(25 Jul 2008) SHOTLIST
AP Entertainment
San Diego, 24 July 2008
1. Wide exterior San Diego Convention Centre
2. Mid of Convention Centre
3. Mid of Comic-Con sign
4. Setup of actor Hugh Jackman
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hugh Jackman, actor: (on promoting 'Wolverine' at Comic-Con)
"This is the first time I've brought Wolverine here. Because of all the X-Men movies, we had already released by the time Comic-Con was on, so I've never been here before. So it was a great opportunity for me, because what a lot of people don't realise is, these people who are here, this was the seed of this whole genre of comic book movies, because when X-Men came out, no one expected it to be as big as it was - I'm talking two days before it opened. With all the sophisticated tracking of opening weekends, no one understood it and the reason was that the fan-base is that much bigger than anyone expected. And more than that, they're loyal. So without these guys, you wouldn't have had the Dark Knights, the Spider-Mans, Batmans, you wouldn't have had all those movies and X-Men when it came out was kind of one of the first."
6. Wide of convention floor from elevator
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Hugh Jackman, actor: (on 'Wolverine')
"It's a lot more mutants. It's a prequel, so you get to see where Wolverine comes from. You get to see his origins. It's pretty bad-ass in this movie. It's a little more violent...a little bit."
8. Close of fan in Wolverine costume
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Hugh Jackman, actor: (on 'Wolverine')
"You get to see a whole lot of new mutants. You get to see him from when he was a little kid right through and you get to understand who he is. And you get a lot of his berserker (anger) rage. It was good therapy for me."
10. Various of Hugh Jackman chance meeting Marvel Comics co-founder Stan Lee
UPSOUND: Jackman: "Don't be embarrassed"
Lee: "It is so great meeting you, I just wanted to tell you I love your performance, I think great and I'm glad I finally met you."
Jackman: "Let's get a photo?"
Lee: "Unfortunately nobody here has a camera." (laughs)
(++followed by Lee and Jackman posing for photos)
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Hugh Jackman, actor: (on Stan Lee)
"I met him at the opening of 'X-Men' one, but I don't know if he remembers, but this guy is like a god. I mean around here people see this guy, they faint. I mean, their whole livelihood and everything they're interested came out of his mind. But the one character he didn't create, ironically, was Wolverine."
12. Mid of Jackman and Lee joking with each other:
UPSOUND: Lee: "Have your people call my people."
Jackman: "I'll be seeing you soon for the cameo in Wolverine.... Don't tell anyone, it's always a big shock when people see him."
Lee: "I promise not to try and overshadow you..."
13. Set up of Marvel Comics co-founder, Stan Lee
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Stan Lee, Marvel Comics co-founder: (On whether comic book movies peaked this summer)
"I don't think they've peaked at all. I think they'll just keep getting better and better. Because, well you can tell just having seen 'Iron Man,' or just having seen 'Batman': The writers and producers and directors now know how to treat these movies. They're not just silly stories of people wearing capes hitting a bad guy. They have more dimension to them and as they move along there'll be more variety, there'll be ideas we haven't even thought of before. It's like gangster movies. There'll never be an end to crime stories. There'll never be an end I think to superhero stories. They'll just evolve. They'll be done in different ways and I think they'll keep getting better and better."
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