X-Men spin-off The Wolverine is finally back on the release schedules, with Hugh Jackman returning to reprise the title role…
If all had gone to plan, then chances are we would have been seeing The Wolverine in cinemas this summer, with Darren Aronofsky directing, and Hugh Jackman starring.
But all didn’t go to plan. Aronofsky quit the project, and then production was held up by the tragedy of last year’s Japanese earthquake. The Wolverine was to have been shot partly in Japan.
Since then, James Mangold (Knight And Day, Cop Land) has signed up to direct the film, whilst Hugh Jackman’s filming commitments to Les Miserables have added another delay.
But it seems, at last, that The Wolverine is ready to go. Fox has formally announced that the film has a release date, and you can expect to see it (and, more than likely, Jackman as Wolverine for the last time) on July 26th 2013.
More news on the film as we get it. Our guess is that X-Men: First Class’ sequel will then follow in the summer of 2014. The other active X-Men movie, Deadpool, remains in limbo a little.
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