Sneak Peek new set images, video and a filming notice from Fox Film Australia Pty Ltd., producers of director James Mangold's currently shooting "The Wolverine" feature, starring Hugh Jackman
"...with the assistance of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority, a section of P5 car park next to the 'Monster BMX' track at 'Sydney Olympic Park' has been chosen as a location to recreate a Japanese mountain village for filming. This temporary village will be dressed with artificial snow and used to film a stunt fight sequence between the Wolverine and Japanese samurai on motorbikes.
"At the conclusion of filming, the set will be dismantled and the car park returned to normal. The scenes are set at night and will be shot between 4:00 pm and 6:30 am with approximately 250 crew onsite. All lighting will be from cranes and angled down towards the ground. There will be no spill of light away from the car park itself. Custom made net guns using compressed air will be used as weapons for the stunt, and the three motorbikes involved have been customized to reduce engine noise to an absolute minimum.
"The Cast and Crew are very grateful to have the opportunity to work at this location and apologize for any inconvenience we may inadvertently cause. If you have any questions about the upcoming filming, please contact the 'Wolverine Location Office'...".
Christopher McQuarrie's original screenplay for "Wolverine", with rewrites by Mark Bomback, is based on writer Chris Claremont and illustrator Frank Miller's Marvel Comics "Wolverine" solo, 4-part 1982 limited series.
That story arc placed 'Logan', the seemingly invulnerable Canadian mutant with 'adamantium' retractable claws, as a 'ronin', or 'masterless', failed samurai, who hides a deep-seated code of honor underneath his rage.
Logan begins a forbidden romance with a Japanese woman whose hand in marriage is promised to another man, falling into conflict with her father, samurai-sword-wielding brothers and the deadly assassin, 'Silver Samurai'.
"...half of the characters in this movie speak Japanese, like a foreign-language superhero movie," said Mangold.
"Its as much a drama, and a detective story, and a film noir, with high-octane action as it is anything like a conventional tentpole film."
"Its about Logan getting lost in this very unique and insulated world of Japanese culture, gangster culture, and ninja culture.
"The fighting is going to be unique because it's all influenced by Japanese martial arts.
"What is it to live forever, when you lose everyone you've ever loved?
"What is it to feel the burden of saving mankind through all of its mistakes, over and over and over again.
"What's the toll it takes on you as a living being that is somehow living this Frankensteinian, eternal life?"
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Wolverine" set video...
"Its as much a drama, and a detective story, and a film noir, with high-octane action as it is anything like a conventional tentpole film."
"Its about Logan getting lost in this very unique and insulated world of Japanese culture, gangster culture, and ninja culture.
"The fighting is going to be unique because it's all influenced by Japanese martial arts.
"I think more than anything 'Wolverine' is a character piece, asking really interesting questions, that are what pulled me in, about what it means to be immortal.
"What is it to live forever, when you lose everyone you've ever loved?
"What is it to feel the burden of saving mankind through all of its mistakes, over and over and over again.
"What's the toll it takes on you as a living being that is somehow living this Frankensteinian, eternal life?"
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Wolverine" set video...
