Wolverine Sequel Slated For Release


Ready to see Hugh Jackman don the Wolverine claws again? Well, get ready because the much anticipated “Wolverine” sequel is being set for July 23, 2013 by Fox Studios.

The sequel has recently found its director in James Mangold, who puts the story in Japan this time around. 2009’s “Wolverine Origins” was directed by Gavin Hood. The sequel has seen its problems early on in the pre production stages with the production pushed back several times, but now it’s said that Fox is making this particular project a top priority for the studio.

This isn’t the first time this particular franchise has faced some drama. In 2009 a firestorm of chaos hit when the bootleg of Wolverine Origins hit the Internet, which saw the Fox Chairman step forward to protect the film’s integrity and boost sales that it inevitably lost from the leaked bootleg. “The version that went out is unfinished. It’s about 10 minutes shorter, doesn’t have key scenes, it wasn’t edited, and none of the effects shots were in any remotely final form,” Rothman said at a conference in 2009. “It’s a complete misrepresentation of the film and is deeply unfair to the people who have worked on it for years.”

In 2010 Gilberto Sanchez a 49 year-old father was nabbed as the bootlegger and sentenced to a year in federal prison. We’re betting that the studio will be extra careful about who has their hands on the sequel.

As far as the cast goes with the Wolverine sequel, the only one that’s confirmed is Hugh Jackman as the title character Wolverine. We’re sure he will be donning the retractable claws too.

The release date sets the film up against Lionsgate with Kenny Ortega’s much anticipated remake of “Dirty Dancing”, and Disney’s sure hit with “Phineas and Ferb”.

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