New image of Hugh Jackman in The Wolverine

There's just over six months to go until Hugh Jackman's latest superhero outing in The Wolverine, so it's a little surprising that we're yet to see so much as a teaser trailer for the X-Men solo spin-off. To help tide us over until we get our first look at some footage from the film, 20th Century Fox has released a new image of Logan in his new Japanese surroundings.


The Wolverine is directed by James Mangold (Knight and Day) and sees Jackman joined in the cast by Will Yun Lee (Total Recall) as Harada (a.k.a. the Silver Samurai), Hiroyuki Sanada (The Last Samurai) as Shingen, Brian Tee (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift) as Noburo Mori, Hal Yamanouchi (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) as Yashida and Svetlana Khodchenkova (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) as Viper. Newcomers Rila Fukushima and Tao Okamoto will potray Yukio and Mariko, while Famke Janssen is also rumoured to reprise the role of Jean Grey from the original X-Men trilogy for a cameo appearance.

“Based on the celebrated comic book arc, The Wolverine finds Logan, the eternal warrior and outsider, in Japan. There, samurai steel will clash with adamantium claw as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will leave him forever changed.”

The Wolverine is set for release on July 26th, 2013.