Director James Mangold Reveals List Of Films That Influenced THE WOLVERINE

Director James Mangold Reveals List Of Films That Influenced THE WOLVERINE

On his official Twitter account, director James Mangold has revealed a list of ten movies that inspired/influenced The Wolverine, which is based on the celebrated comic book arc and once again features Hugh Jackman as the title character. More after the jump...

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By WolvieCBM - Mar 03, 2013 09:03 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men
Source: James Mangold - Twitter


As we wait for the official first trailer for The Wolverine, director James Mangold has been updating his Twitter profile with some cool behind-the-scenes photos. Now, he revealed a list of films that influenced his take on the popular character. Check it out below:

1. Chungking Express



2. The Outlaw Josey Wales



3. Samurai Trilogy



4. Floating Weeds



5. Black Narcissus




6. Happy Together




7. 13 Assassins



8. French Connection



9. Chinatown



10. Shane


Directed by James Mangold and starring Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto and Svetlana Khodchenkova, The Wolverine is set to hit theatres on July 26, 2013.
Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world 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.

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Happy11
Happy11 - 3/3/2013, 9:19 AM
I really hope this is the wolverine we have been waiting for.
Anton
Anton - 3/3/2013, 9:19 AM
This movie will shock everyone by its greatness.
Anton
Anton - 3/3/2013, 9:22 AM
Also, yeah, the list of movies is great (never saw a couple of them, definitely will watch soon), you can say that Mangold chose a very dark direction for this story.
TheSuperguy
TheSuperguy - 3/3/2013, 9:23 AM
He was also inspired by films that never had trailers...
poop23
poop23 - 3/3/2013, 9:27 AM
ahahaha ^ too true
RadicalDuck
RadicalDuck - 3/3/2013, 9:31 AM
Cool stuff...haven't seen any of them but still...
FightAs0ne
FightAs0ne - 3/3/2013, 9:35 AM
Now give us a trailer..
RamonSuarez
RamonSuarez - 3/3/2013, 9:35 AM
Looks like Wolverine will be a modern day Ronin just the way he was always supposed to be.
IIIAdamantiumIII
IIIAdamantiumIII - 3/3/2013, 9:35 AM
so from that it should be one DOPE ASS MOVIE
hayyam
hayyam - 3/3/2013, 9:36 AM
Hell yeah Wong Kar Wai
FOOM
FOOM - 3/3/2013, 9:38 AM
Hope this is great. We've endured too many years of CBM Wolverine mediocrity to be let down again.
MisterNiceGuy
MisterNiceGuy - 3/3/2013, 9:39 AM
How anybody still has faith in these movies is beyond me..
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 3/3/2013, 9:40 AM
I've seen 5 of em, but only actually guessed 4 on Twitter! Didn't cop that final one was from Shane.
FilmDork1221
FilmDork1221 - 3/3/2013, 9:40 AM
When is the trailer arriving?? I think it's the end of March but I might be wrong, beginning of April??
AsianVersionOfET
AsianVersionOfET - 3/3/2013, 9:43 AM
Chinatown? Holy [frick]! Sweeeeet!
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 3/3/2013, 9:44 AM
Best be good
ManOfKrypton
ManOfKrypton - 3/3/2013, 9:44 AM
These are some great films to draw inspiration from... I'm starting to have high hopes for this.
WEJAlen20
WEJAlen20 - 3/3/2013, 9:45 AM
All great films I used to watch with my Dad
skidz
skidz - 3/3/2013, 9:46 AM
'Shane' and 'The Outlaw Jose Wales' make sense. 'The French Connection' and 'Chinatown' are a little surprising (I haven't seen either of them, much to my chagrin). The others ring of authenticity in terms of the movies' environmental tone.
BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 3/3/2013, 9:50 AM
Checked them all out on IMDb, rated pretty well
IIIAdamantiumIII
IIIAdamantiumIII - 3/3/2013, 9:52 AM
skidz chinatown and the french connection are awesome films
AsianVersionOfET
AsianVersionOfET - 3/3/2013, 10:09 AM
@AcidicHeart, every director draws inspiration from at least one thing. No movie is COMPLETELY original. And I wouldn't say he's trying to sell his movie by saying what he was inspired by, I think he's just saying that so we can get an idea of what it'll be like in our heads. Just my opinion.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/3/2013, 10:14 AM
my ignorance is starting to terrifying me ...
didn't saw any of these movies.

and the last foreign movie I saw was Chaser and I Saw The Devil.
And Hwanghae.

Love Memories of Murder. Best of all.
Anton
Anton - 3/3/2013, 10:14 AM
@AcidicHeart
Your comment is one of the most stupid things I've ever read on CBM.
Horsemanofwar
Horsemanofwar - 3/3/2013, 10:16 AM
@Happy11 - So does everyone I think.:)
Grievo
Grievo - 3/3/2013, 10:18 AM
Yeah, I remember being really stoked for the last Wolverine film, which also listed "Josey Wales" as its top influence. I have no faith in this. My ultimate hope is that this movie sucks so hard that Fox finally realizes Jackman is a crap Wolverine. Yes, I understand he played an excellent, effeminate, loving daddy figure, jazz hands Hugh Jackman in 4 other X films, but he's never played Wolverine. And btw, the fact that they haven't yet released a trailer means the studio knows this movie sucks.
HavocPrime
HavocPrime - 3/3/2013, 10:19 AM
@AcidicHeart

Quite a few directors come out and say what has influenced them, Nolen has done so for his Batman flicks so it doesn't mean the film will be bad.
Murr3n
Murr3n - 3/3/2013, 10:27 AM
I would love to see Old Man Logan with Jack Nicholson!
AlSimmons
AlSimmons - 3/3/2013, 10:33 AM
"Shaaayyy-yaaannnnnnneee! Come back Shaaaane!"
Sephiroth
Sephiroth - 3/3/2013, 10:33 AM
My most anticipated CBM of the year...can't wait! I really have high hopes for this film (If this movie sucks I will NEVER trust a Fox CBM again).
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/3/2013, 10:35 AM
@Murr3n

Old Man Logan with Eastwood
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/3/2013, 10:36 AM
or Harvey Keitel
TonyChu
TonyChu - 3/3/2013, 10:36 AM
I just want a [frick]ing teaser trailer.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/3/2013, 10:49 AM
@teabag

this guy is on steroids
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