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Hugh Jackman returns as The Wolverine in the Fox superhero movie that bows Stateside on July 26. The James Mangold-directed pic is the sequel to 2009′s X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the latest in the X-Men franchise. It finds Wolverine out of his depth in modern day Japan where he faces his ultimate nemesis in a…

The official international Website for The Wolverine has released a motion poster depicting a contemplative Hugh Jackman atop a building, in Japan, in the rain. The James Mangold-directed Wolverine is the sequel to 2009′s X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the latest in the X-Men franchise. It’s due out on July 26, 2013…

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney With The Wolverine, The Great Gatsby, Peter Jackson's Hobbit movies and the Evil Dead remake shooting in the southern hemisphere, it might appear that all is rosy on the location front Down Under. But the reality is that as the Oz dollar has soared since 2010…

20th Century Fox has released a first look at Hugh Jackman in The Wolverine, the James Mangold-directed sequel to 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the latest in the X-Men franchise. It’s due out July 26, 2013. <a href="http://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/the-wolverine__120924181710.jpg"…

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney. The Wolverine starts shooting at the Fox Studios in Sydney next week with no indication yet of who will play the Viper alongside Hugh Jackman in the title role of the 20th Century Fox tentpole. At a media conference here, director James Mangold insisted Jessica…

Remember at Comic-Con when I told you Jessica Biel would play Viper in The Wolverine? Talks fell apart and it’s not going to happen. Director James Mangold will meet with other actresses to fill that…

BREAKING… Jessica Biel has been cast as Viper in 20th Century Fox‘s The Wolverine. The Victoria/Viper character has a long arc in the X-Men mythology and is a juicy role in the film. According to Marvel lore Viper bounces between good and not so good and she holds some sway over Wolverine but is mostly a foe to the…

Japan’s Hiroyuki Sanada is set to play Wolverine foe Shingen in 20th Century Fox's upcoming The Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman and directed by James Mangold. Lauren Shuler-Donner, Kevin Feige, Jackman and Hutch Parker are producing the X-Men sequel, which begins production next month in Australia and later in Japan…

Will Yun Lee and Brian Tee have just landed bad guy roles opposite Hugh Jackman in 20th Century Fox's X-Men Origins: Wolverine sequel, to be directed by James Mangold. Production begins next month in Australia. Lee recently completed the upcoming video game Sleeping Dogs, an open-world cop drama set in Hong Kong that…

EXCLUSIVE: Hutch Parker, who exited New Regency and into a producing deal at his longtime home at Fox, is becoming a producer on The Wolverine, joining Lauren Shuler Donner and John Palermo on the James Mangold-directed film that will have Hugh Jackman reprise his role as the title character he originated in the X-Men…

Freelance journalist Don Groves is a Deadline contributor, based in Sydney. Australia's free-to-air commercial broadcasters and the Special Broadcasting Service were among the few entertainment sector winners in the government's budget delivered Tuesday night. Film producers hoping for a hike in federal funding and an…

Fox’s X-Men spinoff The Wolverine will be shooting in Sydney come August instead of Japan or Canada, industry trade site IF.com reports. Thanks to a $12.8 million Australian government payment and other incentives, location offset and payroll tax relief helped seal the deal. One-off payments like this are unusual. The…