With X-Men Origins: Wolverine topping the box office both in the U.S. and the U.K. this past weekend, Variety have announced that Hugh Jackman and production partner John Palermo are already gearing up for a follow-up chronicling Wolverine's time in Japan. The sequel is said to be based upon the famous comic book arc that sees Wolverine battle a host of ninjas and study the way of the samurai, which was hinted at during (one of) the post-credit sequence of X-Men Origins. Seed Productions will develop the movie on behalf of studio Fox.
Meanwhile, in another story Variety have also confired that a Deadpool spinoff is in development, which would see Ryan Reynolds reprise his role as Wade Wilson. The Hollywood Reporter has thankfully suggested that the spinoff will return "to the roots of the character", with Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel Studios acting as producers.
There should be plenty for X-Men fans to get excited about with Fox also having X-Men Origins: Magneto and X-Men: First Class on their slate, and no doubt we'll be hearing a lot more about these projects over the coming months. You'd have to expect the Wolverine sequel to be first out of the starting blocks, which would also see Hugh Jackman become the first actor to appear as the same superhero in five consecutive movies.
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