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The Wolverine (film)

May 23, 2023

"Wolverine (film)" redirects here. For the 2009 film, see X-Men Origins: Wolverine. For other uses, see Wolverine (disambiguation).

The Wolverine[b] is a 2013 superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine. It is the sixth installment in the X-Men film series, the second installment in the trilogy of Wolverine films after X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and a spin-off/sequel to X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). Directed by James Mangold from a screenplay written by Scott Frank and Mark Bomback, based on the 1982 limited series Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, it stars Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine, alongside Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, Hiroyuki Sanada, Famke Janssen, and Will Yun Lee. Following the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, Logan travels to Japan, where he engages an old acquaintance in a struggle that has lasting consequences. Stripped of his healing powers, Wolverine must battle deadly samurai while struggling with guilt over Jean Grey's death.

The Wolverine
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Mangold
Screenplay by
Based onWolverine
by Chris Claremont
Frank Miller
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRoss Emery
Edited byMichael McCusker
Music byMarco Beltrami
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • July 26, 2013 (2013-07-26) (United States)
Running time
126 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom[a]
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese
Budget$100–132 million[7][8][9]
Box office$414.8 million[10]

The film's development began in 2009 after the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Christopher McQuarrie was hired to write a screenplay for The Wolverine in August 2009. In October 2010, Darren Aronofsky was hired to direct the film. The project was delayed following Aronofsky's departure and the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. In June 2011, Mangold was brought on board to replace Aronofsky. Bomback was then hired to rewrite the screenplay in September 2011. The supporting characters were cast in July 2012 with principal photography beginning at the end of the month around New South Wales before moving to Tokyo in August 2012 and back to New South Wales in October 2012. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.

The Wolverine was released by 20th Century Fox in various international markets on July 24, 2013, and in the United States two days later. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for its action sequences, production design, Jackman's performance, and thematic profundity, though criticism was directed towards the climax. The film earned $414 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film in the series.

An unrated extended cut of the film referred to as the "Unleashed Extended Edition" was released on Blu-ray, featuring more blood and violence, extended action scenes, as well as additional footage during moments of character interaction.[11] A third film titled Logan was released on March 3, 2017.

Plot

The film trailer for The Wolverine.

In August 1945, Logan is held in a Japanese POW camp near Nagasaki. During the city's atomic bombing, Logan saves an officer named Ichirō Yashida by shielding him from the blast.

In the present day, Logan lives as a hermit in the Yukon, tormented by hallucinations of Jean Grey, whom he was forced to kill to save the world.[c] He is located by Yukio, a mutant with the ability to foresee people's deaths, on behalf of Ichirō, now the CEO of a technology zaibatsu. Ichirō, who is dying of cancer, wants Logan to accompany Yukio to Japan so that he may repay his life debt. In Tokyo, Logan meets Ichirō's son Shingen and granddaughter Mariko. There, Ichirō offers to transfer Logan's healing abilities into his own body, thus saving Ichirō's life and alleviating Logan of his near-immortality, which Logan views as a curse. Believing he is acting on his friend’s best interests however, Logan refuses and prepares to leave the following day. That night, Ichirō's physician Dr. Green introduces something into Logan's body, but Logan dismisses it as a dream.

The next morning, Yukio informs Logan that Ichirō has died. At the funeral, Yakuza gangsters attempt to kidnap Mariko, but Logan and Mariko escape together into the urban sprawl of Tokyo. Logan is shot and his wounds do not heal as quickly as they should. After fighting off more Yakuza on a bullet train, Logan and Mariko hide in a local love hotel. Meanwhile, Ichirō's bodyguard Harada meets with Dr. Green who, after demonstrating her mutant powers on him, demands he find Logan and Mariko. Logan and Mariko travel to Ichirō's house in Nagasaki, and the two slowly fall in love. In Tokyo, Yukio has a vision of Logan dying, and goes to warn him. Before Yukio arrives, Mariko is captured by the Yakuza. After interrogating one of the kidnappers, Logan and Yukio confront Mariko's fiancé, corrupt Minister of Justice Noburo Mori. Mori confesses that he conspired with Shingen to have the Yakuza kidnap Mariko because Ichirō left control of the company to Mariko, and not Shingen.

Mariko is brought before Shingen at Ichirō's estate when ninjas led by Harada attack and whisk her away. Logan and Yukio arrive later and, using Ichirō's X-ray machine, discover a robotic parasite attached to Logan's heart, suppressing his healing ability. Logan cuts himself open and extracts the device. During the operation, Shingen attacks but Yukio holds him off long enough for Logan to recover and kill him. Logan follows Mariko's trail to the village of Ichirō's birth, where he is captured by Harada's ninjas. Logan is placed in a machine by Dr. Green, who reveals her plans to extract his healing factor and introduces him to the Silver Samurai, an electromechanical suit of Japanese armour with energized katanas made of adamantium. Mariko escapes from Harada, who believes he is acting in Mariko's interests, and manages to free Logan from the machine. Harada sees the error of his ways and is killed by the Silver Samurai while helping Logan escape.

Meanwhile, Yukio arrives and kills Dr. Green. As Logan fights the Silver Samurai, the Silver Samurai severs Logan's adamantium claws and begins to extract his healing abilities, revealing himself to be Ichirō, who had faked his death. Ichirō regains his youth, but Mariko intervenes and stabs Ichirō with Logan's severed claws. Logan regenerates his bone claws and kills Ichirō. Logan collapses and has one final hallucination of Jean, in which he decides to finally let her go. Mariko becomes CEO of Yashida Industries and bids farewell to Logan as he prepares to leave Japan. Yukio vows to stay by Logan's side as his bodyguard, and they depart to places unknown.

In a mid-credits scene, Logan returns to the United States two years later and is approached at the airport by Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr, who warn him of a weapon humans are creating that would bring the end to the mutant race.[d]

Cast

Archive audio of Lynn Collins from X-Men Origins: Wolverine is used to represent her character Kayla Silverfox during a dream being had by Logan, while Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen reprise their roles as Charles Xavier / Professor X and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto in cameo appearances during the mid-credits scene.

Development

"There are so many areas of that Japanese story, I love the idea of this kind of anarchic character, the outsider, being in this world—I can see it aesthetically, too—full of honor and tradition and customs and someone who’s really anti-all of that, and trying to negotiate his way. The idea of the samurai, too—and the tradition there. It’s really great. In the comic book, he gets his ass kicked by a couple of samurai—not even mutants. He’s shocked by that at first".

—Hugh Jackman[26]

In September 2007, Gavin Hood, director of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, speculated that there would be a sequel, which would be set in Japan.[27] During one of the post-credits scenes of the film, Logan / Wolverine is seen drinking at a bar in Japan.[citation needed] Such a location was the subject of Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's 1982 limited series on the character, which was not in the first film as Hugh Jackman felt "what we need to do is establish who [Logan] is and find out how he became Wolverine".[28][29] Jackman stated the Claremont-Miller series is his favorite Wolverine story.[30] Of the Japanese arc, Jackman also stated, "I won't lie to you, I have been talking to writers... I'm a big fan of the Japanese saga in the comic book".[26] Before X-Men Origins: Wolverine's release, Lauren Shuler Donner approached Simon Beaufoy to write the script, but he did not feel confident enough to commit.[31] By May 4, 2009, Jackman's company Seed Productions was preparing several projects, including a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine to be set in Japan,[32] but neither Jackman nor Seed has a production credit on the completed 2013 sequel. On May 5, 2009, just days after the opening weekend of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the sequel was officially confirmed.[33]

Christopher McQuarrie, who went uncredited for his work on X-Men, was hired to write the screenplay for the Wolverine sequel in August 2009.[34] According to Shuler-Donner, the sequel would focus on the relationship between Wolverine and Mariko, the daughter of a Japanese crime lord, and what happens to him in Japan. Wolverine would have a different fighting style due to Mariko's father having "this stick-like weapon. There'll be samurai, ninja, katana blades, different forms of martial arts—mano-a-mano, extreme fighting". She continued: "We want to make it authentic so I think it's very likely we'll be shooting in Japan. I think it's likely the characters will speak English rather than Japanese with subtitles".[35] In January 2010, at the People's Choice Awards, Jackman stated that the film would start shooting sometime in 2011,[36] and in March 2010, McQuarrie declared that the screenplay was finished for production to start in January the following year.[37] Sources indicated Darren Aronofsky was in negotiations to direct the film[38] after Bryan Singer turned down the offer.[39]

Pre-production

"If you have a hero who can't be hurt, there's only one way to create stakes or jeopardy, and that's to put people he cares about in harm's way. And, not unlike the amnesia thing, that can get tired really fast... I think there's so much to mine in Logan without robbing him of self-knowledge. What I wanted to present to the audience was, what is it like to feel a prisoner in a life you cannot escape? You accumulate pain and loss, and keep that with you as you keep on going".

—James Mangold[40]

In October 2010, Jackman confirmed that Aronofsky would direct the film.[41] Jackman commented that with Aronofsky directing, Wolverine 2 will not be "usual" stating, "This is, hopefully for me, going to be out of the box. It's going to be the best one, I hope... Well, I would say that, but I really do feel that, and I feel this is going to be very different. This is Wolverine. This is not Popeye. He's kind of dark... But, you know, this is a change of pace. Chris McQuarrie, who wrote The Usual Suspects, has written the script, so that'll give you a good clue. [Aronofsky's] going to make it fantastic. There's going to be some meat on the bones. There will be something to think about as you leave the theater, for sure".[41] The film was scheduled to begin principal photography in March 2011 in New York City before the production moves to Japan for the bulk of shooting.[42]

While Jackman in 2008 had characterized the film as "a sequel to Origins",[43] Aronofsky in November 2010 said the film, now titled The Wolverine, was a "one-off" rather than a sequel.[44] Also in November, Fox Filmed Entertainment sent out a press release stating that they have signed Aronofsky and his production company Protozoa Pictures to a new two-year, overall deal. Under the deal, Protozoa would develop and produce films for both 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures. Aronofsky's debut picture under the pact would have been The Wolverine.[45]

In March 2011, Aronofsky bowed out of directing the film, saying in a statement, "As I talked more about the film with my collaborators at Fox, it became clear that the production of The Wolverine would keep me out of the country for almost a year... I was not comfortable being away from my family for that length of time. I am sad that I won't be able to see the project through, as it is a terrific script and I was very much looking forward to working with my friend, Hugh Jackman, again".[46] Fox also decided to be "in no rush" to start the production due to the damage incurred in Japan by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[47] Despite this, Jackman said the project was moving ahead. "It's too early to call on Japan, I'm not sure where they're at. So now we're finding another director, but Fox is very anxious to make the movie and we're moving ahead full steam to find another director".[48]

 
Director James Mangold at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con

In May 2011, Fox had a list of eight candidates to replace Aronofsky, including directors José Padilha, Doug Liman, Antoine Fuqua, Mark Romanek, Justin Lin, Gavin O'Connor, James Mangold and Gary Shore.[49] In June 2011, Fox entered negotiations with Mangold and intended to start principal photography in fall 2011.[50] In July 2011, Jackman said he planned to begin filming in October and that he would fight the Silver Samurai.[51]

In August 2011, The Vancouver Sun reported that filming would take place from November 11, 2011 to March 1, 2012 at the Canadian Motion Picture Park in Burnaby, British Columbia.[52] Almost immediately, filming was postponed to spring 2012 so Jackman could work on Les Misérables.[53] In September, Mark Bomback was hired to rewrite McQuarrie's script.[54] At one point, Bomback tried to work Rogue into the script, but he rejected it for being "goofy" and "problematic".[55] In February 2012, a July 26, 2013, release date was set,[56] and in April, filming was set to begin in August 2012 in Australia, which would serve as the primary location due to financial and tax incentives.[57]

In July 2012, actors Hiroyuki Sanada, Hal Yamanouchi, Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushima had been cast as Shingen, Ichirō, Mariko and Yukio, respectively.[16] Additionally, Will Yun Lee was cast as Harada, and Brian Tee as Noburo Mori.[23] By July 2012, Deadline.com said Jessica Biel would play Viper.[58] However, at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International, Biel said her role in the film was "not a done deal", explaining, "People keep talking about this. I don't know anything about it. It's a little bit too soon for that kind of an announcement".[59] A few days later, negotiations between Biel and 20th Century Fox had broken down.[60] Later in July, Fox had begun talks with Svetlana Khodchenkova to take over the role.[25] Somewhat unusually for action movies, The Wolverine features four female lead roles and "passes the Bechdel Test early and often", according to Vulture. Mangold noted that he wrote his heroines so that "they all have missions. They all have jobs to do other than be the object of affection", intent of avoiding the "worn out" trope of the woman in jeopardy.[61]

In terms of his character, Jackman views Wolverine as "the ultimate outsider" and that "the great battle, I always thought with Wolverine, is the battle within himself".[62] Regarding Logan's struggle with extreme longevity, Jackman said, "He realizes everyone he loves dies, and his whole life is full of pain. So it's better that he just escapes. He can't die really. He just wants to get away from everything".[24] Jackman stated that he ate six meals a day in preparation for the role.[41] Jackman contacted Dwayne Johnson for some tips on bulking up for the film, suggesting that he gain a pound a week by eating 6,000 calories a day for six months which consisted of "an awful lot of chicken, steak and brown rice".

In August 2012, Guillermo del Toro revealed he had been interested in directing the film, as the Japanese arc was his favorite Wolverine story. After meeting with Jim Gianopulos and Jackman, del Toro passed, deciding he did not wish to spend two to three years of his life working on the movie.[63]

Filming

 
Crew of The Wolverine working on the film set in Surry Hills, Sydney

On a production budget of $120 million,[8] principal photography began on July 30, 2012.[64] Shuler Donner had to be absent through most of the production due to breast cancer, with her treatment ending just before post-production begun.[65][66] Some of the earliest scenes were shot at the Bonna Point Reserve in Kurnell, New South Wales, which doubled as a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.[64] Filming there ended on August 2, 2012, with production scheduled to continue around Sydney followed by a few weeks in Japan before wrapping up in mid-November.[67] On August 3, 2012, production moved to Picton, which doubled as a town in Canada's Yukon region.[68]

On August 25, 2012, Mangold said that production moved to Tokyo and began shooting.[69] On September 4, 2012, filming took place outside Fukuyama Station in Fukuyama, Hiroshima.[70] Filming in Tomonoura, a port in the Ichichi ward of Fukuyama, concluded on September 11, 2012.[71]

On October 8, 2012, production returned to Sydney with filming on Erskine Street near Cockle Bay.[72] The following week, the film shot in Parramatta, which doubled as a Japanese city.[73] Also in October, Mangold revealed that the film follows the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, saying, "Where this film sits in the universe of the films is after them all. Jean Grey is gone, most of the X-Men are disbanded or gone, so there's a tremendous sense of isolation for [Wolverine]".[74] He elaborated that his decision to have The Wolverine take place after The Last Stand without making it a direct sequel to that film stemmed from the simplicity of setting the story after the huge amount of adventures Wolverine has endured throughout the film series the possibility of choosing a perfect moment for Logan to be stripped of both his heroic duties and his sense of purpose like a rōnin due to several of his fellow X-Men dying in the third X-Men film, allowing him to live in a "separate" world that doesn't necessarily need to tie-in with the next film to allow for more creative freedom, and finding himself in an existential crisis due to his immortality, which Mangold felt that it sounded in accordance to the themes of the original arc by Claremont and Miller.[75] Mangold later stated that in the fight scenes, "there's an urgency and a kind of intensity and hand to hand physicality that I hope is a little different than everything else out there".[24] On October 25, 2012 production relocated to Sydney Olympic Park in western Sydney.[76] The set was made into a Japanese village draped in snow with filming beginning on November 1, 2012.[77] On November 10, 2012, filming took place on a back street in Surry Hills. The set, constructed on Brisbane St., was transformed to look like a Japanese street with Japanese signage and vehicles scattered throughout.[78] Principal photography concluded on November 21, 2012.[79]

Reshoots took place in Montréal, including the credits scene where Magneto and Professor X warn Wolverine of a new threat.[80] Said scene was contributed by Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg, writers of X-Men: Days of Future Past, as a way to "reintroduce Patrick Stewart into the universe" and set up their film.[81] Mangold stated that while production of The Wolverine started before Days of Future Past and thus the film was mostly focused on being a self-contained story, he was able to collaborate with Singer to "make things groove together".[82]

Post-production

 
Original plate (top), animation pass (center), and the completed shot (bottom) of the Silver Samurai

In October 2012, it was reported that The Wolverine would be converted to 3D, making it the first 3D release for one of 20th Century Fox's Marvel films.[83] Visual effects for the film were completed by Weta Digital, Rising Sun Pictures (RSP), Iloura, and Shade VFX.[84]

In order to recreate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, RSP studied natural phenomena such as volcanoes, instead of relying on archived footage of atomic blasts, and recreated the effects digitally. They also replaced the Sydney cityscape on the horizon with views of Nagasaki. The walking bear featured in the Yukon scenes was created with computer graphics by Weta Digital, while Make-Up Effects Group built a 12-foot-tall animatronic bear, that was used for shots of the creature dying after it had been hit by poisoned arrows fired by hunters.[85]

For a fight scene taking place on top of a speeding bullet train, the actors and stunt performers filmed on wires above a set piece surrounded by a greenscreen. The moving background, filmed on an elevated freeway in Tokyo, was added later. Weta Digital visual effects supervisor Martin Hill said the team adopted a "Google Street View method", explaining "But instead of having a big panoramic cam on top of a van, we built a rig that had eight 45-degree angle Red Epic [cameras] that gave us massive resolution driving down all the massive lanes of the freeway. We let a bit of air out of the tires of the van and kept a constant 60 kilometers an hour. So if we shot at 48 fps we just needed to speed up the footage by 10 times to give us the 300 kilometers an hour required".[85]

The Silver Samurai, rendered by Weta Digital, was based on a model that had been 3D printed and chrome painted using electrolysis. Stunt performer Shane Rangi, wearing a motion capture suit, stood on stilts while filming as the Silver Samurai. Rangi's performance was then used to animate the digital character. Hill said the main challenge was creating the Silver Samurai's highly reflective surface, "He's pretty much chrome. We were worried that he was going to look incredibly digital and that it was going to be very hard to make him look solid and real and not just like a mirrored surface".[85]

The original assembly cut of the film ran around two hours and 35 minutes.[86] The mid-credit scene was written by Simon Kinberg and shot by the X-Men: Days of Future Past crew, though Mangold directed the scene.[87]

Music

Main article: The Wolverine (soundtrack)

In September 2012, Marco Beltrami, who previously scored James Mangold's film 3:10 to Yuma (2007), announced that he had signed on to score The Wolverine.[88] Following Mangold's noir and Spaghetti Western inspirations for the film, Beltrami explained, "I think I do every movie as a western whether it is or not, so there's definitely some of the spaghetti western influence on my music throughout the score, and I guess throughout a lot of my work. I wouldn't say there was a particular movie that influenced me more than something else. There was nothing that I was trying to mimic or anything."[89] On associating sounds with the film's primary location, Beltrami said, "I think the last thing that Jim [Mangold] and I wanted to do was Japanese music associated with Japanese places. There's a reference; I do use Japanese instruments, [but] not really in a traditional way."[90] The score was performed by an 85-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage located at 20th Century Fox Studios.[91] The album was released by Sony Classical Records on July 23, 2013.

Release

Theatrical

The Wolverine was released in 2D and 3D theaters on July 3, 2013, in various international markets, and in the United States two days later.[92] The film was titled Wolverine: Immortal in Brazil and Spanish-language markets.[93][94] The film premiered in Japan on September 13, 2013, under the title Wolverine: Samurai (ウルヴァリン: SAMURAI, Uruvarin Samurai).[95]

Marketing

 
Hugh Jackman promoting the film at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con

On October 29, 2012, director James Mangold and actor Jackman hosted a live chat from the set of the film. The chat took place on the official website and the official YouTube account of the film.[96]

The first American trailer and international trailer of The Wolverine were released on March 27, 2013.[97] Empire magazine said "This is all very encouraging stuff from director James Mangold, a man who's obviously not afraid of tweaking the original source material to serve his own ends."[98] The trailer was later attached to G.I. Joe: Retaliation.[99] The second American trailer was then released on April 18, 2013, and was screened at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.[100]

The third American trailer was released on May 21, 2013,[101] and then on June 13, 2013, the second international trailer was released.[102]

On July 20, 2013, 20th Century Fox presented The Wolverine along with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and X-Men: Days of Future Past to the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con with Jackman and Mangold in attendance to present new footage of the film.[103]

20th Century Fox partnered with automotive company Audi to promote the film with their sports car Audi R8 and their motorcycle Ducati.[104] Other partners included sugar-free chewing-gum brand 5 and casual dining restaurant company Red Robin.[105]

Home media

The Wolverine was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on December 3, 2013.[106] The Blu-ray set features an exclusive unrated extended cut of the film referred to as the "Unleashed Extended Edition".[107] This version of the film was screened for the first time at 20th Century Fox Studios on November 19, 2013.[11] It contains 12 extra minutes,[108] primarily including an extended battle with Harada's ninjas during the start of the film's third act as well as additional footage during moments of character interaction.[109] The BBFC gives its running time as 132 minutes and 22 seconds, only six minutes longer.[110]

Reception

Box office

Along with the improvements in critical reception, The Wolverine outgrossed Origins in total box office, though earned less domestically. The film closed in US theaters on December 5, 2013, grossing $132,556,852 in North America (as opposed to $179,883,157 for the earlier film) and $282,271,394 in other territories (as opposed to the earlier film's $193,179,707), for a worldwide total of $414,828,246.[10] The film earned $139.6 million on its worldwide opening weekend.[111] When compared to the rest of the X-Men film franchise, The Wolverine has garnered somewhat mixed results in terms of box office success. While its domestic gross is greater than the production budget, it is still lower than the other five films of the franchise, with its domestic box office total being roughly $45.1 million less than the franchise's average. However, its overseas total currently exceeds the franchise's average by roughly $75.7 million and is significantly more than any of the other X-Men films. With a worldwide total of roughly $414.8 million, The Wolverine was at that time the third-highest-grossing film.[112]

In North America, the film opened at the top of the box office on its opening day, with $20.7 million, with $4 million coming from Thursday late-night showings.[113][114] It held on to the number one spot through its first weekend, with $53,113,752, which was the lowest opening of the series until 2019's Dark Phoenix was released.[115]

Outside North America, the film topped the box office on its opening weekend with $86.5 million from 100 countries. The film achieved the highest opening of the franchise, passing X-Men: The Last Stand's $76.2 million opening.[115][116]

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 71% approval rating with an average rating of 6.3/10 based on 259 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Although its final act succumbs to the usual cartoonish antics, The Wolverine is one superhero movie that manages to stay true to the comics while keeping casual viewers entertained."[117] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 61 out of 100, based on reviews from 46 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[118] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−", on a scale from A+ to F.[119]

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it a grade of "B+", praising Jackman's performance as "strong, solid entertainment" and "a serious, sometimes dark and deliberately paced story."[120] Christy Lemire, writing for the website of Roger Ebert, said that the film "features some breathtakingly suspenseful action sequences, exquisite production and costume design and colorful characters, some of whom register more powerfully than others."[121] Variety film critic Peter Debruge called the film "an entertaining and surprisingly existential digression from his usual X-Men exploits. Though Wolvie comes across a bit world-weary and battle-worn by now, Jackman is in top form, taking the opportunity to test the character's physical and emotional extremes. Fans might've preferred bigger action or more effects, but Mangold does them one better, recovering the soul of a character whose near-immortality made him tiresome."[122] James Buchanan of TV Guide.com gave it 3 out of 4 stars, calling it "A rare comic-to-film adaptation that doesn't sacrifice substance for the sake of thrilling action."[123] Scott Collura of IGN praised the film giving it an 8.5 out of 10[124] and stated, "The Wolverine is a stand alone adventure for the classic character that reminds us that there's more to this genre than universe-building and crossovers. ... [The] story paints a deep and compelling portrait of Logan, a haunted character that Jackman still finds new ways to play all these years later."[125] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone felt that despite the film's final act "sink[ing] into CGI shit", Jackman's performance "still has the juice" and Mangold's directing "shows style and snap."[126]

Henry Barnes of The Guardian gave the film a negative review, giving it 2 out of 5 stars and stating, "Hugh Jackman's sixth time out in the claws and hair combo is looking increasingly wearied, as the backstory gets more complicated and the action gets duller and flatter."[127] Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News offered a similar view, saying "Hugh Jackman has the role of the mutant superhero down pat, but the rest of the film is the same old slice and dice."[128]

A common critique towards the film were aspects of the final act, particular in regard to the climactic fight with Silver Samurai and the Viper character. When promoting Logan, Mangold acknowledged the criticism, remarking that while The Wolverine was meant as a small scale, more intimate film, the studio wanted "big, CG action" to stay afloat with the other big blockbusters that came out that year such as Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Man of Steel (2013).[129]

Legacy

Following the release of The Wolverine 20th Century Fox had begun negotiations with both Jackman and Mangold to return for another Wolverine movie. Mangold was scheduled to write the treatment, with Lauren Shuler Donner returning to produce.[130] On March 20, 2014, Fox announced that the sequel would be released March 3, 2017.[131]

In retrospective reviews, several film critics such as Matthew Razak from Flixter, Alex Wench from Inverse (website), and Matthew Mosley from Collider have stated that The Wolverine is the most underrated superhero movie of all time, while also noting it's later influence and similarities with Logan.[132][133][134] Wench from Inverse (website) wrote "what they ended up getting is a film that stands as one of the most contemplative superhero movies ever made. The film digs deep into the mind of Wolverine, giving Jackman the chance to put his investment in the character on full display. In that way, The Wolverine ends up being the perfect lead-in to 2017’s Logan, a film that not only sees Mangold and Jackman working together again but also revisiting and perfecting everything they did and didn’t do right in their previous collaboration."

In a ranking of the X-Men film series, Darren Franich from Entertainment Weekly ranked the film in second place, writing "a deceptively small-scale crime thriller with a propulsive B-movie sensibility and a mournful sincerity that makes other blockbusters look plastic by comparison. Further adding "I know a lot of people view this film as a stepping-stone oddity to Logan, but I think The Wolverine's accomplishment is more sneakily profound. A philosophical divide, maybe, but one to ponder: In Logan, Wolverine accepts death; in The Wolverine, Logan figures out how to live."[135]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Year Award / Film Festival Category Recipients Result Ref.
2013 Hollywood Film Awards Hollywood Movie Award James Mangold Nominated [136]
2014 People's Choice Awards Favorite Action Movie The Wolverine Nominated [137]
Favorite Movie Actor Hugh Jackman (also for Prisoners) Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture The Wolverine Nominated [138]
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Male Buttkicker Hugh Jackman Nominated [139]
Saturn Awards Best Comic-To-Film Motion Picture The Wolverine Nominated [140]

Sequel

Main article: Logan (film)

By October 2013, 20th Century Fox had begun negotiations with both Jackman and Mangold to return for a previously untitled installment. Mangold was scheduled to write the treatment, with Lauren Shuler Donner returning to produce.[141] On March 20, 2014, Fox announced that the sequel would be released March 3, 2017.[142] David James Kelly was hired to write the script, and Jackman was set to reprise his role as Wolverine.[143] By the following month, screenwriter Michael Green was attached to the film.[144] Mangold tweeted that filming would start in early 2016.[145] Patrick Stewart said in August 2015 that he will reprise his role as Charles Xavier.[146] Liev Schreiber, who portrayed Victor Creed in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, said in February 2016 that he was in talks to reprise his role in the sequel.[147] By April 2016, Boyd Holbrook had been cast as head of security for a global enterprise set against Wolverine, and Richard E. Grant as a "mad scientist type".[148][149] Simon Kinberg that month said the film will be set in the future.[150] Toward the end of the month, Stephen Merchant was cast as Caliban.[151][152] In May 2016, Eriq La Salle and Elise Neal were cast in unspecified roles.[153][154] In May, Kinberg said filming had started and that he planned it to be an R-rated movie.[155] Shiori Kutsuna was later cast as a younger version of Yukio in Deadpool 2, replacing Rila Fukushima.[156][157]

Notes

  1. ^ Sources differ regarding the country or countries of origin of The Wolverine. Some indicate that the United States is the sole country of origin,[2][3][4] while others list it as a co-production of the United States and Great Britain.[5][6]
  2. ^ Known as Wolverine: Immortal in Brazil, Russia and Spanish language markets and Wolverine: Samurai (ウルヴァリン: SAMURAI, Uruvarin Samurai) in Japan
  3. ^ As depicted in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand
  4. ^ Later depicted in the 2014 film X-Men: Days of Future Past[12][13]

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Further reading

  • Gray, Simon. "Rapturous Action". American Cinematographer. Vol. 94, No. 8. August 2013. ISSN 0002-7928. Hollywood: California. ASC Holding Corp. Pages 56–65. Behind-the-scenes article on The Wolverine focusing on the film's camera work, lighting, etc. 9 pages, 17 color photos.

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Wolverine film redirects here For the 2009 film see X Men Origins Wolverine For other uses see Wolverine disambiguation The Wolverine b is a 2013 superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine It is the sixth installment in the X Men film series the second installment in the trilogy of Wolverine films after X Men Origins Wolverine 2009 and a spin off sequel to X Men The Last Stand 2006 Directed by James Mangold from a screenplay written by Scott Frank and Mark Bomback based on the 1982 limited series Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller it stars Hugh Jackman as Logan Wolverine alongside Rila Fukushima Tao Okamoto Hiroyuki Sanada Famke Janssen and Will Yun Lee Following the events of X Men The Last Stand Logan travels to Japan where he engages an old acquaintance in a struggle that has lasting consequences Stripped of his healing powers Wolverine must battle deadly samurai while struggling with guilt over Jean Grey s death The WolverineTheatrical release posterDirected byJames MangoldScreenplay byMark Bomback Scott FrankBased onWolverineby Chris ClaremontFrank MillerProduced byLauren Shuler Donner Hutch ParkerStarringHugh Jackman Hiroyuki Sanada Tao Okamoto Rila Fukushima Famke Janssen Will Yun LeeCinematographyRoss EmeryEdited byMichael McCuskerMusic byMarco BeltramiProductioncompaniesMarvel Entertainment Donners Company TSG EntertainmentDistributed by20th Century FoxRelease dateJuly 26 2013 2013 07 26 United States Running time126 minutes 1 CountriesUnited States United Kingdom a LanguagesEnglish JapaneseBudget 100 132 million 7 8 9 Box office 414 8 million 10 The film s development began in 2009 after the release of X Men Origins Wolverine Christopher McQuarrie was hired to write a screenplay for The Wolverine in August 2009 In October 2010 Darren Aronofsky was hired to direct the film The project was delayed following Aronofsky s departure and the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 In June 2011 Mangold was brought on board to replace Aronofsky Bomback was then hired to rewrite the screenplay in September 2011 The supporting characters were cast in July 2012 with principal photography beginning at the end of the month around New South Wales before moving to Tokyo in August 2012 and back to New South Wales in October 2012 The film was converted to 3D in post production The Wolverine was released by 20th Century Fox in various international markets on July 24 2013 and in the United States two days later It received generally positive reviews from critics with praise for its action sequences production design Jackman s performance and thematic profundity though criticism was directed towards the climax The film earned 414 million worldwide making it the fifth highest grossing film in the series An unrated extended cut of the film referred to as the Unleashed Extended Edition was released on Blu ray featuring more blood and violence extended action scenes as well as additional footage during moments of character interaction 11 A third film titled Logan was released on March 3 2017 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Development 3 1 Pre production 3 2 Filming 3 3 Post production 4 Music 5 Release 5 1 Theatrical 5 2 Marketing 5 3 Home media 6 Reception 6 1 Box office 6 2 Critical response 6 3 Legacy 6 4 Accolades 7 Sequel 8 Notes 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksPlot Edit source source source source source source source source source source source source source source The film trailer for The Wolverine In August 1945 Logan is held in a Japanese POW camp near Nagasaki During the city s atomic bombing Logan saves an officer named Ichirō Yashida by shielding him from the blast In the present day Logan lives as a hermit in the Yukon tormented by hallucinations of Jean Grey whom he was forced to kill to save the world c He is located by Yukio a mutant with the ability to foresee people s deaths on behalf of Ichirō now the CEO of a technology zaibatsu Ichirō who is dying of cancer wants Logan to accompany Yukio to Japan so that he may repay his life debt In Tokyo Logan meets Ichirō s son Shingen and granddaughter Mariko There Ichirō offers to transfer Logan s healing abilities into his own body thus saving Ichirō s life and alleviating Logan of his near immortality which Logan views as a curse Believing he is acting on his friend s best interests however Logan refuses and prepares to leave the following day That night Ichirō s physician Dr Green introduces something into Logan s body but Logan dismisses it as a dream The next morning Yukio informs Logan that Ichirō has died At the funeral Yakuza gangsters attempt to kidnap Mariko but Logan and Mariko escape together into the urban sprawl of Tokyo Logan is shot and his wounds do not heal as quickly as they should After fighting off more Yakuza on a bullet train Logan and Mariko hide in a local love hotel Meanwhile Ichirō s bodyguard Harada meets with Dr Green who after demonstrating her mutant powers on him demands he find Logan and Mariko Logan and Mariko travel to Ichirō s house in Nagasaki and the two slowly fall in love In Tokyo Yukio has a vision of Logan dying and goes to warn him Before Yukio arrives Mariko is captured by the Yakuza After interrogating one of the kidnappers Logan and Yukio confront Mariko s fiance corrupt Minister of Justice Noburo Mori Mori confesses that he conspired with Shingen to have the Yakuza kidnap Mariko because Ichirō left control of the company to Mariko and not Shingen Mariko is brought before Shingen at Ichirō s estate when ninjas led by Harada attack and whisk her away Logan and Yukio arrive later and using Ichirō s X ray machine discover a robotic parasite attached to Logan s heart suppressing his healing ability Logan cuts himself open and extracts the device During the operation Shingen attacks but Yukio holds him off long enough for Logan to recover and kill him Logan follows Mariko s trail to the village of Ichirō s birth where he is captured by Harada s ninjas Logan is placed in a machine by Dr Green who reveals her plans to extract his healing factor and introduces him to the Silver Samurai an electromechanical suit of Japanese armour with energized katanas made of adamantium Mariko escapes from Harada who believes he is acting in Mariko s interests and manages to free Logan from the machine Harada sees the error of his ways and is killed by the Silver Samurai while helping Logan escape Meanwhile Yukio arrives and kills Dr Green As Logan fights the Silver Samurai the Silver Samurai severs Logan s adamantium claws and begins to extract his healing abilities revealing himself to be Ichirō who had faked his death Ichirō regains his youth but Mariko intervenes and stabs Ichirō with Logan s severed claws Logan regenerates his bone claws and kills Ichirō Logan collapses and has one final hallucination of Jean in which he decides to finally let her go Mariko becomes CEO of Yashida Industries and bids farewell to Logan as he prepares to leave Japan Yukio vows to stay by Logan s side as his bodyguard and they depart to places unknown In a mid credits scene Logan returns to the United States two years later and is approached at the airport by Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr who warn him of a weapon humans are creating that would bring the end to the mutant race d Cast EditHugh Jackman as Logan Wolverine A mutant whose prodigious healing abilities and adamantium infused skeleton combine to make him virtually immortal 14 Hiroyuki Sanada as Shingen Ichirō s son 15 as well as Mariko s father and corporate rival 16 who is proficient in kendo 17 Tao Okamoto as Mariko Ichirō s granddaughter whose life becomes threatened as a result of her grandfather s will Rila Fukushima as Yukio A mutant who has precognitive abilities and one of the deadliest assassins in Ichirō s clan 16 18 19 20 Famke Janssen as Jean Grey A mutant former member and former medical doctor of the X Men who was killed by Logan 21 Will Yun Lee as Harada A former lover of Mariko and head of the Black Ninja Clan sworn to protect the Yashida family 22 23 Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper A mutant working for Yashida who can expel toxins from her mouth 24 25 Haruhiko Yamanouchi as Yashida Shingen s father 15 Mariko s grandfather and the founder of Yashida Industries a powerful technology zaibatsu Ken Yamamura portrays a young Yashida in the film s opening scene during the atomic bombing of Nagasaki 16 Brian Tee as Noburo A corrupt minister of justice who is engaged to Mariko 23 Archive audio of Lynn Collins from X Men Origins Wolverine is used to represent her character Kayla Silverfox during a dream being had by Logan while Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen reprise their roles as Charles Xavier Professor X and Erik Lehnsherr Magneto in cameo appearances during the mid credits scene Development Edit There are so many areas of that Japanese story I love the idea of this kind of anarchic character the outsider being in this world I can see it aesthetically too full of honor and tradition and customs and someone who s really anti all of that and trying to negotiate his way The idea of the samurai too and the tradition there It s really great In the comic book he gets his ass kicked by a couple of samurai not even mutants He s shocked by that at first Hugh Jackman 26 In September 2007 Gavin Hood director of X Men Origins Wolverine speculated that there would be a sequel which would be set in Japan 27 During one of the post credits scenes of the film Logan Wolverine is seen drinking at a bar in Japan citation needed Such a location was the subject of Chris Claremont and Frank Miller s 1982 limited series on the character which was not in the first film as Hugh Jackman felt what we need to do is establish who Logan is and find out how he became Wolverine 28 29 Jackman stated the Claremont Miller series is his favorite Wolverine story 30 Of the Japanese arc Jackman also stated I won t lie to you I have been talking to writers I m a big fan of the Japanese saga in the comic book 26 Before X Men Origins Wolverine s release Lauren Shuler Donner approached Simon Beaufoy to write the script but he did not feel confident enough to commit 31 By May 4 2009 Jackman s company Seed Productions was preparing several projects including a sequel to X Men Origins Wolverine to be set in Japan 32 but neither Jackman nor Seed has a production credit on the completed 2013 sequel On May 5 2009 just days after the opening weekend of X Men Origins Wolverine the sequel was officially confirmed 33 Christopher McQuarrie who went uncredited for his work on X Men was hired to write the screenplay for the Wolverine sequel in August 2009 34 According to Shuler Donner the sequel would focus on the relationship between Wolverine and Mariko the daughter of a Japanese crime lord and what happens to him in Japan Wolverine would have a different fighting style due to Mariko s father having this stick like weapon There ll be samurai ninja katana blades different forms of martial arts mano a mano extreme fighting She continued We want to make it authentic so I think it s very likely we ll be shooting in Japan I think it s likely the characters will speak English rather than Japanese with subtitles 35 In January 2010 at the People s Choice Awards Jackman stated that the film would start shooting sometime in 2011 36 and in March 2010 McQuarrie declared that the screenplay was finished for production to start in January the following year 37 Sources indicated Darren Aronofsky was in negotiations to direct the film 38 after Bryan Singer turned down the offer 39 Pre production Edit If you have a hero who can t be hurt there s only one way to create stakes or jeopardy and that s to put people he cares about in harm s way And not unlike the amnesia thing that can get tired really fast I think there s so much to mine in Logan without robbing him of self knowledge What I wanted to present to the audience was what is it like to feel a prisoner in a life you cannot escape You accumulate pain and loss and keep that with you as you keep on going James Mangold 40 In October 2010 Jackman confirmed that Aronofsky would direct the film 41 Jackman commented that with Aronofsky directing Wolverine 2 will not be usual stating This is hopefully for me going to be out of the box It s going to be the best one I hope Well I would say that but I really do feel that and I feel this is going to be very different This is Wolverine This is not Popeye He s kind of dark But you know this is a change of pace Chris McQuarrie who wrote The Usual Suspects has written the script so that ll give you a good clue Aronofsky s going to make it fantastic There s going to be some meat on the bones There will be something to think about as you leave the theater for sure 41 The film was scheduled to begin principal photography in March 2011 in New York City before the production moves to Japan for the bulk of shooting 42 While Jackman in 2008 had characterized the film as a sequel to Origins 43 Aronofsky in November 2010 said the film now titled The Wolverine was a one off rather than a sequel 44 Also in November Fox Filmed Entertainment sent out a press release stating that they have signed Aronofsky and his production company Protozoa Pictures to a new two year overall deal Under the deal Protozoa would develop and produce films for both 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures Aronofsky s debut picture under the pact would have been The Wolverine 45 In March 2011 Aronofsky bowed out of directing the film saying in a statement As I talked more about the film with my collaborators at Fox it became clear that the production of The Wolverine would keep me out of the country for almost a year I was not comfortable being away from my family for that length of time I am sad that I won t be able to see the project through as it is a terrific script and I was very much looking forward to working with my friend Hugh Jackman again 46 Fox also decided to be in no rush to start the production due to the damage incurred in Japan by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 47 Despite this Jackman said the project was moving ahead It s too early to call on Japan I m not sure where they re at So now we re finding another director but Fox is very anxious to make the movie and we re moving ahead full steam to find another director 48 Director James Mangold at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con In May 2011 Fox had a list of eight candidates to replace Aronofsky including directors Jose Padilha Doug Liman Antoine Fuqua Mark Romanek Justin Lin Gavin O Connor James Mangold and Gary Shore 49 In June 2011 Fox entered negotiations with Mangold and intended to start principal photography in fall 2011 50 In July 2011 Jackman said he planned to begin filming in October and that he would fight the Silver Samurai 51 In August 2011 The Vancouver Sun reported that filming would take place from November 11 2011 to March 1 2012 at the Canadian Motion Picture Park in Burnaby British Columbia 52 Almost immediately filming was postponed to spring 2012 so Jackman could work on Les Miserables 53 In September Mark Bomback was hired to rewrite McQuarrie s script 54 At one point Bomback tried to work Rogue into the script but he rejected it for being goofy and problematic 55 In February 2012 a July 26 2013 release date was set 56 and in April filming was set to begin in August 2012 in Australia which would serve as the primary location due to financial and tax incentives 57 In July 2012 actors Hiroyuki Sanada Hal Yamanouchi Tao Okamoto and Rila Fukushima had been cast as Shingen Ichirō Mariko and Yukio respectively 16 Additionally Will Yun Lee was cast as Harada and Brian Tee as Noburo Mori 23 By July 2012 Deadline com said Jessica Biel would play Viper 58 However at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con International Biel said her role in the film was not a done deal explaining People keep talking about this I don t know anything about it It s a little bit too soon for that kind of an announcement 59 A few days later negotiations between Biel and 20th Century Fox had broken down 60 Later in July Fox had begun talks with Svetlana Khodchenkova to take over the role 25 Somewhat unusually for action movies The Wolverine features four female lead roles and passes the Bechdel Test early and often according to Vulture Mangold noted that he wrote his heroines so that they all have missions They all have jobs to do other than be the object of affection intent of avoiding the worn out trope of the woman in jeopardy 61 In terms of his character Jackman views Wolverine as the ultimate outsider and that the great battle I always thought with Wolverine is the battle within himself 62 Regarding Logan s struggle with extreme longevity Jackman said He realizes everyone he loves dies and his whole life is full of pain So it s better that he just escapes He can t die really He just wants to get away from everything 24 Jackman stated that he ate six meals a day in preparation for the role 41 Jackman contacted Dwayne Johnson for some tips on bulking up for the film suggesting that he gain a pound a week by eating 6 000 calories a day for six months which consisted of an awful lot of chicken steak and brown rice In August 2012 Guillermo del Toro revealed he had been interested in directing the film as the Japanese arc was his favorite Wolverine story After meeting with Jim Gianopulos and Jackman del Toro passed deciding he did not wish to spend two to three years of his life working on the movie 63 Filming Edit Crew of The Wolverine working on the film set in Surry Hills Sydney On a production budget of 120 million 8 principal photography began on July 30 2012 64 Shuler Donner had to be absent through most of the production due to breast cancer with her treatment ending just before post production begun 65 66 Some of the earliest scenes were shot at the Bonna Point Reserve in Kurnell New South Wales which doubled as a Japanese prisoner of war camp 64 Filming there ended on August 2 2012 with production scheduled to continue around Sydney followed by a few weeks in Japan before wrapping up in mid November 67 On August 3 2012 production moved to Picton which doubled as a town in Canada s Yukon region 68 On August 25 2012 Mangold said that production moved to Tokyo and began shooting 69 On September 4 2012 filming took place outside Fukuyama Station in Fukuyama Hiroshima 70 Filming in Tomonoura a port in the Ichichi ward of Fukuyama concluded on September 11 2012 71 On October 8 2012 production returned to Sydney with filming on Erskine Street near Cockle Bay 72 The following week the film shot in Parramatta which doubled as a Japanese city 73 Also in October Mangold revealed that the film follows the events of X Men The Last Stand saying Where this film sits in the universe of the films is after them all Jean Grey is gone most of the X Men are disbanded or gone so there s a tremendous sense of isolation for Wolverine 74 He elaborated that his decision to have The Wolverine take place after The Last Stand without making it a direct sequel to that film stemmed from the simplicity of setting the story after the huge amount of adventures Wolverine has endured throughout the film series the possibility of choosing a perfect moment for Logan to be stripped of both his heroic duties and his sense of purpose like a rōnin due to several of his fellow X Men dying in the third X Men film allowing him to live in a separate world that doesn t necessarily need to tie in with the next film to allow for more creative freedom and finding himself in an existential crisis due to his immortality which Mangold felt that it sounded in accordance to the themes of the original arc by Claremont and Miller 75 Mangold later stated that in the fight scenes there s an urgency and a kind of intensity and hand to hand physicality that I hope is a little different than everything else out there 24 On October 25 2012 production relocated to Sydney Olympic Park in western Sydney 76 The set was made into a Japanese village draped in snow with filming beginning on November 1 2012 77 On November 10 2012 filming took place on a back street in Surry Hills The set constructed on Brisbane St was transformed to look like a Japanese street with Japanese signage and vehicles scattered throughout 78 Principal photography concluded on November 21 2012 79 Reshoots took place in Montreal including the credits scene where Magneto and Professor X warn Wolverine of a new threat 80 Said scene was contributed by Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg writers of X Men Days of Future Past as a way to reintroduce Patrick Stewart into the universe and set up their film 81 Mangold stated that while production of The Wolverine started before Days of Future Past and thus the film was mostly focused on being a self contained story he was able to collaborate with Singer to make things groove together 82 Post production Edit Original plate top animation pass center and the completed shot bottom of the Silver Samurai In October 2012 it was reported that The Wolverine would be converted to 3D making it the first 3D release for one of 20th Century Fox s Marvel films 83 Visual effects for the film were completed by Weta Digital Rising Sun Pictures RSP Iloura and Shade VFX 84 In order to recreate the atomic bombing of Nagasaki RSP studied natural phenomena such as volcanoes instead of relying on archived footage of atomic blasts and recreated the effects digitally They also replaced the Sydney cityscape on the horizon with views of Nagasaki The walking bear featured in the Yukon scenes was created with computer graphics by Weta Digital while Make Up Effects Group built a 12 foot tall animatronic bear that was used for shots of the creature dying after it had been hit by poisoned arrows fired by hunters 85 For a fight scene taking place on top of a speeding bullet train the actors and stunt performers filmed on wires above a set piece surrounded by a greenscreen The moving background filmed on an elevated freeway in Tokyo was added later Weta Digital visual effects supervisor Martin Hill said the team adopted a Google Street View method explaining But instead of having a big panoramic cam on top of a van we built a rig that had eight 45 degree angle Red Epic cameras that gave us massive resolution driving down all the massive lanes of the freeway We let a bit of air out of the tires of the van and kept a constant 60 kilometers an hour So if we shot at 48 fps we just needed to speed up the footage by 10 times to give us the 300 kilometers an hour required 85 The Silver Samurai rendered by Weta Digital was based on a model that had been 3D printed and chrome painted using electrolysis Stunt performer Shane Rangi wearing a motion capture suit stood on stilts while filming as the Silver Samurai Rangi s performance was then used to animate the digital character Hill said the main challenge was creating the Silver Samurai s highly reflective surface He s pretty much chrome We were worried that he was going to look incredibly digital and that it was going to be very hard to make him look solid and real and not just like a mirrored surface 85 The original assembly cut of the film ran around two hours and 35 minutes 86 The mid credit scene was written by Simon Kinberg and shot by the X Men Days of Future Past crew though Mangold directed the scene 87 Music EditMain article The Wolverine soundtrack In September 2012 Marco Beltrami who previously scored James Mangold s film 3 10 to Yuma 2007 announced that he had signed on to score The Wolverine 88 Following Mangold s noir and Spaghetti Western inspirations for the film Beltrami explained I think I do every movie as a western whether it is or not so there s definitely some of the spaghetti western influence on my music throughout the score and I guess throughout a lot of my work I wouldn t say there was a particular movie that influenced me more than something else There was nothing that I was trying to mimic or anything 89 On associating sounds with the film s primary location Beltrami said I think the last thing that Jim Mangold and I wanted to do was Japanese music associated with Japanese places There s a reference I do use Japanese instruments but not really in a traditional way 90 The score was performed by an 85 piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage located at 20th Century Fox Studios 91 The album was released by Sony Classical Records on July 23 2013 Release EditTheatrical Edit The Wolverine was released in 2D and 3D theaters on July 3 2013 in various international markets and in the United States two days later 92 The film was titled Wolverine Immortal in Brazil and Spanish language markets 93 94 The film premiered in Japan on September 13 2013 under the title Wolverine Samurai ウルヴァリン SAMURAI Uruvarin Samurai 95 Marketing Edit Hugh Jackman promoting the film at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con On October 29 2012 director James Mangold and actor Jackman hosted a live chat from the set of the film The chat took place on the official website and the official YouTube account of the film 96 The first American trailer and international trailer of The Wolverine were released on March 27 2013 97 Empire magazine said This is all very encouraging stuff from director James Mangold a man who s obviously not afraid of tweaking the original source material to serve his own ends 98 The trailer was later attached to G I Joe Retaliation 99 The second American trailer was then released on April 18 2013 and was screened at CinemaCon in Las Vegas 100 The third American trailer was released on May 21 2013 101 and then on June 13 2013 the second international trailer was released 102 On July 20 2013 20th Century Fox presented The Wolverine along with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and X Men Days of Future Past to the 2013 San Diego Comic Con with Jackman and Mangold in attendance to present new footage of the film 103 20th Century Fox partnered with automotive company Audi to promote the film with their sports car Audi R8 and their motorcycle Ducati 104 Other partners included sugar free chewing gum brand 5 and casual dining restaurant company Red Robin 105 Home media Edit The Wolverine was released on DVD Blu ray and Blu ray 3D on December 3 2013 106 The Blu ray set features an exclusive unrated extended cut of the film referred to as the Unleashed Extended Edition 107 This version of the film was screened for the first time at 20th Century Fox Studios on November 19 2013 11 It contains 12 extra minutes 108 primarily including an extended battle with Harada s ninjas during the start of the film s third act as well as additional footage during moments of character interaction 109 The BBFC gives its running time as 132 minutes and 22 seconds only six minutes longer 110 Reception EditBox office Edit Along with the improvements in critical reception The Wolverine outgrossed Origins in total box office though earned less domestically The film closed in US theaters on December 5 2013 grossing 132 556 852 in North America as opposed to 179 883 157 for the earlier film and 282 271 394 in other territories as opposed to the earlier film s 193 179 707 for a worldwide total of 414 828 246 10 The film earned 139 6 million on its worldwide opening weekend 111 When compared to the rest of the X Men film franchise The Wolverine has garnered somewhat mixed results in terms of box office success While its domestic gross is greater than the production budget it is still lower than the other five films of the franchise with its domestic box office total being roughly 45 1 million less than the franchise s average However its overseas total currently exceeds the franchise s average by roughly 75 7 million and is significantly more than any of the other X Men films With a worldwide total of roughly 414 8 million The Wolverine was at that time the third highest grossing film 112 In North America the film opened at the top of the box office on its opening day with 20 7 million with 4 million coming from Thursday late night showings 113 114 It held on to the number one spot through its first weekend with 53 113 752 which was the lowest opening of the series until 2019 s Dark Phoenix was released 115 Outside North America the film topped the box office on its opening weekend with 86 5 million from 100 countries The film achieved the highest opening of the franchise passing X Men The Last Stand s 76 2 million opening 115 116 Critical response Edit The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 71 approval rating with an average rating of 6 3 10 based on 259 reviews The website s consensus reads Although its final act succumbs to the usual cartoonish antics The Wolverine is one superhero movie that manages to stay true to the comics while keeping casual viewers entertained 117 On Metacritic the film has a score of 61 out of 100 based on reviews from 46 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 118 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of A on a scale from A to F 119 Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun Times gave it a grade of B praising Jackman s performance as strong solid entertainment and a serious sometimes dark and deliberately paced story 120 Christy Lemire writing for the website of Roger Ebert said that the film features some breathtakingly suspenseful action sequences exquisite production and costume design and colorful characters some of whom register more powerfully than others 121 Variety film critic Peter Debruge called the film an entertaining and surprisingly existential digression from his usual X Men exploits Though Wolvie comes across a bit world weary and battle worn by now Jackman is in top form taking the opportunity to test the character s physical and emotional extremes Fans might ve preferred bigger action or more effects but Mangold does them one better recovering the soul of a character whose near immortality made him tiresome 122 James Buchanan of TV Guide com gave it 3 out of 4 stars calling it A rare comic to film adaptation that doesn t sacrifice substance for the sake of thrilling action 123 Scott Collura of IGN praised the film giving it an 8 5 out of 10 124 and stated The Wolverine is a stand alone adventure for the classic character that reminds us that there s more to this genre than universe building and crossovers The story paints a deep and compelling portrait of Logan a haunted character that Jackman still finds new ways to play all these years later 125 Peter Travers of Rolling Stone felt that despite the film s final act sink ing into CGI shit Jackman s performance still has the juice and Mangold s directing shows style and snap 126 Henry Barnes of The Guardian gave the film a negative review giving it 2 out of 5 stars and stating Hugh Jackman s sixth time out in the claws and hair combo is looking increasingly wearied as the backstory gets more complicated and the action gets duller and flatter 127 Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News offered a similar view saying Hugh Jackman has the role of the mutant superhero down pat but the rest of the film is the same old slice and dice 128 A common critique towards the film were aspects of the final act particular in regard to the climactic fight with Silver Samurai and the Viper character When promoting Logan Mangold acknowledged the criticism remarking that while The Wolverine was meant as a small scale more intimate film the studio wanted big CG action to stay afloat with the other big blockbusters that came out that year such as Thor The Dark World 2013 and Man of Steel 2013 129 Legacy Edit Following the release of The Wolverine 20th Century Fox had begun negotiations with both Jackman and Mangold to return for another Wolverine movie Mangold was scheduled to write the treatment with Lauren Shuler Donner returning to produce 130 On March 20 2014 Fox announced that the sequel would be released March 3 2017 131 In retrospective reviews several film critics such as Matthew Razak from Flixter Alex Wench from Inverse website and Matthew Mosley from Collider have stated that The Wolverine is the most underrated superhero movie of all time while also noting it s later influence and similarities with Logan 132 133 134 Wench from Inverse website wrote what they ended up getting is a film that stands as one of the most contemplative superhero movies ever made The film digs deep into the mind of Wolverine giving Jackman the chance to put his investment in the character on full display In that way The Wolverine ends up being the perfect lead in to 2017 s Logan a film that not only sees Mangold and Jackman working together again but also revisiting and perfecting everything they did and didn t do right in their previous collaboration In a ranking of the X Men film series Darren Franich from Entertainment Weekly ranked the film in second place writing a deceptively small scale crime thriller with a propulsive B movie sensibility and a mournful sincerity that makes other blockbusters look plastic by comparison Further adding I know a lot of people view this film as a stepping stone oddity to Logan but I think The Wolverine s accomplishment is more sneakily profound A philosophical divide maybe but one to ponder In Logan Wolverine accepts death in The Wolverine Logan figures out how to live 135 Accolades Edit List of awards and nominations Year Award Film Festival Category Recipients Result Ref 2013 Hollywood Film Awards Hollywood Movie Award James Mangold Nominated 136 2014 People s Choice Awards Favorite Action Movie The Wolverine Nominated 137 Favorite Movie Actor Hugh Jackman also for Prisoners NominatedScreen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture The Wolverine Nominated 138 Kids Choice Awards Favorite Male Buttkicker Hugh Jackman Nominated 139 Saturn Awards Best Comic To Film Motion Picture The Wolverine Nominated 140 Sequel EditMain article Logan film By October 2013 20th Century Fox had begun negotiations with both Jackman and Mangold to return for a previously untitled installment Mangold was scheduled to write the treatment with Lauren Shuler Donner returning to produce 141 On March 20 2014 Fox announced that the sequel would be released March 3 2017 142 David James Kelly was hired to write the script and Jackman was set to reprise his role as Wolverine 143 By the following month screenwriter Michael Green was attached to the film 144 Mangold tweeted that filming would start in early 2016 145 Patrick Stewart said in August 2015 that he will reprise his role as Charles Xavier 146 Liev Schreiber who portrayed Victor Creed in X Men Origins Wolverine said in February 2016 that he was in talks to reprise his role in the sequel 147 By April 2016 Boyd Holbrook had been cast as head of security for a global enterprise set against Wolverine and Richard E Grant as a mad scientist type 148 149 Simon Kinberg that month said the film will be set in the future 150 Toward the end of the month Stephen Merchant was cast as Caliban 151 152 In May 2016 Eriq La Salle and Elise Neal were cast in unspecified roles 153 154 In May Kinberg said filming had started and that he planned it to be an R rated movie 155 Shiori Kutsuna was later cast as a younger version of Yukio in Deadpool 2 replacing Rila Fukushima 156 157 Notes Edit Sources differ regarding the country or countries of origin of The Wolverine Some indicate that the United States is the sole country of origin 2 3 4 while others list it as a co production of the United States and Great Britain 5 6 Known as Wolverine Immortal in Brazil Russia and Spanish language markets and Wolverine Samurai ウルヴァリン SAMURAI Uruvarin Samurai in Japan As depicted in the 2006 film X Men The Last Stand Later depicted in the 2014 film X Men Days of Future Past 12 13 References Edit The 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