Because I am a big X-Men fan I thought this should get its own thread outside the entertainment news we bring you every week

X-MEN 2 producers are saying that Wolverine will likely get his own spin-off film.

Although even the director and the actor don't know anything about the project, producers of the "X-Men" movie and the upcoming "X2" sequel foresee a film spin-off for their most popular character, Wolverine.

In an interview with Zap2it.com on Sunday (April 13), producer Lauren Shuler Donner confirms that she wants to see a spin-off live action film of "Wolverine" -- played by Hugh Jackman -- and possibly the bad-guy Magneto, who is played by Ian McKellen.

"I can definitely see that happening, yes," says Donner, who has owned the rights to the Marvel characters for nearly a decade. "When I first read about the characters, I though that Wolverine was the most amazing character, he's a tragic hero."

Wolverine, played by the Australian actor Jackman, is a hairy mutant with retractable knives that come out of his hands during battle and cause him great pain, but he also has super-healing powers and his wounds close quickly. He is a loner, has no memory of his past, and is in love with another superhero, who is already committed.

Producer Ralph Winter says that the "X-Men" director Bryan Singer will undoubtedly be a part of any of the spin-offs because he has so intensely delved into the world of the team of mutants who are battling evil. "Bryan has a great insight into what makes the series such a popular piece of pop culture," Winter says. "He makes these characters seem real, like they live next door."

Singer, who says he has not yet signed the deal for a third film in the series, also says he knows nothing about any spin-off projects at this time.

And neither does Jackman, who tells Zap2it, "I'd do it if there is such a project, I love this character so much, it's a gift."

And Donner can see no one better to play the part, although at one point Dougray Scott (the bad guy in "Mission Impossible 2") was cast to play the part of Wolverine. Scheduling conflicts kept the actor from taking the part, and Jackman was pulled from doing the musical "Oklahoma" and cast at the last minute with some initial hesitation from the director -- until the 6-foot-3-inch Aussie walked onto the set in person.

"I can't see anyone playing Wolverine except Hugh Jackman, he has the sensitivity and testosterone to play the part," Donner gushes. "And he's a terrific actor!"

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Interesting ... it's been my opinion that Jackman doesn't actually do such a great job as Wolverine, but it could be because I don't entirely understand the history of the character.

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along the same lines

Bryan Singer, director of the upcoming X-Men sequel, X2, told SCI FI Wire that this is the movie he really wanted to make the first time around, but couldn't. "It is," he said in an interview. "I think the first time around, there was a learning curve for myself, for the characters, for the actors and in the process."

Singer added, "There were limitations, financial limitations, scheduling limitations. And yet I couldn't have made X2 without having made the first X-Men picture. So this is definitely the movie that I would have, could have, should have made. Yet it does take off from where the other one left off, and I don't think it could have been made had I not had the first experience."

X2 reunites the original cast of mutants and adds several new ones in a complex story with a new villain, William Stryker (Brian Cox). Singer admitted that the sequel also contains the seeds of a possible third film.

"I would say it is early, but then, like making the first film, there are these things one thinks about and layers into the story that breed evolution, and there are several things [planted]," Singer said. He added, "There's something happening with Jean [Grey, played by Famke Janssen]. In the comic it tells one story. If you really watch the first movie ... you'll see a moment when ... the light effect [from Magneto's machine] passes across everyone. When it finally dissipates, the first image you see is Jean, and she just looks [at] her body [as though] something's happened. It's just little things." X2 opens May 2.

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Well he is one of the most popular characters in x-men and has his own game now. It would be a good movie if they go pretty deep into his background and show his struggles as he goes through changes and trys to adapts to society.

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