X-Men: Days of Future Past is not even out for another seven months, but star Hugh Jackman is already tentatively committing to the idea of doing another Wolverine movie, provided that the circumstances are right.
While talking with Entertainment Weekly, Jackman admitted that his contract with 20th Century Fox is up after Days of Future Past, but that this has almost always been a movie-to-movie deal.
“I started with a two-picture deal on the first two [X-Men movies], and from that point on, it’s been movie by movie – not just me, but Fox and Jim [Mangold] and everyone,” the actor is quoted as saying. “I do want to do it with Jim and with [producer] Lauren Shuler-Donner because we had such a great experience. I’m really proud of The Wolverine.”
The Wolverine came about after years of production trouble of restarting the character’s solo career following the less than well-received 2009 entry X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which was directed by Gavin Hood. Following that film, Jackman worked on a stand alone follow-up with director Darren Aronofsky (who dropped out to work on Noah) before finding a collaborator he seems genuinely enthused to work on the character with in Mangold.
“I was on the phone with Jim Mangold last night,” Jackman said. “There are some really cool ideas that I’m dying to tell you, but that would be giving away a secret that is not even [fully] formed yet.”
Jackman goes on to say in the interview that he is in some ways more excited about the character than ever before. He calls Wolverine as equivalent to a “best friend” to him, and one that he does not want t to take for granted (not to mention the fans). He does concede that it is harder to get into Wolverine shape, but playing an ancient character comes easier with age. Intriguingly, he also states no one really knows how old Wolverine actually is, which would appear to retcon X-Men Origins as much as anything else. Still, it sounds like we shall see those claws slash once more in the not too distant future.
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Do it....and for gods sake put a good Cajun beside him.