First Showing was able to catch a screening of X-Men Origins: Wolverine — set for release this Friday — and director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi) stopped by to share some information on the movie, how much different it is from that infamous leaked copy, and what kind of hidden gems to expect. Unfortunately, some may not be happy about the surprise — Hood made the shocking announcement that the movie had multiple endings, and different endings will be shown at different theaters.
That’s right, folks, from what it sounds like, when you go see Wolverine this weekend, and then go to discuss it with a friend later who saw a different showing, there’s a chance that you will have not seen the same ending.
Hood didn’t go into detail on how different each ending would be, but I can’t imagine this one will go over well with fans. I’m not a die hard Wolverine fan, but if I were, and I went and paid my money to see the flick, and then found out that there was a much better ending that I didn’t get to see — I reckon that would have me fairly enraged. I sure as hell would not be paying more money to see the whole thing again just for a second ending.
Despite the title of this piece, I have no idea if it’s really Fox’s plan to try and recoup some of their losses from the disastrous leak by offering multiple endings for fans to go back and check out. To be honest, none of this seems to make sense at all. I guess that it is possible that Gavin Hood didn’t quite mean it that way, or that the differences are so subtle that in the end, it doesn’t matter — but in that case, what’s the point? The way it sounds, is that there’s endings here with significant enough differences to warrant multiple viewings.
Hood also went on to explain how much was different from the finished version from the leaked workprint version. Here are the stats: 400 missing visual effect shots; no musical score; and incomplete sound mixing and coloring.
All-in-all, Friday should be very interesting. The real version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine will finally come out, we’ll get to see how it does at the box office, and we’ll get a little feedback on exactly what the hell all of this madness really means.
How about you, our lovely readers. Would you be upset if your ending wasn’t as good as my ending? Let it be known!
That is completely r3tarded. Cash grab… Make a movie, create your story, and present your vision. Not multiple endings… that’s fine for DVDs, but in the cinema I expect to see the film-makers complete work. Not a grab bag.
Comment by Fred — April 27, 2009 @ 9:59 am
IMO after watching the leaked version, to make this film more than mediocre viewing they would have to completely re-do the whole movie.
Comment by scrotumbagmonkeyflicker — April 27, 2009 @ 10:01 am
Wow Fox is now resorting to treating their biggest money making franchise like the movie version of CLUE. Don’t get me wrong, CLUE is a very funny movie. I can imagine the possibilities: “It was Sabretooth in the conservatory with the candlestick.” “No the butler did it!”
Comment by BAADASSSSS! — April 27, 2009 @ 11:15 am
He never mentioned any re-shoots which is what I’m looking for after the lackluster leak. The acting, characters and plot holes had me and a friend laughing, not the special effects, score or lack thereof.
Comment by Enduro — April 28, 2009 @ 12:53 am
I was actually excited at one point to go see this movie, now its more like I’m anxious to get it over with, like a visit to the dentist, of course I’m going and I know its going to be bad but how bad is this going to be??
Comment by UrFace — April 28, 2009 @ 8:18 am
Putting the title “Xmen Origins: Wolverine” on “The Dark Knight” movie, still wouldent make Xmen Origins: Wolverine a good movie.
Comment by clawztothewallz — April 28, 2009 @ 11:48 am
Just saw the movie, and I gotta say, Marvel really needs to get the rights to the X-film franchise back from Fox. They’ve just about killed it. I mean how far from the comics can you go and still have it be recognizeable. The only redeaming quality of the movie was Gambit. He was freakin cool. It just seems to me that rather than coming up with a good script and story that MAKES SENSE, the writers all sit around a table and say, “Ok, what mutants would be cool to have in this movie?” , “We haven’t used Emma Frost yet.”….Oh and don’t get me started on the utter stupidity of them ruining Deadpool.
Comment by Deadpool — May 1, 2009 @ 4:58 pm