The Wolverine To Film in Sydney

According to an Australian news report, superstar actor Hugh Jackman will head back down under to film part of The Wolverine in Australia. The actor had previously intimated that the film, which is primarily set in Japan, would film around the world. "The Wolverine is expected to generate more than $80 million in production expenditure in NSW and create more than 720 jobs for NSW-based cast and crew, along with opportunities for 1200 extras," said Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner, who helped put the deal together with Fox. Like X-Men Origins: Wolverine before it, the studio chose to take filming to Sydney because of tax breaks and other incentives; according to the report, the film got about $13 million from the Australian federal government to film there instead of British Columbia, where most of the X-Men franchise was shot.