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Shooting for 'The Wolverine' Delayed...Again.

Hugh Jackman confirms that shooting on 'The Wolverine' has been delayed until 2012.

Wolverine fans might have to wait longer than they originally anticipated for a sequel to Hugh Jackman's pretty awful (yet highly successful) X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie. Hey, at least it's happening. Maybe. Right?

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Perhaps the announcement that director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) had left the project this past March despite production being ready to begin on 'The Wolverine' was a bad omen for the film. Now it seems Wolverine fans will have to wait even longer for a proper movie about the popular X-Man. According to Hugh Jackman, production on 'The Wolverine' has been pushed to 2012, following the filming of his next project, 'Les Miserables.'

“I think Les Mis is my next movie — in fact, I know that — and then after that we’ll shoot it,” the actor told Leicester Square TV at the U.K. premiere of Real Steel. “We start shooting next year.”

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Even though this isn't the best news for Logan fans, the good news is that the actor still really digs the character. According to the interview with Leicester Square TV, Wolverine is "eternally fascinating" to Jackman.

"He's eternally fascinating to me...why? He's [a] dark, tortured, interesting, flawed character who somehow [feels the need] to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders and I sort of feel like we haven't nailed him [yet] and I really want to get him."

Hey, at least his heart is in the right place, right?

Source: Leicester Square TV

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@TheMess1428: If they play off the ending scene with him in Japan from origins, they might be doing his time with Mariko.

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Why so much hatin' on X-Men Origins:Wolverine? It wasn't a such terrible as you guys say. One superherohero movie that sucked was kickass, why don't hate on it instead? It was cinematographic shit.

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I hope Hugh invited Halle to be part of the movie.

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@Jackson_Hartley said:

@yo_yo_fun: Deadpool displeasure aside, there were some scene that were just too campy and in the end the plot was actually a pointless one with a supply of character and actor cameos (as someone stated earlier).

I have my own small gripes that flick at the fanboy side of me, but, as far as the movie is concerned, there are some issues that many have legitimate issues with.

The claws in origins, in some scenes, are are all too obviously CG; in the bathroom scene, while he's examining his claws, you can actually pick up on some pixels. There are also some scenes where his arm is as stiff as a board when the CG claws Snikt or retract; again, making it painfully obvious they're CG.

The Ladder Scene... probably the biggest faux pas in the movie. I try not to let the laws of physics interrupt something that's fictional, but that was just painful to watch. Also, the Gambit side flip to the fire escape was another example of obvious wire work in movies. I'm not even gonna get into the plot problem of why he kept attacking Wolverine while Creed was right there; someone he was supposed to really really hate for locking him up.

Lastly (only because I don't wanna go on forever)... Adamantium bullets. Adamantium is supposed to be the strongest metal, thus far, of the Marvel Movie world... and yet it can still be pierced by something else made of adamantium? It sounds feasible, but try shooting a lead bullet at a lead replica of a skull and you simply get a ricochet (as a side note, stand behind protection before attempting). Now, pretend what I said about adamantium being unable to penetrate itself doesn't matter. Wolverine now has two holes in his skull (forever, since metal doesn't heal) and two bullets are stuck in his head... which make him forget??

Don't get me wrong. I love Wolverine and almost all the characters that help make up his deep history, but this movie was a quick, slap-dash, cut-corners action flick strung together with a very flimsy and at times pointless plot. As an action film, it did an okay job. As a Wolverine film, it is a slap in the face and a kick to the balls to die hard Wolverine fans.

This is just my opinion of course. I can watch the movie and enjoy it for what it really is, but as far as Marvel Dogma goes? It never should have been made.

Real quick: this is not an attack on you or anything... you like the movie and that's fine. The examples above (and I have many many more, sadly) are what hurt it from my point of view.

Interesting. Thank u for ur input. It's okay, I understand. From a fan point-of-view, u would be more critical. Trust me I've been there (Green Lantern & Harry Potter for example). Green Lantern was a good movie but a HORRIBLE comic book adaption (of course, my opinion). I was just curious to know why the Wolverine fans hate it so much. I think Wolverine is a very cool character and I do like him, I just haven't gotten really into him. And from what people are telling me, I shouldn't start w/ the movie.lol

But again, thank u for ur input.

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@ZombieBigfoot said:

@yo_yo_fun: It was a terrible movie that focused too much on cameos instead of attempting to be a decent film adaptation of Wolerine's origins. The glaring mistake was how badly they handled Deadpool(though that thing in the movies is a slap to the face of us fans of the character).

I see. Thank u for ur input. I was just curious to know why Wolverine fans hated the movie so much. It seems these Hollywood folks just want to make money instead of thinking about the die-hard fans.

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