Star Hugh Jackman telling Total Film:
“We’ve deliberately not called it Wolverine 2 because we want it to be placed and feel like a standalone picture… With an all-new cast and setting it in Japan, it’s going to give us a whole new visual aesthetic” he says.
“The approach to character means we won’t be overloaded with mutants and teams and the like, so it’ll be more character-based. I think in many ways it will feel like a completely different X-Men film” adds Jackman.
The script initially written by Christopher McQuarrie--then reworked by Mark Bomback--is set mostly in Japan and based on the great mini-series by Frank Miller and Chris Claremont. The sequel will find our steel clawed hero (Jackman) going toe to toe with the Silver Samurai.
Will Yun Lee will play Harada, aka. The Silver Samurai - a crime lord's illegitimate son with an electrified suit of armor. Brian Tee ("Grimm") is Noburo Mori, a corrupt justice minister about to marry the crime lord's daughter (who is Logan's love interest).Also cast are Hiroyuki Sanada ("Lost," "The Last Samurai") as Shingen, Hal Yamanouchi ("Push") as Yashida, and Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushima as Mariko and Yukio. Svetlana Khodchenkova ("Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") plays 'The Viper'
James Mangold will direct the pic which has begun shooting in Sydney Australia since Jackman has finished Tom Hooper's (The King's Speech) adaptation of "Les Misérables".
The Wolverine has a July 26th 2013 release date.
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