Comments on: Wolverine By Summer 2008?

By: Steven C

Steven C — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:51:22 +0000

If the Wolverine movie is rushed into being released in summer 2008, then it will probly realy suck balls, so they shouldn’t worry so much about when it is coming out and they should concentrate on making the story great.

By: Chisox

Chisox — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:09:25 +0000

If its going to look like the previous X-Men titles it shouldn’t have a problem.

By: Darren j Seeley

Darren j Seeley — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:58:01 +0000

Since there is no set official director attached (most likely be Len Wiesman of ‘Underworld’ and ‘Die Hard 4′) and no other cast other than Jackman is 100% official, and they haven’t even started prep yet? Even X-Men 3 had a little over a year- and that’s even with a director switch.

Iron Man’s principal photography (other than pickups) is done. They just started post. The Dark Knight? Currently filming. Hulk got started a few weeks ago. Even the alleged Indy 4 film is shooting. Rambo? Shooting!

Wolverine? They have to crack it down, have a director approve/sign off on script (note to you fanboys out there: that script may have since been rewritten into something better or worse) and get other actors in line.

Right now I’m skeptical about summer 2008. If they get lucky, they could crack a holiday like Thansgiving or (hopefully!) X-Mas 2008.

and one last thing: X-Men and X2 were far from “rushed”…even despite problems “Last Stand” wasn’t terrible and I didn’t feel it being rushed either.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:28:17 +0000

Go ahead, because things turn out so well when they are rushed…..

By: Meli

Meli — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:03:16 +0000

This doesn’t boad well for the movie if they do rush the film. I personally would rather wait a handful of extra months to get a quailty movie on one of my favorite comic characters. As much as I’m looking forward to a solo Wolverine movie I fear it’ll end up like X-Men 3, a disappointing nightmare.

By: FilmNerdJamie

FilmNerdJamie — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:03:19 +0000

Actually all 3 X-MEN films were rush-jobs. It only showed with THE LAST STAND b/c the lack of script (i.e. they had action set-pieces story-boarded without a story) and frantic search for a director. All this shit just so they could make a release-date they announced and stuck with regardless.

My guess is Lenn Wiseman helms WOLVERINE. He was rumored as a finalist for the job and LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD had done pretty good business at the box-office. Not to mention, his schedule is suspicously clear (at the moment!)

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:54:44 +0000

BTW, “Hitman” and “Dark is Rising” are Fox production as well. Go figure.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:53:33 +0000

X-Men 3 was rushed. They filmed it until December 2006. And we all remember what a piece of shit it was. Rushed productions are NEVER good. Look at “Hitman” or “Dark is Rising”: they are still filming and the damn thing comes out in October. Fuck that.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:34:46 +0000

Well, I like the Wolverine character and up until a few weeks ago could not wait for a solo movie. But wow Fox can really screw the crap out of movies, Spider-Man 3 was rushed and I thought it turned out terrible. Fox is doing the crappiest job in making these movies and from what you’re all telling me all they want is money and don’t having the slimmest regard for the movie making process. At the moment Fox is the equivelent of a scheeming, fat, power hungry buerecreat.
I now am not anticipating this movie in the least.

By: Steven Carroll

Steven Carroll — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:27:39 +0000

Hopefully this will be better than it is sounding. I REALLY don’t want it rushed like X3. If they can get a lot of prep time in before Jackman comes on board great, but don’t rush it into a packed summer with other Comic Book movies just to compete because all will loose out then. I’d rather it be late and good than on time and alright or bad.