The diamond industry fears the movie could hurt sales, especially if it hits theatres around the end of the year during the peak holiday shopping season.
"The people that the movie is trying to help could be hurt the most if it's left without an explanation since livelihoods in Africa depend on income from diamonds," said Eli Izhakoff, chairman and CEO of the World Diamond Council.
"It will hurt them with a downturn in sales. It can have an adverse effect on all of Africa," Izhakoff said.
Twentieth Century Fox plans to keep the mutants coming with a spinoff of its popular X-Men film franchise starring Australian-born actor Hugh Jackman in the title role of Wolverine. A studio spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that the film is in development with a script currently in the works but no director yet on board.
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