Hugh Jackman Explains The Wolverine Rewrite Decision

Hugh Jackman has explained why the script for The Wolverine has been rewritten.

James Mangold has replaced Darren Aronfosky in the director's chair, and has gotten writer Christopher McQuarrie to put his mark on the sequel to X-Men: Origins: Wolverine.

Jackman told The Playlist: "When a director takes over any script, they need to make it their movie. So Jim hired Mark to help him make the movie his own. Darren had worked on the script himself and taken it in a certain direction that was right for him. And that would have been a great version of the movie.

"I've seen Jim's version now and, you know, Jim saw things that weren't working for him that were working for Darren. And I've got to hand it to Fox and to Jim, it's easy when you start with the best script we've had from Chris McQuarrie. Which is why Darren signed on. So once you have that, that's 80, 85% of your movie."

Filming on The Wolverine has been delayed to allow Jackman to shoot Les Miserables, although it should be underway by March 2012.

The Wolverine is scheduled for release in 2013.