Twentieth Century Fox has set Gavin Hood to direct Hugh Jackman in "
Wolverine," the "X-Men" spin-off film that was scripted by David Benioff.
Using several resources that include the Marvel Comics lore, along with the more recent Weapon X graphic novels by Barry Windsor-Smith and work by Frank Miller, "
Wolverine" mixes action with an origin story about how Logan emerged from a barbaric experiment as an indestructible mutant with retractable razor-sharp claws.