Posts Tagged ‘James Mangold’

New pics: ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ and ‘The Wolverine’

- May 15th, 2013

Two new photos today, movie fans.

First up, is the official poster for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The new ad comes with the tagline, “The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand,” which is taken from the opening of the second book by Suzanne Collins.

We see a determined Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen standing at the edge of a cliff with her bow and arrow in hand. Behind is a cloud shaped like a Mockingjay, which is a symbol for the people of Panem.

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In Catching Fire Katniss and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) go on a “Victor’s Tour” after winning the Hunger Games. Meanwhile, a people of Panem plot a revolt against the Capitol.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opens November 22.

And not to be outdone by all that Iron Man hullabaloo, director James Mangold has tweeted a new photo from The Wolverine.

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The image shows Hugh Jackman dueling with Hiroyuki Sanada (who plays Shingen Yashida in the film).

“Hiro Sanada and HJ rehearse clash of claws and blades,” Mangold writes.

The Wolverine takes place after X-Men: The Last Stand and finds Logan in Japan, where he’s protecting Mariko (Tao Okamoto) from the Yakuza.

The sequel will be released July 26.

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New ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ set photos show Ellen Page and Hugh Jackman

- May 5th, 2013

Bryan Singer gave X-Men fans their first glimpse of Ellen Page as Kitty “Shadowcat” Pryde and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine this week from the set of Days of Future Past.

The director snapped Page looking at Shawn Ashmore (who plays Iceman) and tweeted the pic with the caption: “Hello, Kitty.”

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He also gave us a glimpse of the back of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine sporting his trademark coif and leather duds. “Fitting @RealHughJackman,” Singer tweeted.

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Kitty Pryde plays a major role in Days of Future Past, which brings together the casts from the original trilogy and 2011′s First Class prequel. The storyline deals with an alternative future in which mutants have been gathered and put an internment camps. A future version of Pryde travels back in time to warn the present-day X-Men. The film will reportedly be set in the 1970s.

And for those of you who haven’t seen it, the CinemaCon trailer for this summer’s The Wolverine has hit the web, as well as a brand-spanking new poster. Hey, you can never have too much X-Men, right?

The Wolverine takes place after X-Men: The Last Stand and finds Logan in Japan, where he’s protecting Mariko (Tao Okamoto) from the Yakuza. The new spot gives us a look at one of the villains – Viper (Svetlana Khodchenkova) – as well as the main antagonist, the Silver Samurai.

Director James Mangold tweeted a new poster for the villainous Silver Samurai, which looks absolutely stunning. I love how it uses the same watercolour style as the first teaser poster that just showed Wolverine.

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The Wolverine is being adapted from a 1982 comic book arc from Frank Miller and Chris Claremont (one of my all-time favourites) and is skedded to hit theatres July 26.

X-Men: Days of Future Past will be released on July 18, 2014.

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‘The Wolverine’ releases first full trailer

- March 27th, 2013

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After releasing a six-second Vine teaser earlier this week, X-Men fans are finally getting a peek at this summer’s The Wolverine with not one, but two new trailers.

And while the music is a little too Dark Knight-y, the action looks stellar.

It opens in what looks like Canada before director James Mangold ships Wolverine to Japan where he receives the offer of a lifetime – the chance to become mortal.

Things don’t according to plan for Logan and, as the tagline says, “When he’s most vulnerable, he’s most dangerous.”

Hugh Jackman looks like he’s in the best shape of his life, and the train scene, which lately seems so overdone in action films, looks like it’s going to be an edge-of-your-seat sequence.

As in the Vine teaser, the trailer also offers a brief glimpse of Jean Grey and Wolverine’s enemy, the Silver Samurai.

The Wolverine is adapted from Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s 1982 Marvel mini-series and takes place after X-Men 3.

Check out the new trailers below, and let us know what you think in the comments.

The Wolverine opens July 24, 2013.

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New ‘Wolverine’ teaser reveals ‘X-Men’ cameo

- March 25th, 2013

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The full trailer for The Wolverine isn’t out until Wednesday, but director James Mangold stoked appetites with a six-second Vine trailer he posted to Twitter today.

In it, we get a glimpse of Silver Samurai and Famke Janssen reprising her role as Jean Grey. There’s also some flying action of the adamantium-enhanced hero.

Hugh Jackman is back once again as Logan, in a story adapted from Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s 1982 mini-series. Like the book, the action will be set in Japan, with Wolverine battling an assortment of ninjas and samurai.

Check out the clip here and and let us know what you think in the comments.

And in case this wasn’t enough, the filmmakers also released a neat little motion poster as well.

The Wolverine will be released July 24, 2013.

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‘Wolverine’ director: New film takes place after X-Men 3

- January 8th, 2013

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For those of you thinking The Wolverine would be a prequel to Marvel’s X-Men trilogy, director James Mangold has revealed that the new movie takes place after the events in X-Men: The Last Stand.

Hugh Jackman is back once again as Logan, the adamantium-enhanced hero, in a story adapted from Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s 1982 mini-series. Like the book, the action will be set in Japan, with Wolverine battling an assortment of ninjas.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Mangold explained how the new film fits into the whole X-Men film chronology.

“It’s set after X-Men 3, but I wouldn’t call it a sequel to X-Men 3,” he said. “It was only to my advantage to set it after the X-Men films because the X-Men had effectively ended at that point. A lot of the key characters had died. There was a sense if I’m locating this film not five minutes after the other movie, but a period of time after that last X-Men movie, I can find a Logan who is living separate from the world. He is no longer a member of some superhero team.”

Mangold also revealed that while the film will retain story elements from Claremont and Miller’s story arc, the new film will have shades of the Western added in as well.

“One of the models I used working on the film was The Outlaw Josey Wales. You find Logan and his love is gone, his mentors are gone, many of his friends are gone, his own sense of purpose – what am I doing, why do I bother – and his exhaustion is high. He has lived a long time, and he’s tired. He’s tired of the pain.”

He’s also happier that Wolverine is operating pretty much solo in this instalment.

“With the X-Men movies he’s part of a team, so he gets little scenelets, but they’re essentially team movies,” Mangold says. “The liberty I have making a film like this is I can find him… It’s his emotional experience, his trajectory, his sense of loss, and his own ambivalence about his powers and talents.”

The Wolverine has had a bit of arduous journey getting to the big screen. It was originally supposed to be directed by Darren Aronofsky. After he dropped out, the film was further delayed after the 2011 Japan earthquake.

What do you think? Are you miffed The Wolverine isn’t a sequel to Origins, or are you happy things are starting “fresh” for Logan?

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