Hugh Jackman - WOLVERINE II

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Hugh's tweet has recorded 6.5 million views within 24 hours.

(can be seen in his original tweet on Twitter)

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Of course, there's another action star known for hitting the gym, and that's former Mr. Olympia, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The actor known for The Terminator, Predator, and more commented on Jackman's post with an encouraging emoji.

Schwarzenegger commented with a simple "💪" emoji, but there's no one you'd want approving your workout photos more than Arnie. While we're willing to bet Schwarzenegger isn't too familiar with Reynolds and Jackman's classic back-and-forth, it's fun to see him get involved.

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It looks like an Asian (maybe Chinese) recipe which is also something we have in our food choices here.

There are many similar recipes which Hugh can harvest for his protein-rich Wolverine diet (maybe shrimp, carrots & cashew/maybe chicken beef with Chinese broccoli, etc.

It need not be steamed chicken & steamed broccoli all the time

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Translation by Google :

WoW! Actress Emma Corrin ( #TheCrown ) has joined the cast of the third film from #Deadpool for #MarvelStudios along with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, the first cast since last year that was announced by Reynolds himself a few days ago. moments. ⬇️

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Is that start date for filming already firm? Or was that taken from earlier news reports?

Whatever it is -- it looks like Wolverine's muscles are ready for their closeups

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Marvel Studio President Kevin Feige will be a producer for this (rumored Hard) R-rated movie.

Kevin and Hugh go back a long way working together. When Hugh was auditioning for the first XMen movie in 1999, Kevin was supposed to have picked him up at the airport. Kevin was the assistant of Producer Lauren Shuler Donner with the rank of Associate Producer. He is also credited for having approved the famous Wolvie hairstyle.

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Marvel Boss Teases Hugh Jackman’s ‘Incredible’ R-Rated Wolverine Return
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By Richard NebensPosted: February 14, 2023


As Hugh Jackman prepares for his highly-anticipated comeback as Wolverine, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige hyped up the fact that Jackman will be part of the MCU's first R-rated movie.

Deadpool 3 will mark the MCU's first foray into R-rated storytelling, continuing with the same rating that the first two movies used while diverting away from Marvel Studios' long-standing run in the PG-13 category.

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman will team up as Wade Wilson and James Howlett for the first time in more than a decade, finally bringing a fully R-rated team-up effort to the MCU.

Even though it will have taken 16 years for the MCU to develop a movie with an R-rating, anticipation is through the roof as Deadpool gets to bring his antics and shenanigans into the same universe as Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Even more exciting is that Wolverine gets to join him, especially after Hugh Jackman's Logan became one of the most successful R-rated superhero movies ever.




Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige shared his excitement to have Hugh Jackman's Wolverine return for another round of action in Marvel Studios' Deadpool 3.

When asked about his thoughts on bringing mutants to the MCU, especially having started his career working on 2000's X-Men, Feige noted how amazing it was to have Jackman be part of the MCU's first R-rated movie:

"It’s amazing. And we’ve got Hugh Jackman coming back for our first 'Deadpool' film within the MCU. That’s our first R-rated film. To have Hugh come back is incredible."



The Marvel executive looked back to Jackman's initial audition for the movie, sharing stories about how everything came to be while celebrating the full-circle moment this threequel brings:

"For me, personally, that is where I started. I remember sitting behind the camera — well behind the camera — at his audition for the film. It was his first on-set audition, and he flew up to Toronto to do a read with Anna Paquin. For him, and for me, and I think for all of the fans of Marvel, it’s unbelievable what has happened in those 23 years. It’s very full-circle having him come back in this new 'Deadpool' film."

About a month after Jackman was confirmed for Deadpool 3, Feige addressed the X-Men's imminent arrival in the MCU, particularly after She-Hulk: Attorney at Law's Season 1 finale name-dropped the mutants for the first time in the MCU:

"That’s what Jennifer Walters just asked the robot in the final episode of 'She-Hulk.' And I’ll give you the same answer that he gave, which was, I don’t remember, no answer, I think was what he gave, yes. But Deadpool and Wolverine, you know, we’re getting close."



Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy also discussed the MCU's first R-rated movie in December 2022, expressing how much fun he was having before shooting even begins and noting how much he enjoys developing something so unique:

“I’m having so much fun, and I haven’t even hit the shooting floor yet. [...] I have to say, developing a Deadpool movie is one of the most fun creative experiences of my life because it’s not just that it’s rated R. It’s that it’s so filled with self-awareness, and that makes in-writing very, very fun in a way that is unique to that franchise.”

Marvel Studios Not Holding Back on R-Rated Logan

Although many fans have worried that Disney may hold back on the R-rated gore, violence, and language for which the Deadpool series is known, these quotes only further indicate that Marvel isn't holding back on the adult content.



And while more R-rated content is set to make its way into the MCU in theaters and on Disney+, it's no shock that Deadpool will break the ice on that front, on top of breaking the fourth wall the way he does.


Excitement is only increasing to see Hugh Jackman's Wolverine in this setting after he delivered his best performance in 2017's Logan, which became one of the most successful comic-book movies in history.

The R-rating will allow Jackman to use the same intensity and grit that he's used in all of his performances over the years, not to mention the hilariously bloody interactions that he'll likely have with Wade as they meet up again.

While R-rated stories are new for the MCU specifically, having Reynolds so deeply involved with production and development will only help make his transition into the franchise as smooth as possible.

Jackman and Reynolds should be able to engage in every bit of adult-oriented storytelling that they want, which should be to the benefit of the entire MCU fandom.

Deadpool 3 is set to release in theaters on November 8, 2024.

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The original source interview - Kevin Feige talks to Entertainment Weekly about all the forthcoming projets of Marvel Studio.

ew.com/movies/kevin-feige-marvel-phase-5-exclusive-interview/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=63ebd2cc79b5c90001126b40

Excerpts :

That's fair. But I'm curious what it's like for you to be thinking about mutants again, especially because you started your superhero career producing the X-Men movies.

It's amazing. And we've got Hugh Jackman coming back for our first Deadpool film within the MCU. That's our first R-rated film. To have Hugh come back is incredible. For me, personally, that is where I started. I remember sitting behind the camera — well behind the camera — at his audition for the film. It was his first on-set audition, and he flew up to Toronto to do a read with Anna Paquin. For him, and for me, and I think for all of the fans of Marvel, it's unbelievable what has happened in those 23 years. It's very full-circle having him come back in this new Deadpool film.

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Some backstory on how it all started --


www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/x-men-screenwriter-hugh-jackmans-wolverine-casting-drama-982045/#!


The whole article is informative...

these excerpts refer to how Hugh got into the franchise:

The Hollywood Reporter homepage


Hugh Jackman replaced Dougray Scott as Wolverine several weeks into production. What’s the story there?

[Then-Fox executive] Tom Rothman really wanted Dougray Scott to play Wolverine and he was shooting Mission: Impossible 2 and Tom Cruise kept calling Byran and saying, “We just need him a little while longer, a little while longer.” We were starting to shoot and Wolverine was the lead and we didn’t have him. Bryan suspected something was hinky, and so he sent the costume designer down to Australia, ostensibly to get wardrobe shots, but really it was to find out what was going on. What we found out was Dougray had been in a motorcycle accident filming the climax of MI2. He was pretty messed up. It was a real shame he couldn’t do it. And Hugh had been somebody who had been in the mix earlier and it was [executive producer] Lauren Shuler Donner who said, “Why don’t we bring him?”


How did you decide Wolverine would be the star of the piece even more so than Xavier or Magneto?

He is the fulcrum of X-Men. The earlier X-Men group was a brilliant creation of Stan Lee’s, but when Len Wein created Wolverine and they brought him into the X-Men, it was the perfect fulcrum between Professor X’s philosophy and Magneto’s philosophy. The fact that the wasn’t bound by either gave him such a wild, attractive freedom that it was obvious that was the character that the series needed to revolve around. It was originally supposed to be Mel Gibson. Back when I got hired all of our concept art was Mel Gibson.


People have noted Hugh’s Wolverine is nicer than in the comics. Is that how you envisioned him?

I wrote him with elements of my personality, which there are certainly elements that are a lot nastier than Hugh’s, and there are elements of Bryan’s personality, which can be rough around the edges as well. And actually I said to Bryan one day, “We’re going to have the nicest Wolverine in film history.” And it was a bit of a concern. Hugh is just a love. He is so sweet. Bryan, he yelled at Hugh one day and was like, “You need to be edgier. You need to be meaner, you need to be tougher. You need to go home and get into a fight with your wife. Have a screaming match with your wife!” And Hugh said, “Bryan, if I went home and got in a fight like that with Deb, I’d come in crying!” We were like, “Oh no, we’re all dead.”

We wrote him very tough. Very edgy, and then Hugh brought his humanity to it. In the end, there’s a core of steel there he brought to it that made it into a full person. Wolverine could be a caricature. He could be a growling asshole, really. I think it was the balance.

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How young Hugh looked then!

Everyone must have been in love with him on the set -- including Singer and Feige

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Feb 14, 2023 22:08:36 GMT -5 jo said:

Someone on Twitter asked how a musical theatre performance ( Oklahoma!) could have been instrumental in the decision to cast Hugh Jackman as Wolverine (a decision suggested by producer Lauren Shuler Donner who saw Hugh Jackman in Oklahoma!). To him it seemed like an incongruous decision.

If you see the many versions of Oklahoma! on film, revivals, community theatre, school decisions, even concert stagings by the classical music BBC Proms -- you might as well be in agreement.

I watched some clips from the Jackman/1998 London Oklahoma! once again --

I did realize that the major difference from this staging (especially Hugh Jackman's performance) and all the other versions -- was that Hugh Jackman was ACTING out the songs, as he sang them. Unlike many who would sing partly addressing the audience ( which takes one out of the storytelling), Hugh (and his co-stars) would act as if there were no audiences watching them ( except for the finale title song, which theatrically-speaking needed to address the audience as they sing the Ode to the state of Oklahoma!) -- they were acting with each other! Hugh Jackman, in particular, was demonstrating his fine acting skills ( comedic or dramatic) while delivering his lines or his songs.

As a side note, I remember Oklahoma! composer Richard Rodgers grandson Adam Guettel saying how impressed he was with the way Jackman would segue from spoken word to singing and back to spoken word - it was very natural! His Mom, Mary Rodgers, had also said that the 1998 London Oklahoma! was the best version she had ever seen of the musical!

I used to think that the film adaptation with Gordon McRae made this Rodgers&Hammerstein musical the most boring of their grand musicals works. It was because the acting was too much of "ham" acting and took the seriousness out of the theme and the background story.

Ok - here is a sample of how Hugh Jackman delivered one of the most iconic songs ( my favorite Jackman interpretation in this musical)

The Surrey With The Fringe on Top





As luck would have it -- I actually saw this performed LIVE in 1999 in London. But I did not know who the lead was -- just someone with a commmanding stage presence & a powerful legit stage voice


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I am actually much more comfortable ( even a little excited) that Kevin Feige, as Producer of Hugh's next movie, will be involved. I have to confess that I am not exactly a Deadpool fan ( can only take him in small measure) -- but having Kevin Feige, who worked with Hugh in the first XMen movie, gives me a sense of confidence that the movie will appeal to a broader market rather than the slice of fandom who worship the Deadpool type of stories.

I am hoping that the movie with Deadpool will explore some aspects of the ever-serious Wolverine's life that lightened it up... but in a storyline that also appeals to adult audiences.

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I can almost see a future confrontation between the pure Deadpool fans and the XMen/Jackman fans having some kind of disagreement on how this movie will turn up - LOL!

I think the Deadpool fans are not appreciating the fact that Deadpool & Ryan would have had no future if Marvel Studio did not provide the greenlight! No funding, no movie!

Ryan has been "begging" to get his 3rd Deadpool movie approved since Fox was bought by Disney ( mother company of Marvel Studios). That has been happening for the last ...what... 4 years or so?? That was why Ryan was begging Hugh to come back to a movie with Deadpool. You may have a coterie of Deadpool/Ryan fans -- but if there is no studio to give it its support - the project will continue to languish. I think Kevin, by pointing out his excitement about Hugh's return, has actually expressed his confidence that it is the Jackman element that boosted his confidence in this film project.

Will the movie move a little away from the sophomoric vein of Deadpool movies? It will likely so - because Feige would want it to appeal to a broader market and maybe he thinks that Hugh/Wolverine involvement will give it a more acceptable addition to the Disney stable of movies. Maybe Feige had even talked to returning Disney boss Bob Iger on his expectations on this new and unusual project for Marvel/Disney!

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I think compromise is not always bad.

Look at LOGAN. It took several turns before getting final approval -- and if the story it true, it meant trimming the budget and even Hugh Jackman allowing a salary cut from his previous XMen compensation.

*that probably forced Mangold to turn to the more dramatic- oriented and less action-oriented aspect of the movie.
*the salary cut story may have appealed to people who probably thought that Hugh had more artistic-oriented motives for making the movie.

Look at how it was embraced universally -- not just the XMen fans but thoss outside this tight band of moviegoers...to those who liked the dramatic element of the movie. That it became universally touted as the best in the genre is the highest accolade for LOGAN. It did not do too bad in the box office either.

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Translated from Spanish by Google :

RUMOR CONFIRMED | 🚨 Through a video call between #HughJackman and #RyanRaynolds the participation of #LievSchreiber and #Sabrethoot in #Deadpool3 is confirmed

What is being said is that the film will be a completely multiversal journey.

It will be the first account R, of #MarvelStudios

I approve


I like it that now a serious dramatic actor is added to the line-up ( and will play his brother Victor/Sabretooth).

This will likely be an indication that this slice of Deadpool stories will not be 100% in the same vein as the previous 2 films.

I wonder -- will they take off from the much-maligned XMEN Origins :Wolverine? When Wade Wilson/Deadpool was supposed to have been killed by the brothers? Is this going to be a retelling? Just guessing

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Of course I have no idea if what Liev is talking about has anything to do with his return as Victor - LOL!

The fan who reported it may be just be doing some wishful thinking


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Ready to film ??

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Is Wolverine a role model for masculinity?

metro.co.uk/video/wolverine-shouldnt-role-model-masculinity-says-hugh-jackman-2880883/?ito=vjs-link

Hugh Jackman warns Wolverine isn’t isn’t ‘role model for masculinity’

Stella Akinwumi
Sunday 19 Feb 2023 12:57 pm

Hugh Jackman doesn’t think young people should look up to his iconic Wolverine character.

The Australian actor, 54, also reflected on his own experience with therapy and explained how much it ‘radically’ changed things for him.

When presenter Laura Kuenssberg asked whether the X-Men star was a good role model.

‘I don’t think Wolverine should be your only role model for masculinity,’ he said during Sunday’s installment of the BBC show.

‘What drew me to him wasn’t his superhero abilities but the pain he is trying to live with and trying to reconcile.

‘He isn’t a nice man but ultimately he is a good man,’ he added.

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movieweb.com/deadpool-3s-filming-start-date-revealed-in-latest-production-details/

Deadpool 3's Filming Start Date Revealed in Latest Production Details
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JERRY MACKENZIE
PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO
A recent report has disclosed the filming start date and location for Deadpool 3, which stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

Wolverine in Deadpool 3 20th Century Fox

Deadpool 3 is one of the most anticipated superhero films of the next few years, and details about its production have begun to surface. According to a report from Midgard Times, pre-production on the film has already started, and filming is scheduled to begin on May 22 at Pinewood Studios in London and Vancouver. Ryan Reynolds is set to reprise his role as the Merc With a Mouth, and Hugh Jackman's iconic portrayal of Wolverine is confirmed to be making his MCU debut in the film. This news is exciting for Marvel fans, as Jackman previously played the character in the X-Men film franchise.

Deadpool 3 will be the first Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance of the Merc With a Mouth, which is a significant milestone for the character and the franchise. Per the report, the plotline for Deadpool 3 involves "Deadpool using Cable's time machine to travel into the future to save Wolverine from dying. Logan does not know who that guy is and wants him gone but using a time machine and changing history gets them on the TVA's radar." The TVA was introduced in the Loki series and its inclusion in Deadpool 3 suggests that the film will explore the concept of time travel in more detail. Owen Wilson, who played Mobius M. Mobius in Loki, is reportedly part of the Deadpool 3 cast.

I've read somewhere about the filming venues -- Interesting that the film's principal photography will be done at Pinewood in London (Wasn't THE SON filmed at Pinewood?) which is the largest film studios in the UK. XMen movies used to be filmed more in Canada than anywhere else. Vancouver will be used as the second unit.

Unless the character that is identified with Owen Wilson is important to the overall franchise...
Not surprised about the Owen Wilson casting as he worked on the 3-movie Night at the Museum series directed by Shawn Levy.