Aronofsky recently revealed that this second solo outing for Hugh Jackman's metal-clawed mutant will be called The Wolverine and is a one-off film, rather than a direct sequel to last year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
It will be based on the classic comic book series by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.
In that story, Logan travels to Japan, learns the ways of the samurai and falls for a woman whose hand in marriage is promised to another, which triggers a feud with her father and brothers. Expect a clash of swords and claws.
Characters in the story are rumoured to include the armoured warrior Kenuichio Harada aka Silver Samurai (see below).
I recently spoke to Claremont about the X-Men franchise and he told me Christopher McQuarrie's screenplay for the film is "brilliant" and that Fox had been wanting to adapt the comic for more than a decade.
Fox Filmed Entertainment said The Wolverine would be the debut project under a two-year agreement that Aronofsky and his production company Protozoa Pictures had signed with 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures.
The Wolverine will begin production next April, the statement revealed. Fox Searchlight heads Steve Gulila and Nancy Utley said it would be "an exciting take on that iconic fig...
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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