Hugh Jackman Wants to go Further With WOLVERINE in Next Film

With a new X-MEN film on the agenda for next year, and a WOLVERINE film for 2017, the question becomes: will Hugh Jackman ever tire of donning the claws and nixing the shirt?

"I said to my wife, 'The moral is that I should never stop playing Wolverine," the Tony Award-winner said. "I've got to find a way to keep playing him until I die."

Despite his love for the role, he realizes that the character may go the way of James Bond and Batman with different actors playing him through the years. "I know that someday they'll recast the role with another actor...I'd be happy if the role was eventually recast. It would mean that it had become iconic."

At any rate, Jackman desires to keep honing his craft as he explores more of this character which he has been playing for 15 years.

"I always want to be in better shape than I was for the last one. I don't believe in stagnation. People say they try to maintain the status quo. But I believe the natural cycle means you're either advancing and getting closer to something or you're receding... Every time I play Wolverine I want to go further, physically and emotionally."

The Wolverine is a 2013 superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine. The film, distributed by 20th Century Fox, is the sixth installment in the X-Men film series. Hugh Jackman reprises his role from previous films as the title character, with James Mangold directing a screenplay written by Scott Frank and Mark Bomback, based on the 1982 limited series Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. In the film which follows the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, Logan travels to Japan, where he engages an old acquaintance in a struggle that has lasting consequences. Stripped of his immortality, Wolverine must battle deadly samurai while struggling with guilt.

The film's development began in 2009 after the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Christopher McQuarrie was hired to write a screenplay for The Wolverine in August 2009. In October 2010, Darren Aronofsky was hired to direct the film. The project was delayed following Aronofsky's departure and the T?hoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. In June 2011, Mangold was brought on board to replace Aronofsky. Bomback was then hired to rewrite the screenplay in September 2011. The supporting characters were cast in July 2012 with principal photography beginning at the end of the month around New South Wales before moving to Tokyo in August 2012 and back to New South Wales in October 2012. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.

The Wolverine was released on July 24, 2013 in various international markets; and was released on July 25, 2013 in Australia, and on July 26, 2013 in the United States to generally positive reviews. The film earned US$414.8 million worldwide, nearly 3.5 times its production budget of $120 million and is the third highest-grossing film in the series.

Source: E! Online

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