- IMDb page: The Wolverine (2013)
- Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
- Release Date: 26 July 2013 (UK)
- Filming Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Budget: $100,000,000 (estimated)
- Director: James Mangold
- Stars: Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee | See full cast and crew
- Original Music By: Marco Beltrami
- Sound Mix: Dolby | Datasat
- Plot Keyword: Wolverine | Japan | Sequel | X Men | Marvel Comics
Writing Credits By:
(in alphabetical order)
Mark Bomback screenplay
Chris Claremont comic book
Scott Frank
James Mangold
Christopher McQuarrie screenplay
Frank Miller comic book
Known Trivia
- Producer Lauren Shuler Donner approached writer Simon Beaufoy to write the script, but Beaufoy did not feel confident enough to commit.
- Hugh Jackman is a self-confessed fan of the Chris Claremont-Frank Miller "Wolverine" comic (1982), especially the Japanese saga: "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 full of honor and tradition and customs; someone who's really anti-all of that, and trying to negotiate his own 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."
- Darren Aronofsky was originally set to direct and worked on the project for six months before departing, citing the long overseas shoot would prevent him from seeing his family (he had just separated from Rachel Weisz, the mother of his child). During his time attached to the film, he rewrote the screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and it is speculated that the real reason for his departure was the studio's unwillingness to approve his draft - which aimed for a hard 'R' rating due to heavy sexual content and brutal violence.
- This will be the first time Wolverine will be in a movie without X-Men attached to the title.
- Including his cameo in X-Men: First Class, this will be Jackman's sixth portrayal of Logan/Wolverine, breaking his own record.
- Jessica Biel was offered the role of Viper but a deal couldn't be reached and she dropped out.
- Amanda Seyfried was considered for the role of Viper.
- Jessica Henwick and Katie Leung were considered for the role of Yukio.
- Togo Igawa was considered for the role of Shingen.
- Guillermo del Toro expressed interest in directing, being a fan of the Japanese saga in the "Wolverine" comics. He met with James Gianopulos and Hugh Jackman about directing the film, but ultimately decided he did not wish to spend 2-3 years of his life working on the film.
Plot: Wolverine makes a voyage to modern-day Japan, where he encounters an enemy from his past that will impact on his future. Full summary » | »
Story: In modern day Japan, Wolverine is out of his depth in an unknown world as he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before. Written byTwentieth Century Fox
Produced By:
Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. known as executive producer
Hugh Jackman known as producer
John Palermo known as producer
Hutch Parker known as producer
Lauren Shuler Donner known as producer
FullCast & Crew:
- Hugh Jackman known as Logan / Wolverine
- Famke Janssen known as Jean Grey
- Brian Tee known as Noburo Mori
- Will Yun Lee known as Kenuichio Harada / Silver Samurai
- Svetlana Khodchenkova known as Viper
- Hiroyuki Sanada known as Shingen Yashida
- Rila Fukushima known as Yukio
- Tao Okamoto known as Mariko Yashida
- Hal Yamanouchi known as Yashida
- James Fraser known as Allied POW
- Ken Yamamura known as Young Yashida
- Luke Webb known as Allied POW
- Nobuaki Kakuda
Makeup Department:
Andriana Demetrius known as additional makeup artist
Rena Grady known as makeup artist
Nicole La Praik known as additional makeup artist
Micheala Macrae known as additional makeup artist
Debbie Muller known as additional makeup artist
Nick Nicolaou known as special makeup effects supervisor
Sheldon Wade known as makeup artist
Art Department:
Sean Ahern known as construction manager
Colette Birrell known as art department coordinator
Raytheon Buna known as engineer
Andrew Chan known as assistant art director
John Coven known as storyboard artist
Daniel James Cox known as storyboard artist
Martin Crouch known as screen graphics supervisor
Wayne Day known as hod carpenter
Richie Dehne known as property master
Mark d Drew known as set builder
Dane Eade known as set builder
Simon Elsley known as assistant art director
Justin Goby Fields known as concept artist
Roger Gillespie known as hod plasterer
Wayne John Haag known as concept artist
Dane Hallett known as props maker
Mark Harman known as on set dresser
Todd Harris known as storyboard artist
Michael Henry known as senior mouldmaker
Jenny Hitchcock known as assistant art director
Glenn Johnson known as stand-by greens
Ciaran Jordan known as art department assistant
Steve Jung known as concept artist
Daniel Kay known as art department runner
Geoff Kemmis known as concept model maker
Jared Krichevsky known as creature designer
Tom Lampropoulos known as sculptor
Lee Launay known as assistant standby props
Harry Locke IV known as graphic designer
Sam Lukins known as on-set dresser
Stephen McGillen known as art department accountant
Mel Milanovic known as props
Joshua Min known as concept artist
Michele Moen known as illustrator
Robert Moxham known as stand-by props
Josh Nizzi known as illustrator
Manuel Plank-Jorge known as concept artist
David Russell known as storyboard artist
Katie Sharrock known as assistant set decorator
Olli Sillankorva known as carpenter
Gabriel Smith known as assistant standby props
Tuesday Stone known as second assistant set decorator
Amanda Thong known as assistant art department accountant
Daniel Willis known as set dressing assistant
Joshua Zeigler known as carpenter
Michael Alvarado known as art department assistant: Los Angeles (uncredited)
Production Companies:
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (presents) (as Twentieth Century Fox)
- Marvel Entertainment (in association with)
- Dune Entertainment (in association with)
- Donners' Company
- Seed Productions
- Ingenious Media (produced in association with)
- Big Screen Productions (made in association with)
- Ingenious Film Partners (made in association with)
- Dune Entertainment III (copyright holder) (as Dune Entertainment III LLC)
Other Companies:
- BLT Communications poster design: teaser poster (uncredited)
- Codex Digital digital recording equipment
- Cunning Stunts Limited stunt equipment
- Intelligent Media international monitoring agency
- Technicolor Hollywood digital intermediate
- Threadgold Plummer Hood payroll services
Distributors:
- 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through Warner Bros.)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (2013) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2013) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (through)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2013) (worldwide) (DVD)
Special Effects:
- Iloura
- Makeup Effects Group Studio
- Rising Sun Pictures (visual effects)
- Shade VFX (visual effects)
- Weta Digital
Visual Effects by:
Shaun Friedberg 'Pyrokinesis' known as animation technical director: Weta Digital (as Shaun Friedberg)
Mark Edward Allen known as model groomer: Weta Digital
Ryan Andersen known as visual effects editorial coordinator: Shade vfx
Brent Armfield known as vfx assistant coordinator
Nicole Ashford known as track/matchmove artist
Carl Ayala known as camera technical director
Dan Ayling known as camera technical director
Buffy Bailey known as previs artist
Jesse Balodis known as texture/projection
Sam Balzer known as camera technical director
Wesley Barker known as visual effects assistant coordinator
Steve Barsevick known as visual effects production assistant
Olivier Beierlein known as shader writer: Weta Digital
Gregory Bellis known as camera technical director: Weta Digital
John Berri known as visual effects editor
Alex Berson known as senior digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Sebastian Bommersheim known as senior digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Adam Bradley known as lead paint artist: Weta Digital
Andy Burmeister known as senior camera technical director: Weta Digital
Tom Buys known as sequence production manager: Weta Digital
Jason K.S. Cheung known as production engineer: Weta Digital
Bryan Chojnowski known as previs artist
Graham D. Clark known as head of stereography: Stereo D
Ryan Cronin known as animator: Weta Digital
Alexia Cui known as lighting technical director
Kenny DiGiordano known as previs artist: Halon
Georgia Dumergue known as visual effects artist
Charlie H. Ellis known as digital compositor
Daniel A Flores known as rotoscope artist: Shade VFX
Roland Friedrich known as digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Bryan Godwin known as visual effects supervisor: Shade VFX
Ryan Grobins known as lighting lead
Signy Bjorg Gudlaugsdottir known as visual effects artist
Alex Guri known as digital compositor
Simon Halpern known as pre-vis artist: Halon
Yoshihiro Harimoto known as creature technical director: Weta Digital
Toby Haruno known as senior character animator: Weta Digital
Kelly Haysom known as digital paint artist: Weta Digital Ltd
Quentin Hema known as digital paint supervisor: weta digital
Julie Holmes known as layout td: weta digital
Sandy Houston known as rotoscoping supervisor
Huck Hur known as matchmove artist
Ebrahim Jahromi known as creature technical director: Weta Digital
Kristine-Joeann Jasper known as texture artist: weta digital
Danny Jones known as senior paint and roto artist
Spencer Kelsey known as previsualization artist
Valerie Kenniston known as visual effects coordinator
R. Logan Ketchum known as stereo production assistant
Harimander Singh Khalsa known as compositing supervisor: Shade VFX
Aaron Kupferman known as compositor: Shade VFX
Kosta Lagis known as visual effects artist
Marc Landrain known as camera technical director: WETA Digital
Alana Lennie known as matchmove artist
Dean Lewandowski known as layout technical director: Weta Digital
Carlos Lin known as creature technical director
Manuel Llamas known as digital compositor
Thomas Sing Wai Lo known as digital modeller: Weta Digital
Harry Locke IV known as digital effects artist
Sam Maclennan known as wrangler coder: Weta Digital
Daisuke Maki known as lighting technical director: Weta Digital
Daniel McCue known as previs artist
Ben McEwan known as digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Seth F. Miller known as digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Jennifer Mizener known as visual effects coordinator
Steven Morgan-Hastie known as rotoscope artist: Weta Digital
Immanuel Morris known as stereo conversion artist
Matt Mueller known as senior on-set visual effects technical director
Andy Mulligan known as matchmove & rotomation
Marcell Nagy known as lighting technical director
Naren Naidoo known as stereoscopic roto artist: Stereo D
Duncan Nairn known as rotoscope artist
Ben Nightingale known as senior texture artist/look dev: Weta digital
Michael Nouryeh known as assistant visual effects editor
Chris O'Connell known as stereoscopic compositor
Grant Olin known as pre-vis artist
Todd Patterson known as previs artist
Andrew Pellicer known as 2d artist: Shade VFX
James Porter known as camera technical director
David Pritchard known as previs artist
Marc Purnell known as matchmove artist: Rising Sun Pictures
Ula Rademeyer known as senior texture artist: Weta Digital
Kade Ramsey known as rotoscope artist: Weta Digital
Troy Ramsey known as senior paint artist: Weta digital
John Riddle known as technical director: Shade VFX
Cesar Rodriguez Bautista known as senior paint artist: WETA Digital
Lisa Dawn Rogolsky known as rotoscope artist
Andrew Savchenko known as compositor
Andreas Schuster known as layout technical director: Weta Digital
Lori Smallwood known as senior animation technical director: Weta Digital
Davi Soesilo known as visual effects data wrangler
Albrecht Steinmetz known as visual effects: Weta Digital
Shane Strickman known as digital effects producer: shade vfx
Ben Swinbanks known as matchmove artist
Sebastian Sylwan known as chief technology officer: Weta Digital
Albert Szostkiewicz known as senior fx technical director: Rising Sun Pictures
Reynold Tagore known as texture artist
Ronen Tanchum known as effects technical director
Gareth Thomas known as rotoscope artist
Jon Thorsen known as camera technical director
Richard Thwaites known as visual effects producer: Rising Sun Pictures
David Van Dyke known as visual effects executive producer: Shade VFX
Reed Wade known as production engineer
Brenda R. Wallace known as production engineer
Jodie Weston known as data coordinator
Zachary Wong known as previs artist
Casey Yahnke known as senior digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Travis Yee known as previs artist
Rayeon Yeem known as digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Kenny Yong known as matchmove artist: Rising Sun Pictures
Alyssa Zarate known as matte painter
Paolo Joel Ziemba known as previs artist: Halon
Jerry Zigounakis known as pre-vis artist
Release Date:
Belgium 24 July 2013
France 24 July 2013
Indonesia 24 July 2013
Jamaica 24 July 2013
Trinidad and Tobago 24 July 2013
Argentina 25 July 2013
Australia 25 July 2013
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Czech Republic 25 July 2013
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Dominican Republic 25 July 2013
Germany 25 July 2013
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Hong Kong 25 July 2013
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Israel 25 July 2013
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Malaysia 25 July 2013
Netherlands 25 July 2013
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Singapore 25 July 2013
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Ukraine 25 July 2013
Austria 26 July 2013
Brazil 26 July 2013
Bulgaria 26 July 2013
Colombia 26 July 2013
Ecuador 26 July 2013
Estonia 26 July 2013
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Mongolia 2 August 2013
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Bahrain 15 August 2013
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Kuwait 15 August 2013
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Syria 15 August 2013
United Arab Emirates 15 August 2013
Egypt 28 August 2013
Japan 13 September 2013
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