While at the Teen Choice Awards Hugh Jackman said, during an acceptance speech, that work has begun on the sequel to this year’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and said what many have assumed would happen with the sequel – namely Japan. This is, of course, related to the fan-favorite four issue story arc written by Frank Miller and illustrated by Chris Claremont.

Jackman’s words vaguely alluded to some possible specifics. While holding his surfboard [award given out at the show], Jackman said, “Who knows, maybe Wolverine will use one of these when he heads to Japan.” This has been speculated for a long time, but this feels like a cementing of the rumors that have been swirling prior even to the Wolverine’s release this past May. It’s expected that this movie will further follow the character of Logan’s development into the character of Wolverine we saw in the first X-Men.

This isn’t really much of a surprise, but who really wants a Wolverine sequel? The movie received poor reviews upon release and didn’t receive much of an enthusiastic response from die-hard fans of the comic books either, the general audience came out and the film  did well at the box office, so of course 20th Century Fox wants a sequel. I’m actually just a little hopeful because the Wolverine in Japan storyline is one of the more well-praised stories for the character so maybe something good can come of a sequel. Maybe.

What do you think of a sequel to Wolverine, and of basing it on the Japan storyline?

Source: MTV Splash Page, CHUD