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‘Wolverine’… In the Study… With the Lead Pipe
Yeah, I know that headline is a little cryptic, but it’s apropos. Word came down over the weekend from an advanced screening of ‘Wolverine’ that the film may have different endings depending on where you see it. According to director Gavin Hood, who introduced the film on the 20th Century Fox lot on Friday, Fox and Marvel have hidden multiple endings on different prints of the film. Different theaters may have different endings of the film.
Of course, the different endings aren’t going to have major variances of each other. The differences might be extremely slight and will more than likely not alter what occurs in the story whatsoever.
The last time a studio did something like this was with the 1985 release of ‘Clue,’ the comedy adapted from the popular board game. Three different endings with three different murderer reveals were shot and released randomly in theaters. Once released on video, however, all three endings were included.
What do you think? Is this a smart idea for Fox and Marvel? How different do you think each ending will be? Will this effect the number of times you see the film in hoping you might have a different ending? Let us know by commenting below.
Source: First Showing
Well, if I see the movie more than once in the theater it certainly won’t be for this reason. However, it introduced a neat special feature to look forward to on the DVD.
Yeah, that was the great thing about the ‘Clue’ DVD. You could choose it to show you a random ending. There’s some slowdown at that point, though, but it was still a genius idea.