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Hugh Jackman's riding the wave of success, how tubular

Hugh Jackman, basically one of the most popular actors at the moment due to the first summer hit X-Men Origins: Wolverine is ready for some more. That’s right, 20th Century Fox and Seed Productions are already planning the next adventure for the hairy beer guzzling X-man, dipping right into development right off of the heels of the first weekend the film opened. Sources so far state that the film will revolve around the samurai story line that appears within the comics. Nobody has been picked to pen the script yet, but obviously Jackman would be crazy not to embark on yet another X-Men fueled adventure on the big screen.

Along with that new burst of news, 20th Century Fox keep Jackman under close watch as he locks in a role for the upcoming film, Personal Security. Jackman will play a tough Gotham police detective forced into bodyguard duty for a spoiled teen heiress who is receiving kidnapping threats. Busying himself up even more, Hugh Jackman will also be starring in Drive, set for a 2009 release date, centers on a Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him. Throwing even more up for the Australian actor to do, he’ll be hopefully making his return on Broadway in the title role in Houdini with music composed by Danny Elfman and directed by Jack O’Brien (Hairspray). More power to Hugh Jackman being such hot commodity and completely taking advantage of it in the best ways possible, we’ll all definitely be showing our support (including myself) by checking his latest movies up on the big screen.