Hugh Jackman Talks Up Wolverine Director James Mangold

Hugh Jackman has praised his new Wolverine director James Mangold.

Mangold has replaced Darren Aronofsky, who withdrew from the project to spend more time with his family.

Jackman told Moviefone: "The director is going to bring their own voice to it. Jim has done some great movies. Many, many different movies like 3:10 To Yuma.

"We had an image of this movie like The Outlaw Josey Wales, which I love. And he has a really great take on it. Yes, it’s going to be different than Darren [Aronofsky]’s version, but I think it’s going to be just as great from what I’ve seen. And he’s doing his tweaks to what is already a very strong script."

The Australian star also spoke about his latest film, Real Steel, adding: "[Director Shawn Levy] was very clear from the beginning that we needed to establish what the rules are. In the original script there were robotic dogs in that junkyard scene. So as they're trying to get out, there's a whole action sequence. And Shawn said, 'This is just confusing. You've got robotic dogs, but we're still driving an old truck? We're not having flying cars, this is not Blade Runner.'"

The Wolverine is scheduled for release in 2013.