Wolverine Claws Onto Empire's Cover

By Rafe Telsch: 2008-11-26 22:36:50

Everyone’s been so excited about this year’s Iron Man, and the Avenger themed follow-ups that are coming, we’ve almost forgotten completely about the mutant side of Marvel’s super-hero universe. Next year will see the X-Men franchise continue with X-Men Origins: Wolverine hitting theaters. Fortunately, Empire Magazine hasn’t forgotten about the muties, and is giving Hugh Jackman the cover treatment for its January issue.

Along with gracing the cover with claws and mutton chops, Jackman gives some insight as to what fans can expect from the X-Men prequel: "There's a scene in the first X-Men movie, where Wolverine's introduced in a bar, fighting in a cage, and you felt that he did this every night of his life. If this movie is successful, you should feel that this guy can walk straight off the end of this film and into that bar.”

Jackman isn’t the only one talking for the cover article. The magazine also talks to some of the other cast members, including Danny Huston, who plays a younger version of William Stryker, the character played by Brian Cox in X-Men 2. His comments on the character, and his conflicted reaction to the existence of mutants, sounds right on par with the character we saw in the second X-Men flick. ” The thing about Stryker is that he feels like he's got this God-given right, that he's on a crusade. He both loves and hates mutants, because his son was a mutant and murdered his wife. So he understands what they're going through but despises their force, their potential danger. It's wonderfully complicated."

Just this little tidbit is enough to remind me why we liked the X-Men movies… at least the first two of the franchise (here’s hoping Wolverine will follow in the footsteps of Bryan Singer’s movies). For more information on this prequel, check out the January issue of Empire Magazine.

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December 3, 2008 at 18:41

I'm very excited for the Wolverine movie even though the first three X-men movies were kind of all about him too. Although I'm mostly anticipating what they're going to do with the Gambit character because if he's anything like he is in the comics or the 90's cartoon series he can steal the show. Since Wolverine is a little watered down due to the fact of the studios wanting mass appeal and so on I hope the same doesn't happen to Gambit, but overall I do like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and can't wait to see the origins movie.

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December 1, 2008 at 13:30

When I think Wolverine, I think menacing, aggressive, and someone you don't want to mess with. When I see Hugh Jackman's version of Wolverine, I think that he had a metro makeover on Fifth Avenue. Hugh Jackman is a great actor, (loved him in the Prestige), but I think there are better actors out there that can truly show the realness of the Wolverine character. On that cover, he looks like he may be leaning on the gay side, but he's not sure. His muscular arms are the only decent quality about that picture, although they should be much more muscular. Hollywood always ruins the good characters.

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