Posted on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 by Russ Fischer
Hey, remember when an off-hand comment on a guy’s Facebook page led to the rumor that Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman, would be in X-Men: First Class? That was just yesterday, so hopefully the idea that Wolverine would be in the film hasn’t had time to really take hold. Because according to producer Bryan Singer, it isn’t true. Read More »
Bill Amend’s Foxtrot comic strip over the weekend was Inception-inspired, and features references to a bunch of awesome geek film properties. Check it out now on Foxtrot.com. Thanks to Alex Billington for the heads up on this one.
Teefury’s t-shirt design of the day is a parody of the Marvel Comics superhero Wolverine, but as shown in the purely animal form. Created by Sassa Tattoo, the t-shirt is available today and today only. The good news is that the tee design is only $9 plus shipping. Check out the full design in larger resolution after the jump.
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Posted on Sunday, July 25th, 2010 by Devindra Hardawar
Warning, rumor ahead: The Playlist is reporting that Fox has narrowed down the director of Wolverine 2 to Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) and Tony Scott (Man on Fire, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3), according to a reliable source.
In March, we reported that Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie) turned in a script for the film, and that it’s tentatively scheduled to shoot in January 2011. Rumors say that production date may be pushed back, writes the Playlist. If Scott takes the film, it won’t shoot until some time later in 2011 given his commitment to Postdamer Plaz in January. If the studio wants to make the January 2011 schedule, Matt Reeves becomes a much stronger possibility.
Posted on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 by Peter Sciretta
29-year-old Brooklyn-based graphic artist Sean Gordon Murphy created an alphabet using nothing but illustrations of the Marvel Comics’ X-Men character Wolverine. Check out a sample of the alphabet, after the jump.
Posted on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 by Brendon Connelly
While Warner Bros. might well have Bryan Singer under contract to direct Jack the Giant Killer, it seems Fox are keen to lure him back to their X-Men franchise, and not just for First Class. Though he’s already attached to that one, producer Lauren Shuler Donner is also keen to tap his skills for a fourth installment in the main ‘grown up’ franchise and, reading between the lines a little, it would seem the Wolverine sequel might be a potential for the director too. Emphasis on the might.
Thus far, Singer is only talking about his ideas for First Class even though, if it is true he’s going to be involved, he’d probably end up shooting the already-scheduled Wolverine first.
Going a bit against the grain when it comes to piracy discussions, Reid Rosefelt over at the Speedcine blog makes an interesting case why Wolverine’s unprecedented leak may have actually helped the film. Rosefelt compares the film’s $85 million opening weekend gross against other major release openings throughout 2009, and shows that it actually doesn’t stack up too badly.
Posted on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
The pre-release leak of an unfinished workprint copy of Wolverine, Fox’s prime summer blockbuster hopeful, was easily the most high profile piracy case to date. I guess we’ll never know quite what effect this crime really had on the box office takings, though some have even speculated that the resulting publicity actually helped the movie’s performance. I’m not one of those people, however.
Estimates have claimed that some 4.1 million people saw the film between the April leak and May opening of the film and I find it hard to believe those sorts of numbers couldn’t have cost Fox a significant sum of money.
The man accused of copyright infringement by the FBI was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the Bronx, New York. Gilberto Sanchez had apparently uploaded the film to the Megaupload file sharing service under one of his aliases. Of course, the next question is, how did he get a copy of the film to upload in the first place?
