Next Wolverine Movie Throwing Continuity Out the Window
The second Wolverine movie will not be a sequel to the first, says director Darren Aronofsky.
The X-Men movies have got a little complicated over the years. The problem isn't that the stories are intricately intertwined, rather, it's that the stories don't intertwine at all, but feature a lot of the same actors. The upcoming X-Men: First Class movie is a different continuity to the first three X-Men movies, with X-Men Origins: Wolverine different again.
The next Wolverine is set to make the whole thing even more confusing, because it seems that Aronofsky plans to make it a "stand-alone" movie, and start another continuity. Aronofsky said that the movie he's making - officially called , "The Wolverine," with no number attached - isn't a sequel in any normal sense of the word. This could mean that the movie just won't reference the events of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, or it could mean that they're considered non-canon for the purposes of Aronofsky's film. Either way, keeping track of what has and hasn't happened to Wolverine - and when - sounds like it's going to be a little tricky.
The Wolverine will tell the story of Logan's adventures in Japan and his illicit love affair with a Japanese women that brings him to blows with her father and brothers. Academy award winning screenwriter Chris McQuarrie is writing the script, and star Hugh Jackman says [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104566-Hugh-Jackman-Promises-Meatier-Thought-Provoking-Wolverine-Sequel] that it will be a "meatier" and more "thought-provoking" Wolverine movie. Filming is scheduled to start in March, with the release date listing simply as "2011."
Source: Hitfix [http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/darren-aronofsky-confirms-a-new-title-for-wolverine-2]
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The X-Men movies have got a little complicated over the years. The problem isn't that the stories are intricately intertwined, rather, it's that the stories don't intertwine at all, but feature a lot of the same actors. The upcoming X-Men: First Class movie is a different continuity to the first three X-Men movies, with X-Men Origins: Wolverine different again.
The next Wolverine is set to make the whole thing even more confusing, because it seems that Aronofsky plans to make it a "stand-alone" movie, and start another continuity. Aronofsky said that the movie he's making - officially called , "The Wolverine," with no number attached - isn't a sequel in any normal sense of the word. This could mean that the movie just won't reference the events of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, or it could mean that they're considered non-canon for the purposes of Aronofsky's film. Either way, keeping track of what has and hasn't happened to Wolverine - and when - sounds like it's going to be a little tricky.
The Wolverine will tell the story of Logan's adventures in Japan and his illicit love affair with a Japanese women that brings him to blows with her father and brothers. Academy award winning screenwriter Chris McQuarrie is writing the script, and star Hugh Jackman says [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104566-Hugh-Jackman-Promises-Meatier-Thought-Provoking-Wolverine-Sequel] that it will be a "meatier" and more "thought-provoking" Wolverine movie. Filming is scheduled to start in March, with the release date listing simply as "2011."
Source: Hitfix [http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/darren-aronofsky-confirms-a-new-title-for-wolverine-2]
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