First Extended Clip From 'The Wolverine' Hits The Web

The first official clip from The Wolverine hit today, and its without question an action packed minute and a half showcasing a fight sequence aboard and atop a speeding train.  While the scene is well staged, unfortunately I really can't say the extensive green screen work is worth writing home about...

Official synopsis:

"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. 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."

Opening in theaters in 3D on July 26th, The Wolverine is directed by James Mangold and stars Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hal Yamanouchi, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima and Brian Tee.

SOURCE: Machinima

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TRAILER : 'The Wolverine'

As promised, the highly anticipated first trailer to The Wolverine went online today. Set after the X-Men films, the second solo adventure for Hugh Jackman's mutant takes him to Japan searching for mortality, while dealing with ghosts from his past (which includes Famke Jennsen's Jean Grey).

The Wolverine claws its way into 3D theaters on July 27th.

Check out the international version below.

The domestic trailer offers a slightly different look.

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New Posters and Images From 'The Wolverine' Show Off Logan's Claws & Co-Stars

While we anxiously await the first trailer to hit on Wednesday, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly and ComingSoon.net, new posters and movie images from the The Wolverine have hit the web. In addiotn to new glimpes of Hugh Jackman as the popular Marvel Mutant, we are given the first official looks at his female co-stars Yukio (Rila Fukushima), Mariko (Tao Okamoto) and Viper (Svetlana Khodchenkova).

Directed by James Mangold, (3:10 To Yuma), The Wolverine is set to hit theaters in 3D on July 26th.

"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. 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."

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly, ComingSoon.net

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Sirs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart Set To Return In 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

Director/ Producer Bryan Singer took to his Twitter account to let everyone know that he won't be the only one returning to the big screen X-Men world in X-Men: Days of Future Past, the follow-up to X-Men: First Class.

Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen will be joining First Class cast members James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Nicholas Hoult in the sequel set to hit theaters on July 18, 2014.

Singer, who directed 2000's X-Men and 2003's X2, had to bow out of 2011's X-Men: First Class to instead helm Jack the Giant Slayer (which has yet to be released). Ironically Singer is now back in the mix after First Class director Matthew Vaughn abruptly stepped away from Days of Future Past (those Star Wars: Episode VII rumors persist).

X-Men: First Class was a 60's set quasi-prequel to the 20th Century Fox's blockbuster X-Men series starring Stewart as Charles Xavier, McKellen as Magneto and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. First Class recast McAvoy and Fassbender as younger versions of Xavier and Magento, and managed to squeeze Jackman in for a quick cameo as well. The alternating time line aspects involved with the plot of Days of Future Past (inspired from a comic book story arc), will allow both versions of the popular Marvel Mutants to share screen time within the same film.

“The movie is called X-Men: Days Of Future Past, use your imagination,” Singer told Deadline. “More to come,” he added.

Hugh Jackman can't be far behind. Expect more updates when Jackman is thrown into an international press circuit grilling in New York City for Les Misérables later this week. The Wolverine, a sequel to ALL of the previous X-Men films hits the big screen next July, and has a hot rumor of Famke Jannsen reprising her role as Jean Grey (most likely in a flashback). How this all may eventually fit in with Days of Future Past will be revealed in due time...

Thrilled to announce @ianmckellen118 & @sirpatstew are joining the cast of #XMEN #DaysOfFuturePast #magneto #professorX More to come...
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) November 27, 2012

I'd like to officially welcome back James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, & Nicholas Hoult to #XMEN for #DaysOfFuturePast
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) November 27, 2012

SOURCE: Twitter, Deadline

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'The Wolverine' Has A New Teaser Poster PLUS Live Chat With Hugh Jackman From The Set

Check out this very cool back-to-basics teaser one-sheet that has been released by 20th Century Fox for The Wolverine. Care to compare this image to the disappointing photoshopped final poster for the billion dollar grossing The Avengers? Please keep your train on thought 20th Century Fox!

As reported here last week, The Wolverine will in fact be a sequel (and NOT a prequel as previously thought), set after all of the previous X-Men films. 

Directed by James Mangold (3:10 To Yuma), and with Hugh Jackman reprising his signature role as the popular Marvel Mutant, the future setting (in Japan) will allow the film to stand on its own and focus more on Logan's raw animal instincts and immortality.

You can also check out the live online chat below that both Hugh Jackman and James Mangold participated in earlier today from the film's set in Sydney, Australia.

The Wolverine is set to hit the big screen, apparently now in 3D, on July 26th, 2013.

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'The Wolverine' Will Take Place After All Previous 'X-Men' Films, PLUS New Official Image

In an interview with Empire Magazine, director James Mangold revealed that the currently in- production The Wolverine will take place after all the previous X-Men movies, debunking the assumption that its timeline was in between 2000's X-Men and its quasi-prequel 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

"Where this film sits in the universe of the films is after them all," Mangold told Empire. "Jean Grey is gone, most of the X-Men are disbanded or gone, so there’s a tremendous sense of isolation for him."

Up until now, both Mangold and Jackman have been adamant on separating The Wolverine from the previous films, describing it as a stand-alone adventure with no big screen baggage to adhere to.

"We’ve deliberately not called it Wolverine 2 because we want it to be placed and feel like a standalone picture,” Jackman told the Coventry Telegraph in August. “With an all-new cast and setting it in Japan, it’s going to give us a whole new visual aesthetic.”

“The approach to character means we won’t be overloaded with mutants and teams and the like, so it’ll be more character-based. I think in many ways it will feel like a completely different X-Men film,” he said.

If you recall, one of the two post-credits teasers at the end of the 70's set X-Men Origins: Wolverine placed Logan in Japan with amnesia, hinting the next big screen installment would take a major cue from The Wolverine, the iconic '80s comic book storyline by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. But Mangold has now set the record straight that the upcoming film goes beyond all the other X-Men adventures.

"That’s something that for me was very important, that I land in a very specific place in his timeline," Mangold revealed to Empire. "I wanted to be able to tell the story without the burden of handing it off to a film that already exists and having to conform to it. The ideas of immortality reign very heavily in this story and the burden of immortality weighs heavily on Logan. For me that’s such an interesting part of Logan’s character that is nearly impossible to explore if you have a kind of league or team movie."

Mangold's intentional mention of Jean Grey in the interview also gives credibility to the recent reports that Famke Jansen flew to the Sydney set to shoot scenes in the film. With the new timeline in context, it makes more sense now that the telekinetic Mutant could make an posthumous appearance. 

Check out this new picture of Jackman from the film that appears in today's issue of Empire Online, which we previewed yesterday, showcasing the five Hobbit covers. Note that Logan has no Adamantium on his claws here, so obviously there will be flashbacks involved in the film.

SOURCE: Empire Magazine

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