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Brian Damage · 07-24-2007, 10:58 PM

20th Century Fox has hired Gavin Hood to direct the X-Men spin-off film Wolverine. Scripted by David 25th Hour scribe Benioff, Wolverine will start Hugh Jackman, who played the character in the X-Man series. Hood is the South African director whose 2005 film Tsotsi won the best foreign film at the Academy Awards. Fox supposedly made the decision after seeing a cut of Hood’s new film Rendition, which is set to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. X-Men: The Last Stand director Brett Ratner and Len Wiseman had expressed interest in directing the film.

Wolverine will mix action with the origin story from Frank Miller’s Weapon X book series, which told the story of how Logan escaped kidnappers and an experimental facility to become an indestructible mutant with retractable adamantium claws.

Jackman is being paid $20 million to produce and star in the film. He worked with Benioff on the script, aiming for a smaller-scale character piece. Jackman has also said that he doesn’t see the need for an R-rating, because he doesn’t want to exclude all the young fans. “We can still give it an edge though”

Wolverine starts production in November for a 2008 release.

Tubehead · 07-27-2007, 12:27 AM

this is good news! i Cant wait to see it.

07-24-2007, 10:58 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Gavin Hood to Direct Wolverine 20th Century Fox has hired Gavin Hood to direct the X-Men spin-off film Wolverine. Scripted by David 25th Hour scribe Benioff, Wolverine will start Hugh Jackman, who played the character in the X-Man series. Hood is the South African director whose 2005 film Tsotsi won the best foreign film at the Academy Awards. Fox supposedly made the decision after seeing a cut of Hood’s new film Rendition, which is set to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. X-Men: The Last Stand director Brett Ratner and Len Wiseman had expressed interest in directing the film. Wolverine will mix action with the origin story from Frank Miller’s Weapon X book series, which told the story of how Logan escaped kidnappers and an experimental facility to become an indestructible mutant with retractable adamantium claws. Jackman is being paid $20 million to produce and star in the film. He worked with Benioff on the script, aiming for a smaller-scale character piece. Jackman has also said that he doesn’t see the need for an R-rating, because he doesn’t want to exclude all the young fans. “We can still give it an edge though” Wolverine starts production in November for a 2008 release.
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07-27-2007, 12:27 AM	#2
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	Wolverine this is good news! i Cant wait to see it.