Hugh Jackman has been doing lots of press junkets for Deception -- and funnily enough, only Australia seems to be hearing about that film, whereas America is only letting him talk about X-Men Origins: Wolverine again and again. That has to be a bit of a bummer.

MTV Movies caught up with him, and he was more than happy to talk about donning the claws again. "It feels different. But I don't think its going be night and day."

Then he gave one of those quotes that I always hold out as proof that he knows what he is doing. "We are dealing with a character who is probably one of the darker comic book characters ever created. The movie has a lot of fun elements, but there are layers of pain and darkness to this character. Tonally, I would put it more in the Batman Begins sort of realm. That's sort of where we're headed."
He's seen Batman Begins! Between this and his ongoing graphic novel grabs, I think the man is a bonafide geek.

Not surprisingly, Jackman revealed that this Wolverine origin movie isn't a one shot deal. "There are two conditions for me doing any more: One is will anybody want to see it, and the second is: Will I still have the passion for it?" he explained. "I really wanted to do this spin-off movie, because I felt we hadn't truly found who this character was. Right now, I feel like I could do another ten or eleven." Even if Origins turns out terrible, that sounds fine by me. I still want to see Frank Miller's Wolverine tackled, or maybe even that Lady Deathstrike storyline I mentioned in my column. It's not just because I enjoy the muttonchops and massive biceps ... really.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is still slated to be released May 1st, 2009.