Keeping Wolverine Canadian Made X-Men Movie Writer Proud
Keeping Wolverine a Canadian made X-Men movie writer David Hayter proud after the studio behind the film asked for the character to be American. Development on the 2000 superhero film had lingered in development hell for nearly 20 years, first beginning at Orion Pictures with James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow in talks at various points before 20th Century Fox acquired the rights and underwent multiple treatments from writers including Andrew Kevin Walker, John Logan, Joss Whedon and Michael Chabon. X-Men would eventually move forward with Bryan Singer at the helm and a script primarily from Hayter with rewrites contributed by Ed Solomon, Singer, Christopher McQuarrie and Tom DeSanto, the latter of whom would retain a co-story credit.
X-Men hit the scene to rave reviews from critics and audiences alike for its performances, story and themes and was a box office smash, grossing over $296.3 million against its $75 million budget. In addition to spawning its own franchise, this success would contribute to the reemergence of superhero films alongside Wesley Snipes' Blade trilogy and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and was the career launchpad for much of its cast, namely Hugh Jackman in his Hollywood debut as Wolverine. Though the adaptation of the character was largely well-received, the studio behind X-Men originally had other ideas for bringing him to the screen for the first time.
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David Hayter recently caught up with Inverse for an oral history of Wolverine and the making of the X-Men movie. When reflecting on writing the fan-favorite superhero, Hayter recalled having been called into the studio to discuss changing his roots to American, but that he
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