Twentieth Century Fox has released the first trailer for next summer’s highly anticipated X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The film, which stars Hugh Jackman reprising the title role, is scheduled to hit theaters May 1st. The trailer focuses on the beginnings of Logan’s transformation into Wolverine including the death of his father at a young age, the death of his girlfriend at the hands of Victor Creed/Sabretooth (played by Liev Schreiber) and meeting William Stryker who gives Wolverine his adamantium skeleton through the Mutant X program.
The trailer also gives the audience glimpses of some new mutants to the film world including Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, Kevin Durand as The Blob, Will.i.am as Wraith, Daniel Henney as Agent Zero, Lynn Collins as Silver Fox and Taylor Kitsch as Gambit.
Wolverine is apparently holding the weight of any future X-Men films on its shoulders. The studio is reportedly holding off on plans for X-Men Origins: Magneto until the box-office receipts are counted on Wolverine. Despite a script from Batman Begins writer David S. Goyer and the huge success of The Dark Knight and Iron Man (and even The Incredible Hulk to a smaller extent), the studio is cautious about any future X-Men films. From the looks of the first trailer and the response from the fans, the studio should have little to worry about and we should see a Magneto story on the big screen soon.
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