Hugh Jackman Speaks About Moving Forward With ‘The Wolverine’
By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2011 5:00 pm EST
So what happens now that the film doesn’t have a director and a planned shoot in Japan is an uncertain possibility thanks to the devastation of earthquakes and tsunamis? We still don’t know, but Hugh Jackman sounds very cautiously optimistic.
Speaking to ComingSoon at CinemaCon, Hugh Jackman said,
Sparse statement, and parse it as you will, but given the fact that the script relies heavily upon Japan as a setting and the terrible situations there will prevent shooting for some time, it sounds like a boilerplate response.
Will he work with Darren Aronofsky in the future? “This one didn’t work out but hopefully there’ll be another one,” the actor said.
Meanwhile, quotes went around yesterday from Wolverine producer Lauren Shuler-Donner, sourced from the latest issue of Empire. Her enthusiasm for the script is well and good, and hopefully that script will remain in play. But the interview took place before the announcement that Darren Aronofsky would move on. Regardless, here are her comments for the sake of completion:
It will have depth and a dramatic backbone… And yet there’s more action in this one than in any one we’ve ever done. It’s such a good script. We have the great Christopher McQuarrie writing and it’s very true to the Japanese saga. This is Logan on his own…
