Wolverine, The

The Wolverine is an American feature film of the superhero fantasy and action genres. It is the sixth film in the growing X-Men film series and the second film to spotlight the character of Logan, aka Wolverine, following the 2009 movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The movie was directed by James Mangold and written by Mark Bomback and Scott Frank. It was produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Marvel Entertainment and released theatrically in the United States on July 26th, 2013. The film stars Hugh Jackman, reprising the role of the eponymous antihero Wolverine as well as Tao Okamoto as his love interest, Mariko Yashida. The Wolverine also stars Rila Fukushima as ass-kicking sidekick Yukio, Hiroyuki Sanada as Shingen, Svetlana Khodchenkova as evil mutant Viper and Haruhiko Yamanouchi as Ichirō Yashida.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of Wolverine was created by writer Len Wein and artists Herb Trimpe and John Romita, Sr. for Marvel Comics. The character was originally featured as a supporting character in the Uncanny X-Men comic book series, before branching out into his own four-issue limited series in 1982 and his first ongoing series in 1989.


 * Production on The Wolverine began on July 30th, 2012. Principal filming on the movie concluded on November 1st, 2012.


 * The movie premiered in London, England on July 16th, 2013. It opened to wide release in the United Kingdom on July 25th, 2013 - one day before it's US release.


 * The Wolverine grossed $53,113,752 over it's opening weekend. It ranked at number 1 and was screened in 3,924 theaters, averaging $13,536 per show.


 * The Wolverine closed out of theaters on December 5th, 2013 - two days after it's home video debut.


 * The Wolverine was released on DVD and Blu-ray by 20th Century Fox on December 3rd, 2013. The Blu-ray edition incldudes a DVD copy of the film as well as digital HD copy.


 * Many of the plot elements from the film are adapted from the Wolverine, Volume 1 four-issue limited series, which was published by Marvel Comics from September-December, 1982. The opening scenes in Canada involving the bear are taken directly from the series.