Wolverine Heading For Japan

Published on August 11, 2009 by Craig Sharp · View Comments

Hugh Jackman discussed the sequel to this year’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine at last week’s teen choice awards. Wolverine picked up the award for the action/adventure film category at the recent ceremony and Jackman used his acceptance speech to further discuss his highly anticipated Japanese sequel:

“Who knows, maybe Wolverine will use one of these when he heads to Japan,” Jackman told the crowd, holding up the surfboard that served as the award. “See you next time around!”

The surfboard comment was only in jest I’m sure, but this isn’t the first time that Jackman has mentioned a Japanese locale for the mutant sequel. MTV took the initiative and managed to get a further update from the actor regarding his announcement:

“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.”

Reiterating his desire to Miller and Claremont’s story arc brought to the screen, Jackman said he’s “made no real secret” of his fondness for that particular chapter of Wolverine’s history. “I think the fans love that saga. It’s 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?

Source: MTV Splashpage