Film Preview: The Wolverine

The film series has taken a small hiatus since its last film in 2011 after previous director Darren Aronofsky left the project as well as the tsunami that hitting Japan where they were filming lead to big delays. The film is to be released this year and this is quickly followed by Days of Future Past which is due to be released in 2014.

Hugh Jackman returns as Logan/Wolverine, a bit of a change from his role in Les Miserables as Jean Valjean, in the latest film in the X-Men franchise. Jackman's role as Wolverine in the X-men series launched his film career after a stellar career as a Broadway actor in the late 90's and coming to prominence outside of Australia by starring in Oklahoma! at the West End in London.

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 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 released in the UK on the 26th July and the trailer is embedded below: