The Wolverine: New Trailer

Oh Hugh, you never seem to disappoint.

The new international trailer for The Wolverine has been released and gives us a further glimpse into Logan’s (Hugh Jackman) life in Japan.

The teaser also focuses on the characters of Logan’s flame-haired companion Yukio (Rila Fukushima) and creepy-tongued Viper (Svetlana Khodchenkova).

It’s shaping up to be pretty action packed, with the Silver Samurai dropping in for a bit of the ‘woah’ factor. Oh, and it also looks as if Logan might finally be relieved of his mutant ‘curse’.


The Wolverine hits UK cinemas on July 25 and July 26 in the US.

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Silver Samurai Debuts In Gorgeous New Wolverine Poster

We're loving the stylised artwork being used to promote The Wolverine.

This latest poster was unveiled by director James Mangold on Twitter, who posted: "As we are beginning to offer glimpses of Silver Samurai, here's a new great one sheet image for The Wolverine."

It depicts Will Yun Lee's villain the Silver Samurai - aka Kenuichio Harada, a mutant bodyguard who can charge objects with a 'tachyon field'.



The Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hal Yamanouchi, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima and Brian Tee, will open on July 26th.

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Hugh Jackman Is Occasionally Fully Dressed In New Wolverine Trailer

Ooh, the new Wolverine trailer is proper dramatic.

Logan's (Hugh Jackman) in a dark place as he heads to Japan to meet a figure from his past.

And it looks like he's going to get action aplenty as his adamantium claws meet more than one samurai sword… including that of the Silver Samurai.

But will the promise of an end to his immortal 'curse' lure Logan away from mutant life? Hopefully his hot new buddy Yukio (Rila Fukushima) can help him to find his inner Wolverine once more.

Without further ado, here's the international trailer, and the US trailer, featuring a teeny tiny bit of extra footage.



The Wolverine, based on the graphic novel by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, will arrive in UK cinemas on July 25.

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Hugh Jackman Half Naked... Again

You know, we never thought we'd get bored of Hugh Jackman half naked.

But we have to admit, there's been a hell of a lot of it lately.

Following yesterday's poster and six second teaser reveal, the internet now has a 20-second trailer for the trailer and a new motion poster.

MTV unleashed the teaser trailer to Stateside fans earlier today, and now we have a version playable in the UK. 


Oh, and there's also the small matter of the X-Man semi-nude and clutching a samurai sword below.

Horrible, isn't it?




The Wolverine will open in UK and US cinemas on July 26.

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**UPDATED** 'Huge' Jackman Is All Angry And Muscly And Erm… Huge In New Wolverine Promo And Poster

Hugh Jackman has somehow lost his shirt once more in the latest promo for The Wolverine.

He looks devastated about it - particularly, we imagine, as it's all rainy in Japan and he must be cold. We, on the other hand, aren't so sad.

As if releasing a rather naked poster weren't enough, The Wolverine director James Mangold has also treated us to a six second teaser for the movie's upcoming trailer - featuring a rather geekgasmic cameo.

The tweaser. vine.co/v/bDExaiMjJ1F
— James Mangold (@mang0ld) March 25, 2013

We are, however, somewhat relieved to find out that he doesn't spend the entirety of the movie in a semi-nude state - it would make cinema-going all kinds of awkward for us.

A bunch of new stills from the film have been revealed by Entertainment Weekly, giving us our first in-character looks at Yukio, Viper and Mariko. And, of course, more opportunity to gawp at Logan - who looks spectacularly hawt in a suit.

"At the time this movie opens, there's a kind of gangland war going on between law enforcement and the Yakuza, and there's been a lot of kidnappings and extortion," explained director James Mangold. "So she's someone who's under threat."

Comic book baddie Viper (Svetlana Khodchenkova) is brought in to help another one of the film's villains. Teases Mangold: "As her name would imply, she's kind of snakelike. She likes to play with toxins. She's immune to toxins. She's kind of formidable.

"Viper views Logan like a great hunter might view hunting a lion in his quarry. There's kind of an admiration, a desire to destroy and a desire to consume and to have and to hold."

Of Wolverine's new buddy Yukio (Rila Fukushima), Mangold says: "I would say they have a unique relationship. She's lethal herself. She's a tremendous fighter. She's both sexy and almost kind of sprung from the anime world. It's a real badass character."

She's also got really good hair. 

The Wolverine will open in UK and US cinemas on July 26.

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Arty New Wolverine Images Released

The Wolverine director James Mangold has taken to Twitter to unveil three arty black and white images from the final day of production.

Sweetly stating "three people I adore," Mangold posted the rather gorgeous images of Hugh Jackman (Logan), ‪Rila‬ ‪Fukushima‬ (Yukio) and Tao Okamoto (Mariko) on set.
 

The director told MTV back in January that the upcoming movie will capture the Marvel hero's "intensity".

"The whole point is not about violence or rating; it's about intensity. I wanted to make a film that in a way captures the intensity of his character," he said.

"One of the things that has always been a feature of Wolverine in the comics is that he has a berserker rage, that he has anger and some of his abilities are driven by something more primal.

"Honestly, to get really pissed off - not cute pissed off, not quippy pissed off, not funny pissed off or cigar-chomping pissed off, just pissed off - that can then help drive the fighting, drive the combat."

The Wolverine arrives in cinemas on July 26.

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New Wolverine Image Released

The X-Men's resident grumpy guts is looking mighty pissed off in the latest image released from The Wolverine.

The pic was released on the film's official Facebook page accompanied by the caption "The past is always behind you, but the memories still remain."

Rumour has it the first trailer for Hugh Jackman's second solo outing as the beclawed superhero will hit cinemas in late March. We'll see Will Yun Lee, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hal Yamanouchi, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima and Brian Tee round out the film's cast for James Mangold's emotional exploration of Logan's life before he discovered the delights of lycra. 

The Wolverine will be released on July 25, 2013.

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Jackman To Hang Up His Claws?

When it comes to the big screen, Hugh Jackman has been the most consistent player in the X-Men world.

But his incarnation as Wolverine could be about to come to an end.

The actor has revealed that following this year's The Wolverine, and next year's X-Men: Days of Future Past, he won't be committed to reprise the role of Logan in future projects.

Of course, that's not to say he won't.

The actor told The Hollywood Reporter: "First heard about [X-Men: Days of Future Past] around October or November [2012]. I was literally finishing The Wolverine and dreaming about lasagne, and about three weeks before the end, they told me. There was no way I was not going to be part of that."

The actor went on to reveal that he still hasn't read a finished screenplay, and has seen only a synopsis of about eight pages.

Jackman's second solo outing as the mutant anti-hero, The Wolverine, is currently in post-production ahead of its July 26 release.

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Hugh Jackman Looks Badass And Brawny In New Wolverine Pic

He might be currently seen in cinemas doing singing and dancing and some sort of jazz hands malarkey [Editor's Note: We haven't seen Les Misérables, we don't know if there are jazz hands, but there's definitely singing in the trailer], but Golden Globe winner Hugh Jackman proves his vein-popping, macho credentials in the latest image released from The Wolverine.

*Sigh*... singing, dancing, acting... is there anything this guy can't do?

 

James Mangold's sequel will see the character "without a master, without a purpose. Kind of a soldier who is cut loose", according to the director.

"A lot of that story and a lot of beats from that saga are in there, and a lot of characters," he told Entertainment Weekly. "Without being religious about it, I think it's a very admiring adaptation."

Mangold went on to expand on Logan's (Hugh Jackman) arc in the film, which takes place after X-Men 3: The Last Stand, confirming that he spends much of the story isolated.

"I felt it was really important to find Logan at a moment where he was stripped clean of his duties to the X-Men, his other allegiances, and even stripped clean of his own sense of purpose.

"I was fascinated with the idea of portraying Logan as a ronin - the definition of which is a samurai without a master, without a purpose. Kind of a soldier who is cut loose.

"War is over. What does he do? What does he face? What does he believe anymore? Who are his friends? What is his reason for being here anymore? I think those questions are especially interesting when you're dealing with a character who is essentially immortal."

The Wolverine will be released on July 25, 2013 in the UK, and July 26, 2013 in the US.

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Official Synopsis For The Wolverine Released

Having done the important bit and released promotional images of Hugh Jackman half naked, 20th Century Fox has finally seen fit to treat us to an official synopsis for The Wolverine.

"Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern-day Japan," the synopsis reads.

"Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed.

"Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before."

More powerful, eh? Guess that explains all the scary veins... 

The Wolverine will be released on July 25, 2013 in the UK, and July 26, 2013 in the US.

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