In an interview with Movie Hole, Australia star Hugh Jackman revealed that he can walk away from his most famous character, Wolverine, if audiences don't show up in droves to see X-Men Origins next May. "If it’s clear to us on May second or third that that’s gone, then I’ll walk away happily", said Jackman.

"I’m not going to flog something – or flog a dead horse, or try and make movies that people don’t really want to go and see. I have no interest in that. Even no matter how much I love the character."

"There’s a few story lines that are running my head which I think would be really cool, but unless the script is right, then I just don’t see the point in doing it. I’m probably at the point in my career where I don’t need it. And the last thing I want to do is just to push it on people, if it doesn’t warrant a full feature movie."

"I’d always felt there was a reason [to tell an origin story]...Because as good a go as I’d had in X-Men I, II, and III, there was a lot of mystery left. I don’t think – we touched on it in X-Men II. But there were certainly a lot of mystery still left about his origins. I was always a mad fan, in reading the comics, of the Wolverine in Japan saga, which is one of the most famous. But ultimately, we all decided – I think rightly, after seeing the film – that you need to understand the character’s origins, to understand who he is. And to really get it. So that’s what the movie does. It goes right back to him as a kid, basically."

I hope it's a real blast and a very good origin story. For my money, origin stories are the bread and butter of the comic book movie game, and Wolverine has one of the best around. And I know there's a sequel waiting to be told, so hopefully they can find the right vine to swing to next.