Reiterating his previous expressions of interest, Liev Schreiber said at a recent press conference for the organ-repossession movie REPO MEN that he’s dying to stick the fangs in his mouth again and play Sabretooth for WOLVERINE 2.
So speaks Schreiber…
I just had dinner with [Hugh Jackman] last night and Hugh read the first draft of the script and I was really excited about it. It's still not clear whether or not Victor will be present in the Japan storyline. In the Japan storyline as I remember it from the Wolverine comics, Victor wasn't there. So I don't know, of course I've got my fingers crossed because I love the character so much, to have the chance to do it again would be a lot of fun, but I'm not sure.
Considering that the movie won’t start shooting until January of next year, I’m sure there’s plenty of time to figure that out. Plus, I don’t suppose Sabretooth not being in the Claremont/ Miller Japanese storyline the movie’s based on will prevent him from showing up in the movie. X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE took plenty of creative license with the source material, though perhaps not as much as this other “Wolverine in Japan” movie in the works (and thanks to sora_thekey for the head’s up)…
I’ll put this out there too… was I the only one who thought Wolverine was going to be more of a stripped-down action flick initially? The first trailers made it look like it was going to be more of 80s-style, mean, down-to-Earth, macho-movie-in-the-mountains like FIRST BLOOD. Obviously, the finished project was a lot more fantastical, but that initial prospect seemed mighty appealing at the time. Am I alone here?
-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Comics and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia Comics. Watch out for the HYBRID BASTARDS! hardcover collection this March - - available for pre-order now on Amazon.com .