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When The Wolverine hits theaters July 26, Hugh Jackman’s claw-slinging hero will face a slew of deadly new enemies like the Silver Samurai and Viper. But his biggest foe might just be himself — or at least, the specter of 2009′s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which grossed an impressive $373 million worldwide but disappointed fans with its tangled storyline and cheesy FX.
Even Jackman admits the movie fell short of his expectations. READ FULL STORY »
In The Wolverine (out July 26), Hugh Jackman’s Logan struggles with his immortality — a nasty side effect of the healing factor that allows his body to keep itself in perfect form indefinitely. Of course, Jackman himself doesn’t have any such power (though his bigger-than-your-entire-body biceps might lead you to believe otherwise). And as the actor dons the sideburns for the sixth time, fans can’t help wondering if the actor might eventually be replaced by a new face the same way Andrew Garfield stepped into Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man suit, or Henry Cavill inherited Superman’s cape. READ FULL STORY »
X-Men Origins: Wolverine was the story of how our favorite clawed misanthrope got his scowl back, while this year’s The Wolverine (which mostly ignores that earlier film, like, completely) is about a man ready to give that scowl — and those claws — up. In the new trailer, we get still more insight into how terrible Logan’s life has become. He’s having nightmares of killing Jean Grey and not caring for his wildman beard. And then an “old friend” discovers a cure for his immortality: ”A man can run out of things to live for.”
Psych! Logan has to fight with/against a number of rogues: Yukio, Viper, and the Silver Samurai. I kind of wish Dream-Jean was sticking around — Hemlock Grove gave Famke Janssen a nice lick of malice.
Watch the new trailer below.
Director James Mangold just tweeted a new picture from the set of The Wolverine, his upcoming X-Men spinoff-sequel which promises to reboot the Wolverine mini-franchise with a long-awaited dose of samurai. (In industry nomenclature, this is known as a “samurai-quel.”) The image shows Wolverine star Hugh Jackman in a sharp-things duel with Hiroyuki Sanada, better known as “The Cool Guy From The Last Samurai.” Check it out: READ FULL STORY »
The Wolverine star Hugh Jackman held a Twitter video chat today to answer fans questions about the upcoming film, in which the one-time Sexiest Man Alive talked about everything from getting into shape to working on X-Men: Days of Future Past. Here’s what you missed (complete with his killer facial hair and always-amazing accent): READ FULL STORY »
In the new Wolverine teaser, featuring footage that exhibitors at CinemaCon previewed last month, Hugh Jackman spends the entire time flexing, sweating, and snarling. There’s not a lot of plot to dissect, but there’s plenty of quick-cut action — and a larger reveal of the Silver Samurai! — to reassure fans who feared the new movie was going to be a Malick-ian meditation on the meaning of life for a mutant immortal.
But did anyone really think director James Mangold’s take on the lone-wolf character was going to take a turn for the existential, after seeing the first few action-packed trailers? Wolverine is as Wolverine does.
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When Halle Berry announced she was pregnant, X-Men fans wondered how that would affect her returning as Storm for Bryan Singer’s highly anticipated X-Men: Days of Future Past. But, based on this tweet from Singer himself, it doesn’t look like much has changed for the weather-controlling mutant, aside from a shorter hairdo and a sleeker uniform. Check out a photo of Halle Berry as Storm tweeted by Singer today below.
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Hugh Jackman will make his seventh(!) appearance as Wolverine in next year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, which marks Bryan Singer’s return to the franchise. The actor first heard about the project that features not only original X-Men stars like Jackman and Halle Berry, but also First Class actors like Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence, last year while he was shooting this summer’s The Wolverine and was hoping for a break from his superhero workout and diet. “I must admit I was starting to see a life free of steamed chicken breasts,” jokes the actor. “They told me the idea and, at the time, it was Matthew Vaughn [directing]. Instantly, I knew it was a winner. It just felt like everything was coming full circle. However, I must admit my stomach and my mind were like, ‘Oh no.’” READ FULL STORY »
You may not have noticed this before, but Hugh Jackman works out. Like, a lot. That’s the takeway from the new international poster for The Wolverine, the upcoming sequel-reboot-vacation which sends Jackman’s clawed X-Man to Tokyo to fight ninjas, samurai, and [mournful violin] himself. The new poster isn’t as cool as the Blade Runner-y motion poster or the beautifully stark ink-wash poster. But it does have approximately 1000% more Jackman Pecs than the other two posters combined. Check it out below: READ FULL STORY »
Today was a big one for fans eagerly anticipating this summer’s The Wolverine. Not only did EW premiere 8 exclusive new images from the July 26th flick but now director James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma) has tweeted a vine of the trailer (the full one will be online Wednesday). The biggest shock in this six-second blitz? Famke Janssen’s Jean Grey! The Wolverine takes place AFTER X-Men: The Last Stand in which Grey perished so this must be some sort of dream sequence. EW asked Mangold if online rumors were true that Janssen shot a cameo for The Wolverine. While he wouldn’t confirm or deny, Mangold did say, “I read that rumor. I thought it was a good idea.” Seems like he put that idea to use. READ FULL STORY »
