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X-MEN Trask Industries Viral Video

Uncanny X-Men #141 courtesy Marvel.com

2014 will be open season on mutants!

X-Men of past and future will join forces in a new film based on a classic comic book story. The mutants will the face the Sentinels in X-Men: Days of Future Past next year.

 

A new viral video hit the web called Trask Industries: Your Future showcasing the company’s commitment to the human race. Bolivar Trask is the creator of the mutant hunting robots called the Sentinels.

 

Keep watching the clever company promotional video to see how the classic enemies will look in the Bryan Singer directed sequel.

 

If Trask Industries has its way there will not be any mutants in the future. Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) is playing Trask. Continue reading X-MEN Trask Industries Viral Video

The Wolverine Synopsis

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine courtesy Marvel.com

  The official synopsis for The Wolverine is out. Hugh Jackman is reprising his role as the fan favorite X-Man.

“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.”

  That arc is by legendary Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. Logan falls in love with the daugher of a Japanese crime lord and will face the Silver Samurai. Here’s a link to the cast announcements. The search continues for an actress to play the Viper.

Filming is under way in Australia. Thanks to Marvel.com.

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“The Wolverine” Movie Release Date!

  Summer 2013 just got a little wilder and hairier! Fox announced July 23, 2013 as the release date for The Wolverine according to The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision. This will be Logan’s second solo movie starring Hugh Jackman and directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line).

  This story is set in Japan and is said to based on the first Wolverine miniseries by the legendary team of Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.

  This story introduced two of Logan’s most iconic leading ladies: Lady Mariko, daughter of a crime lord and Yukio, wild Ronin.  Wolverine is caught between the ninjas of the Hand, Clan Yoshida and their mutant enforcer, Silver Samurai!

 

Wolverine #300 cover by Adam Kubert courtesy Marvel.com

 

  Wolverine #300 just kicked off with Logan back in Japan. This is Jason Aaron’s final arc on Logan’s solo series and features a brand new Silver Samurai.