Did you leave "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" scratching your head over Stan Lee's absence? Well, he laid out a simple explanation on his Twitter account this weekend that should tell you which Marvel films he will or will not appear in going forward.

Meanwhile, Erik Larsen tweeted at length about the different demands placed on artists in comics versus animation and interjected a critique of "Sin City." Check out all of those posts, as well as Edgar Wright's affection for "X Factor," Dan Slott's father/son bonding moment over "Mad Men," and much more.

It's all in the Twitter Report for October 19, 2009. Read more...

There's really not much to write after a headline like that, is there? Sure, you can offer the "why," "where" and "when," but it's almost better just to leave it at "Hugh Jackman and the Wolverine Blow-Up Doll" and move on. Trust me—that's the subject of the e-mail I received with the photo, and I'm stickin' with it.

However, for those of you who do want to know why the "Wolverine" star was seen with what looks to be a large, blow-up (or possibly paper mache—I've never been the arts-and-crafts type) figure of his "X-Men" movie character, keep reading. I warn you, though: It's not as fun as the story you're imagining right now. Read more...

CBS News anchor extraordinaire Katie Couric has a startling confession to make: she's not exactly a fan of Wolverine.

The journalist admitted as much in a recent interview with "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" star Hugh Jackman, revealing that she isn't quite the comic book adaptation's target demographic. But Jackman insisted that there are plenty of reasons that Couric—and anybody, really—would have a good time with the "Wolverine" franchise.

"Why would you miss [out on] it?" he argued. "A little bit of nudity, I get all of my rage issues out... any rage issues I have are gone! Yeah, you do [have fun]. I wouldn't make them otherwise." Read more...

Asked who he thought would be credited as the breakout performance in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," director Gavin Hood put his money on Ryan Reynolds.

The actor who already starred in "Van Wilder" and "Smokin' Aces" took a step to the side of Hugh Jackman's spotlight for his role as Deadpool in the movie, which hit stores on DVD and Blu-ray two weeks ago, but that part might have tipped his career favorably now that he has a Deadpool solo movie and the title role in "Green Lantern" awaiting him.

Hood points to Reynolds physical commitment to the role his success in the film. Read more...

Director Gavin Hood got a remarkably large cast of mutants in the script for "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," but when asked which missing character in the X-Men's world he would like to direct, he dropped the name of a villain who's already appeared in three films films: Magneto.

David Goyer has been the popular name mentioned to direct "X-Men Origins: Magneto," but if the "Dark Knight" writer finds himself committed when the project finally comes together, Hood says he'd be willing to step behind the camera.

"I think the character of Magneto is still a phenomenally interesting character," Hood told MTV News while discussing last week's release of "Wolverine" on DVD and Blu-Ray. Read more...

"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" director Gavin Hood did his homework on Logan's character and history when he set to work on the film. Much of that history, however, includes excessive cigar chomping. Those same smoking habits became an editorial target at Marvel after editor-in-chief Joe Quesada came to power and tobacco use has since been discouraged throughout their titles. Wolverine did enjoy the occassional cigar in Hood's film, however, earning a negative reaction from the American Medical Association Alliance. Fox followed suit with a special anti-smoking public service announcement on this week's DVD release of the movie, and Hood expressed a personal interest in its inclusion.

"My biggest fan on this movie is my nephew, who's 12 years old," Hood told MTV News. "You certainly don't want for that audience or any audience to suggest that smoking is cool, given what we now know about smoking, which was not the case 40 years ago when the comic book character was created." Read more...

One of the most complex relationships in the "X-Men" movie franchise is that of Logan (Wolverine) and his half-brother Victor Creed (Sabretooth). In "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," director Gavin Hood put that tumultuous affair front and center, and in the clip below, Hood explains the reasons behind that creative decision. The video is from on-screen commentary by the helmer on this week's DVD and Blu-ray release of the big-budget superhero flick, so enjoy.

After the jump, check out an exclusive film clip of Logan's calm before the storm... Read more...

One of director Gavin Hood's last decisions while editing "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" involved cutting a scene in which Wolverine chose to have his memory completely wiped. However, audiences can evaluate the scene themselves today on Blu-ray and DVD, and Hood believes that its greatest impact is to humanize Victor Creed as he watches his brother choose to forget him.

"[Wolverine's] brother, played by Liev Schrieber, says to Stryker, ‘Will he remember me?’ and there’s a tremendous moment of vulnerability where Stryker looks at him as if he’s crazy and says, ‘No, of course not,’" Hood told MTV News. "Then Victor Creed says, 'Then let him go,' which is beautiful."

Hood pins that reaction to Creed's pent-up need to maintain a relationship with Logan, even if it's a violent one. Read more...

A pair of DVDs get the spotlight this week, one giving the origin treatment to Marvel's clawed mutant and the other taking us back to the origins of Hasbro's robots in disguise.

"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" (Two-Disc Special Edition): We've already told you all about the film itself, so what does the DVD offer? Along with a variety of "Making Of" and behind-the-scenes featurettes (one features Stan Lee and Len Wein reflecting on the character's history), the two-disc DVD and Blu-Ray editions both feature an assortment of deleted and alternate scenes.

However, rather than simply providing another take on existing shots, some of the extra footage offers interesting spins on the existing material. Read more...

Wolverine seems to be spending an awful lot of time getting manicures these days.

Last week, we gave you a gallery of photos taken during a "manicure" of the wax Wolverine statue created in Hugh Jackman's image, and now Marvel's clawed mutant is at it again. The ridiculously realistic statue will spend Labor Day Weekend in New York City's Madame Tussauds wax museum before heading off to Dallas and finally, Los Angeles. The cross-country tour culminates with the statue's arrival at Madame Tussauds Hollywood on September 15, the same day "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" hits shelves on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Click on the image below for a gallery of photos from today's "manicure" session with the wax Wolverine in Times Square:

"He's the very first of the X-Men to be immortalized in wax," said Chris Bess, head of communications for Madame Tussauds Hollywood. Read more...