its initial weekend run, the sequel was officially confirmed. A Deadpool spin-off has also been confirmed with Ryan Reynolds attached to reprise the role of Wade Wilson, but producer Shuler Donner stated that she wants to "ignore the version of Deadpool that we saw in Wolverine and just start over again. Reboot it."

Christopher McQuarrie, who went uncredited for his work on X-Men, was hired to write the screenplay for the Wolverine sequel in August 2009. According to Lauren Schuler-Donner, the sequel will focus on the relationship between Wolverine and Mariko, the daughter of a Japanese crime lord, and what happens to him in Japan. Wolverine will have a different fighting style due to Mariko's father having "this stick-like weapon. There'll be samurai, ninja, katana blades, different forms of martial arts - mano-a-mano, extreme fighting." She continued: "We want to make it authentic so I think it's very likely we'll be shooting in Japan. I think it's likely the characters will speak English rather than Japanese with subtitles." In January 2010, at the People's Choice Awards, Jackman stated that the film will start shooting sometime in 2011, and in March 2010 McQuarrie declared that the screenplay was finished for production to start in January the following year. Sources indicated Darren Aronofsky was in negotiations to direct the film.

Pre-production

In October 2010, it was confirmed that Aronofsky will direct the film. It has been reported that the film will begin principal photography in March 2011 in New York City before the production moves to Japan for the bulk of shooting. Jackman commented that with Darren Aronofsky directing that Wolverine 2 will not be "usual" stating, "This is, hopefully for me, going to be out of the box. It’s going to be the best one, I hope... Well, I would say that, but I really do feel that, and I feel this is going to be very different. This is Wolverine. This is not Popeye. He’s kind of dark... But, you know, this is a change of pace. Chris McQuarrie, who wrote The Usual Suspects, has written the script, so that’ll give you a good clue. going to make it fantastic. There’s going to be some meat on the bones. There will be something to think about as you leave the theater, for sure”.

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External links

• X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 at IMDb
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 at Rotten Tomatoes

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