Two More Stills From THE WOLVERINE Officially Released

Two More Stills From THE WOLVERINE Officially Released

Another two stills from The Wolverine (which were previously only seen as low-res scans) have now been officially released by 20th Century Fox, and they once again offer us a closer look at Hugh Jackman as the iconic Marvel mutant. Hit the jump to check them out!

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By JoshWilding - Mar 19, 2013 04:03 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men
Source: Empire Online







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.


STARRING:

Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine
Hiroyuki Sanada as Shingen Yashida
Hal Yamanouchi as Yashida
Tao Okamoto as Mariko Yashida
Rila Fukushima as Yukio
Will Yun Lee as Kenuichio Harada
Brian Tee as Noburo Mori
Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper

RELEASE DATE: July 26th, 2013.


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SaxoWolf
SaxoWolf - 3/19/2013, 5:09 AM
I WANT THE TRAILER N0W!
sicknimon
sicknimon - 3/19/2013, 5:10 AM
Don't know why I'm not looking forward to this. Still gonna see it. Maybe its the proir disappointments and the fact days of future past is starting to sound NOTHING like the source material and another over packed casting job.'
Philvis
Philvis - 3/19/2013, 5:12 AM
Something tells me that this is going to be a thriller that is set in Japan with a guy who just happens to have some adamantium claws. it shall be interesting but I am looking forward to it.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/19/2013, 5:34 AM
this movie better be good because it looks & sounds like it will be.
figuresmaniac
figuresmaniac - 3/19/2013, 5:37 AM
I hope this will be good, Jackman deserves a good Wolverine movie
TheDARKestKNIGHT
TheDARKestKNIGHT - 3/19/2013, 5:51 AM
Confirmed how and where? @LEVITIKUZ
BatsFan
BatsFan - 3/19/2013, 5:59 AM
that one weird looking Silver Samurai...
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 3/19/2013, 6:04 AM
My anticipation for this is so low that I'm going to be floored if it kicks ass.
BatsFan
BatsFan - 3/19/2013, 6:17 AM
@BallisticWhale I'm pretty sure its a leg less flying Sliver Samurai.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 3/19/2013, 6:22 AM
I saw a poster at the theater recently (Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz are smoking hot), the one where Wolverine is on a roof with a sword. There was a strange caption at the bottom of the poster. I should have taken a picture because I can't remember what it says. Anyone saw this?
orpheus
orpheus - 3/19/2013, 6:26 AM
it's not going to be rated R, it's a fantasy every time anyone thinks these comic movies will be R rated. And, it doesn't really need to be unless people are saying f*ck, doing a lot of drugs, nudity/a lot of sex, or the violence is really intense, which really isn't necessary despite Wolverine being clawed. That desire for blood and violence attempts to turn Wolverine into a stupid action and violence film, the same stupid desire that was catered to in X-Men Origins Wolverine (yes, lacking blood and graphic violence, but still serving that substanceless action and violence junkieism).

I hope this movie stays far away from that and remains mostly a drama. Despite how people white-wash Wolverine and want him to be an extreme killing action character who takes all punishment without flinching, he's one of the most complex and interesting characters in terms of his inner struggle- He comes from a shattered history of violence, cruelty and abuse inflicted on him. His life is like that of an abused animal taken in by a family or pack. He's a loner, obviously, but underneath the machismo is a vulnerability and a sense that he's been victimized because of his mutation his whole life. And the best Wolverine stories take him out of simply being a killer or super hero and into other kinds of genres that most superheroes don't venture into as easily, exactly as the source material for this film depicts.
orpheus
orpheus - 3/19/2013, 6:27 AM
Also, the costume? Wolverine's costumes (except X-Force) are pretty bad and silly. Wolverine is best when he's not in costume.
Rowsdower
Rowsdower - 3/19/2013, 7:05 AM
The hairdo is just not working for me.
MrReese
MrReese - 3/19/2013, 7:23 AM
I'm with @neo this my least anticipated movie.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 3/19/2013, 7:48 AM
Agh, c'mon people... Where's your faith at? lol You all make it sound like the movie is going to be a 4 5/10.

The Wolverine and X-Men: Days of Future Past are going to own!!!!! How is Days of Future Past overly crowded??? What about the Avengers?? They're just following source material in regards to the characters. Meh, well with the exception of a few, but I mean you honestly have to remember that the film is taking place in two different time lines.

-Alternate Future (Mutant Houlocaust) Antagonist:.Sentinels
-70's (Assanination) Antagonist: Brotherhood of Evi Mutants

Perhaps some of the "over crowded" cast are only new members to the brotherhood. And then again you have to think about the concentration camp in the alternate future so there's no need to just have 5 mutants there... We need to see more than just the original X-Men/Magneto.

TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 3/19/2013, 7:49 AM
*Evil*
minusman
minusman - 3/19/2013, 8:10 AM
@Orpheus- I certainly hope so. A Wolverine who is little more than a brutal killing machine may cause nerdgasms but it certainly wont go over well with the general audience.
A good writer and director will recognize how much depth and dimension Wolverine actually has and will explore them eagerly.

@Levi- Wolvies suit just wont work in this type of movie. To not look completely ridiculous, it would have to be some type of modified samurai armor.
m0th3r
m0th3r - 3/19/2013, 9:05 AM
@TheBlackWolverine Yea, based on their track history they will rock...not..

Based on the Millar-Singer trainwreck of communication, track history of producer, the seeming lack and convoluted changes of story, timeline and cannon..

I mean really, outside of really wanting it to be good, wtf does anyone think make its look good so far? Even the Wolverine pics are nothing to make judgement yet...so people can scream that MCU people are bias (Sony did ok btw...they can keep spidey) but Fox Studios sucks ass, doesn't care about the fans or cannon..the ONLY reason they are spoon feeding you guys this is because Avengers made two truckloads of cash..no other reason...Hell, wolverine was in production and hs changed from sequel to standalone to whateverthe[frick] it is now...
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 3/19/2013, 9:22 AM
@m0th3r Dude, I think it's a good thing that millar and singer don't talk a lot. Usually, when the studio gets too involved with a movie, we end up having Spider-Man 3. Let the director do his thing.
LordOfTheZegaRealm
LordOfTheZegaRealm - 3/19/2013, 9:51 AM
@NeoBaggins Noooooo! Why did you have to forget:(
m0th3r
m0th3r - 3/19/2013, 9:52 AM
@OrgasmicPotatoe In most cases i would agree, but Whedon is at least in the loop. And he isnt ur usual Studio Hack. Not to mention they trotted out and sold it as Millars Universe...

I think ultimately my point has been missed. I LOVE the Xmen, and truly think the Fox wont do them justice. I realize we can be hopeful, excited and optimistic..and that's great..but i just don't believe it. Like i said, what exactly based on fact and not hope makes people think this is going to be better then the overall average of Fox productions? It appears to me to be another half-ass attempt based on Avengers payday why would we think it would be quality? Like MCU films or not, Marvel had a plan and executed it and they appear to be continuing to do that. Has the uniqueness of the individual films suffered for the vision, maybe. Fox Studios appears to lack the commitment to the characters beyond the next payday that even Sony seems to genuinely care about. I really think Fox doesnt care about the characters and ultimately i want something great and dont believe they are capable of delivering it.

There is one other thing that, to me at least, ONLY FOX seems to miss. When you see changes of cannon in MCU, Spiderman, or DC Movies there seems to be some care taken to insure that the spirit or core of the cannon is maintained while adjusting the story. To me, Fox productions have always missed this (Except Daredevil, only part that was really solid). Regardless of whining and bitching here, that is a primary critic of me personally...Rant over..sorry :P
hescian
hescian - 3/19/2013, 9:52 AM
They've already ruined Wolverine as a character.
"He comes from a shattered history of violence, cruelty and abuse inflicted on him."?
Not in the movies. In the movies, he's a nice guy, with a conscience, who doesn't like to kill or do harm, who happened to be a mutant, who was tricked into getting adamantium. He can't even fight well, as he keeps getting his ass kicked by everyone.
Before every movie, Hugh talks on interviews about how much he loves the character, and how audiences are going to see the Logan that everyone wants to see, and it's always the same result.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 3/19/2013, 10:31 AM
@LordOfTheZegaRealm Maybe I'll stop by or call the theater. It was really weird. A strange tagline or something. I would have thought it was fake had I not been in an actual cinamark theater. Damn, I coulda looked this morning when I was at target getting the Hobbit. Didn't even cross my mind. =(
hescian
hescian - 3/19/2013, 10:51 AM
@balwhale: my point is that even though he fought in wars (which were decades apart, so he didn't spend the next century only fighting), even with what happened to his father and brother, he was clearly a well-adjusted person with good ethics and a good conscience. The Wolverine in the comics (at least the ones I grew up with in the 80's) was mostly conflicted because he knows he's done horrible things, and has to constantly fight with the animal inside him that's trying to get out.
In these movies, there is no animal trying to get out. He's a nice guy, who happens to be indestructible.
MisterNiceGuy
MisterNiceGuy - 3/19/2013, 12:27 PM
This movie will have to be reaaaaalllly [frick]ing mind blowing for me to completely neglect the other movies and see this as its own entity. *fingers crossed*
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/19/2013, 12:41 PM
Getting sick of these.
MisterBabadook
MisterBabadook - 3/19/2013, 1:01 PM
He'll get the suit in the climactic ending sequence. They really have one last shot at Wolverine before people give up I think. I've been wrong before though.
chuckg313
chuckg313 - 3/19/2013, 3:12 PM
Why do these goofy directors think that a trench coat is the best look for wolvie and sabretooth???????? Goth isnt scary or sweet ! Get away from the "creepy black coat thing" it blows!
chuckg313
chuckg313 - 3/19/2013, 3:26 PM
Orpehus....i agree to an extent but there should be a happy medium this wolverine not hamlet......alot of wolvie fans like to see violence particularly in the stylish exciting way that wolvie can dish it out.as far as the xostume
id love to see some iconic shots of him in action in some version of his costume....i want drama, i want action....it CAN be done (see Batman
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