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Hugh Jackman teams with Virgin for new comic books
Hugh Jackman, who plays the mutant Wolverine in the X-Men action movies, is pairing with Virgin Comics to create a comic book series called Nowhere Man.
Hugh Jackman, who plays the mutant Wolverine in the
X-Men
action movies, is pairing with Virgin Comics to create a comic book series called
Nowhere Man
, Virgin said on Tuesday.
The series, a futuristic science-fiction odyssey set in an era when men have traded their privacy for safety and security, will be written by Jackman and Marc Guggenheim, who wrote Marvel comics'
Wolverine
series and
Amazing Spider-Man
.
Australian actor Jackman said in a statement that the hope is
Nowhere Man
will be popular enough that it might later become a movie.
X-Men
and other film series based on comic book characters such as
Spider-Man
and
Batman
have been among Hollywood's biggest hits for more than a decade.
Three films starting with
X-Men
in 2000 and including
X2: X-Men United
and
X-Men: The Last Stand
have sold more than $1.1 billion worth of tickets at worldwide box offices.
A fourth film,
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
, also featuring Jackman, is set to open in theaters next year.
