Hugh Jackman gives an update on THE WOLVERINE

Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy were at CinemaConto talk about their upcoming DreamWorks movie Real Steel. Comingsoon was able get a status update on The Wolverine now that Darren Aronofsky has left the project as director and with the crisis in Japan following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor problems triple whammy.

Here is what Jackman had to say:

"We need to find another director and once we've found that, we'll be able to know," Jackman told us. "It's too early to call on Japan, I'm not sure where they're at, so now we're finding another director, but Fox is very anxious to make the movie and we're moving ahead full steam to find another director."

It will be cool to see who they find to helm the project. What are your thoughts on this news?