Writing by Dave on Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 at 10:47 am

Both of the “secret” endings to X-Men Origins: Wolverine will get their own films, so SPOILERS abound, let’s look at ‘em:

This scene shows Wolverine drinking shots at a bar in Japan, claiming he’s “drinking to remember” but he probably won’t be drining for long, as he’ll most likely get the shit kicked out of him by some samurai who will hopefully teach him not to be such a plot-less crazy soldier. That’s right, I want the new Wolverine film to be about Wolverine. Jackman, help me out:

Fox and Seed are in development on a sequel to “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” which topped the domestic box office over the weekend.

The Seed partners have begun planning the sequel, which they are squarely focusing on the samurai storyline originated in the comic series, and whose Japanese locale was teased after the film’s final credits. A writer has yet to be hired. Seed will produce.

Yay, Wolverine. I guess. I’m still kind of mad at film one, but I can’t bitch forever.

I’m sort of surprised that we haven’t heard more buzz about other X-Men franchise spin-offs before Star Trek comes along and steals all Fox’s Wolverine profits. We know that X-Men Origins: Magneto is in the pipeline, as well as X-Men: First Class, but now one of two “fan-favorite” character introductions in Wolverine is getting his own spin off. And it’s not Taylor Kitsch, yet…

From THR:

Fox has thrown into development a spinoff featuring Deadpool, the wise-cracking mercenary played in the film by Ryan Reynolds.

Reynolds is attached to reprise the character for what for now is simply being called “Deadpool.” Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel Studios would act as producers.

Deadpool is known as “the merc with a mouth,” a character that under Reynolds lived up to his billing in “Wolverine” until the end, when the movie deviated from the comic book persona, imbuing him with several superpowers and sewing his mouth shut.

It is understood that Reynolds would regain the ability to mouth off, with the movie going back to the roots of the character known for his slapstick tone and propensity to break the fourth wall. The character also was disfigured in “Wolverine,” though it’s unclear at this time how much the studio would want to mess with Reynolds’ handsome mug.

The project is just a name right now, as they have sent the assignment out to “writers.”

Just in case you got the short stick and got the Wolverine in Japan ending

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