
A couple days ago, we posted updates on WOLVERINE, and The Hollywood Reporter has just come out with a report that confirms the film’s status. Looks like Hugh Jackman’s spin-off may still get that 2008 release, and a speedy production:
At Fox, 2006’s “X-Men: The Last Stand” appears to have concluded the franchise — at least in its present form. Instead, the studio is developing two possible spin-offs: “Wolverine,” starring Hugh Jackman, and “Magneto,” which would follow the character portrayed by Ian McKellen as a much younger man.
The studio has been so eager to get “Wolverine” out next year that it has committed to go into production the instant Jackman finishes Baz Luhrmann’s epic romance “Australia,” which Fox is tentatively set to release next year. “The idea is, they can finish him out in September or October and put this one on the fast track so they can get it out next summer,” says one source.
Confirming on what we reported earlier, X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner also says that there is no activity on an X-Men 4:
For the time being anyway, it seems that “Wolverine” is the best hope for continuing the “X-Men” movie franchise. “There is no script for an ‘X-Men 4,’ and there is none in the works,” avers producer Lauren Shuler Donner.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter