The Wolverine

 

The Wolverine is an upcoming American/Australian superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine and is intended to be the sixth installment in the X-Men film series. Hugh Jackman reprises his role from previous films as the title character, with James Mangold directing a screenplay written by Christopher McQuarrie, Scott Frank, and Mark Bomback, based on the 1982 limited series Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.

 

 

Christopher McQuarrie was hired to write a screenplay for The Wolverine in August 2009. In October 2010, Darren Aronofsky was hired to direct the film. The project was delayed following Aronofsky's departure and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. In June 2011, James Mangold was brought on board to replace Aronofsky and Mark Bomback was hired to rewrite the screenplay in September 2011. The supporting characters were cast in July 2012. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.

 

 

 

PREMISE

 

Set sometime after X-Men: The Last Stand, Logan travels to Japan, where he engages a mysterious figure from his past in a fight that has lasting consequences. 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 ever before.

 

The Wolverine is scheduled to be released on July 24, 2013, in various international markets, July 25, 2013, in Australia and on July 26, 2013, in the United States.

 It’s title in Spanish-language territories is Wolverine: Immortal.

 

Also Known As

• Wolverine

• Wolverine 2

• Wolverine: The Samurai Story

• X-Men Origins: Wolverine Sequel

 

 

CAST

• Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine: a mutant and member of the X-Men

  • Hiroyuki Sanada as Shingen Yashida

• Hal Yamanouchi as Yashida

• Tao Okamoto as Mariko Yashida (daughter of Shingen)

• Rila Fukushima as Yukio

• Will Yun Lee as Kenuichio Harada / Silver Samurai

• Brian Tee as Noburo Mori

• Svetlana Khodchenkova as Viper

• Famke Janssen as Jean Grey