Wolverine Movie News and Updates

Brett Ratner directed Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in X-Men: The Last Stand. Will he do so in the Wolverine Movie as well? 

Wolverine will be played by Hugh Jackman, who brought the role to life in the three X-Men movies.

• Outgoing Marvel Studios executive Avi Arad made statements in a recent interview with iF Magazine that now cloud the issue of whether or not the Wolverine movie will be a prequel. Arad says "I don't want to call it a prequel nor a sequel. It is Wolverine's story and it is really concentrating on him. It's about his life, his mysteries, and his loves. It's not really a prequel or a sequel. It's just a story like in the comics where we have X-Men, Wolverine, and books dealing with the other X-Men. Obviously, Wolverine is the number one X-man, and deserves his own story. Hugh Jackman will make the story that much more compelling."

• X-Men: The Last Stand dominated the Memorial Day weekend box office in the U.S. , outdoing even such blockbuster hits as The DaVinci Code. Initial reports indicate that the film earned a whalloping $120 million in ticket sales across North America in just 4 days. Will Wolvie's solo debut generate as much audience interest? Does this mean that director Brett Ratner will stick with the Marvel mutant franchise by directing the Wolverine Movie? Stay tuned!

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May 28, 2006:

• In the newest issue of Men's Health, actor Hugh Jackman talks about the fitness and conditioing regime he uses to bring Wolverine to life. "For Wolverine, I ramp it up," Jackman says. "I do an hour and a half a day in the gym and eat a thousand calories more a day than I would normally. And I train really hard. I crank up the Godsmack and Metallica. I yell and I scream, which helps me get into the character and have a bitch of a workout."