Dec 15 2008'Wolverine' Trailer: See Wolvering & Friends Do Everything Imaginable
Here's the trailer for the movie about that Wolverine character. Watching it has done nothing to lessen my reservations about this being something I'd watch more than once, but there's something I like about its unabashed fan pandering I find almost endearing.
Every comic fan of the '90s has wanted to see classically cool characters Gambit and Deadpool in live-action form, so it makes sense to shoehorn those guys into the plot, but the makers of Wolverine have gone so above and beyond that in terms of fulfilling every strange fan wish they could think of. Wolverine in a boxing match against The Blob, the padded gloves covering his primary weapons? Of course that happens. That was always the nucleus of the script. Wolverine launching off a motorcycle onto the back of a moving helicopter? That has been a fan request for so long, they just had to include it. And so much more:
That guy-fighting-a-helicopter-by-leaping-from-another-vehicle sequence is nearly as convincing as the one from Austin Powers 3! And did you catch the shot of Deadpool/Van Wilder Ninja in a Red Shirt?
As long as they were fulfilling every possibly scenario a fanboy might ever desire, why could we not also get Wolverine battle a lightsaber-wielding Terminator Mario army? Yeah, probably copyright issues.


Reader Comments
1. Brian - December 15, 2008 2:27 PM
Poppin' the "First" cherry all day, bitches!!
2. GLadtosay - December 15, 2008 2:33 PM
Can't wait to see the full movie! Second?
3. Justin - December 15, 2008 2:42 PM
word.
4. telia - December 15, 2008 2:51 PM
i'd hit it
5. It's Brittany bitch - December 15, 2008 2:51 PM
Looks pretty corny. Exactly what I was afraid of. I'll still go see it because I always thought i was the wolverine growing up. (i was kinda hairy for my age)
2 things...
1. Can we please stop with the walking away, back to an explosion shots? So cliche. It almost kept me from watching IronMan (good thing it didnt)
2. The 1-liners have to go. Do movie execs actually say..."um, we dont have enough one liners in this one."
Oh, and F CK ALL Ya'LL!
6. GARTHvader - December 15, 2008 2:52 PM
That... was... ridiculous!
This shit will fuck TDK up, i bet ya. Talk about dark and bad-ass, huh.
Move over bat boy, 'cause the wolverine is in the fucking building!
Can I get a WOOT WOOT?!?
7. jaime - December 15, 2008 3:06 PM
i don't know what to think of this movie yet. but i guess it's jackman's only or best source of income, so we should respect it. let's face it, anybody under, say, 25 knows him exclusively as wolverine...
@1: nice, real classy!
@5: you're totally right on both points.
8. Thomas - December 15, 2008 3:06 PM
Hmm the trailer looks like the same footage from SDCC, can anyone confirm if it's the same as the trailer shown with The Day the Earth Stood Still?
Some early images of the new Wolverine figures are also out for those who care. Be warned, they all look like freakin bootlegs...
http://youbentmywookie.com/news/first-look-x-men-origin-wolverine-action-figures-2366
9. Floppy Bob - December 15, 2008 3:07 PM
Looks alright, Gambit looks lame though.
I think it'll do well but won't be close to TDK.
10. GARTHvader - December 15, 2008 3:11 PM
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_Logan_
11. Linuse - December 15, 2008 3:24 PM
Why does the child version of Wolverine have claws? [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/Quinn4597/wtf.jpg[/IMG]
I thought that was why he went in the tank in the first place was for the Adamantium overhaul. If he has claws his whole life there are going to be a lot of pissed of nerds when this comes out.
12. Sithlord - December 15, 2008 3:39 PM
he always had claws dude. even as a kid, he just had "bone claws", after the experiment, he had "adamantium claws". so there...
....fyi
13. Matt - December 15, 2008 3:42 PM
Actually they revealed in the comics (back in the 90's) that he was born with em
14. ryan - December 15, 2008 3:43 PM
@11: No way dude, it's established canon that Logan had the claws from birth, seen when he busts the claws out after magneto strips his skeleton in wolverine 75: http://grandcentralcomics.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/comic-book-throwback-wolverine-75-magneto-rips-adamantium/
15. Matt - December 15, 2008 3:45 PM
And also, was that supposed to be the White Queen turning into diamonds in the one scene?
16. Ed - December 15, 2008 3:52 PM
@ Linuse:
He had the claws but they were bone, then he had the adamantium put in him.
17. soahc - December 15, 2008 3:52 PM
He always had claws, just real ones, then they made his skeleton adamantium as Project X. Christ, I've never really been much a fan of Marvel comics and I know that.
18. Justin - December 15, 2008 4:01 PM
Wow. That was the funniest thing I've seen all day.
19. uH - December 15, 2008 4:14 PM
Liev's kinda making me hot
20. Icehawg - December 15, 2008 4:32 PM
Geezzus...I hope I never see another geek fight over Wolvie's claws again.
20th!
21. Terry - December 15, 2008 4:34 PM
Looks like storm is in it to...as a child. Check around 1:52-53.
22. Elmo - December 15, 2008 5:04 PM
I think Hugh works out a little *whistles*
23. silly trailer, but - December 15, 2008 6:09 PM
schreibs can be my immortal daddy
24. Jayfournines - December 15, 2008 6:46 PM
pffft...everyone knows that the real kickass X-Man is Banshee, time will prove me right
25. Jonny - December 15, 2008 7:21 PM
I would like to be the first to point out he was born with claws. BONE CLAWS.
26. kay - December 15, 2008 8:02 PM
looks like gambit should have hit the gym before filming :(
27. Mothra - December 15, 2008 9:03 PM
15. - I thought it looked like Diamond form Emma Frost, too! And definitely looks like little storm is in this.
Wish Gambit was more... well... Gambit-like.
28. yo' momma - December 15, 2008 9:30 PM
@ 25, uh jonny-at least 3 posts before you have said that.
29. Erica - December 15, 2008 9:42 PM
I had such high hopes for this one too. Everything looked relatively good until this trailer came out.
30. Charles - December 15, 2008 10:16 PM
I just came in my pants...this is gonna be A MILLON TIMES BETTER THAN THOSE LAST 2 X MEN FILMS!!!!!!!
31. Corkie - December 15, 2008 10:53 PM
I don't think anyone has answered this question yet, so I think I'll be the first: He was born with bone claws. Project X made his skeleton into adamantium.
32. Harry Coe - December 15, 2008 11:01 PM
Yeah! I didn't have to shell out any money to see the lame-ass remake of "Day the Earth Stood Still" to see the trailer!
Also, Gambit always equaled lame... "I'm Pepe LePew and I throw playing cards!" Really, you're mutant ability is to... deal cards? Really?
33. WAT - December 16, 2008 12:05 AM
If they're just going to make Deadpool Ryan Reynolds in a shirt, I'm gonna shit bricks all over the local theatres.
Motherfucker better tumor up real quick.
34. cbobgo - December 16, 2008 12:31 AM
didn't he have bone claws in the film "Never Back Down?"
35. sophie - December 16, 2008 3:23 AM
I agree, Sabertooth is setting my loins aflame at 2:16
36. Altecapollyon - December 16, 2008 7:23 AM
Gambit should have been Vincent Cassel.
37. His Majesty - December 16, 2008 8:01 AM
Hey, mor-rons, he always had bone claws! Duh. Everyone knows that--heck, I'm a blind, deaf, mute, paraplegic with an IQ of 2 and even I know that! It was in Wolver's Cream #69!
38. skint - December 16, 2008 8:18 AM
@32
gambet transfers kintic energey to anything!!!! hence the fighting staff and prevously trowing pipe,rocks spears and anything he can get his hands on in the middel of a fight he just chosses cards for the most part.
looks like they may even try the full sabertooth/wolverine history yay
39. Brian - December 16, 2008 10:08 AM
@7... it made you hot... admit it.
40. Dashing - December 16, 2008 10:41 AM
Looks like someone's been juicing. I don't care how much he's been working out at the gym, there had to be some extra "help."
41. Joshua - December 16, 2008 12:22 PM
Looks awesome! Did i see Silver Fox in there? Where is Maverick? lol. Ohh and i just want to add because i don't think anyone has highlighted this yet: Wolverine has always had claws, they are part of his bone structure. They got adamantium just like the rest of his skeleton. Defiantly Emma Frost in there. Didn't know she was part of Weapon X program...
42. tuco - December 16, 2008 1:49 PM
Since no one has pointed it out yet that I can see anywhere in the thread at all in any place, Wolverine's always had claws. I'm surprised no one's mentioned it. Really, really surprised. The only way I could be more surprised is if it turned out that I'm wrong and like ten people have mentioned it and I just never saw it.
43. Sammy - December 16, 2008 3:23 PM
YES WE KNOW THAT WOLVERINE HAD BONE CLAWS!!!!
It has been pointed out on several occasions in this thread!
I really wish people would actually read a thread before answering a question. Ugh.
Anywho...
The film looks like... another x men movie. I personally enjoy them for what they are: comic book movies. A little action, a little adventure some cool special effects. Woo!
Obviously I want them to be done well, and so far, it looks good I say! Wish Gambit were more like Gambit though.
44. Sammy - December 16, 2008 3:25 PM
Ps. LOL at tuco! It was bugging me too!
But seriously, OMG, have you not noticed, it's been mentioned like, 10 times! How SURPRISED are you NOW?! ;)
45. Brandon - December 16, 2008 4:12 PM
Really? You people who are whining about people mentioning that he always had bone claws didn't get that they were being sarcastic? You must be the people Hollywood makes most of their movies for.
46. Ted - December 16, 2008 4:51 PM
Wtf, I thought he had mutton chops as a kid? Isnt that his mutant ability? Mutton Chops?
47. D - December 16, 2008 6:15 PM
Did he have claws when he was a kid? I always wondered that. Wish someone could tell me.
48. Jonny - December 16, 2008 6:27 PM
@47
Yes, little known fact, he did indeed have claws as a kid. These claws were made of bone.
49. odette - December 16, 2008 6:29 PM
@ 19, 23 and 35
goodness gracious yes
50. sully - December 16, 2008 10:06 PM
Come on guys! EVERYONE KNOWS BY NOW THAT HE HAD BONE CLAWS!
On a totally unrelated note, someone up there asked some question, and I didn't really see an answer. So yes, #11, when Wolverine as a child he had claws, but they were just bone. They just covered them with adamantium for project x, but he always had them anyway. GOD, don't you know anything?
bone claws
51. not first - December 17, 2008 12:05 AM
So r u guys saying that he has always had claws, but they were from bones up until Project X? Thanks dudes...
52. Brian - December 17, 2008 9:46 AM
@51....
Yeah I'm confused too... so which is it? Did he always have claws or didn't he?
53. Icehawg - December 17, 2008 12:47 PM
Wolverine has claws?
54. D - December 17, 2008 1:59 PM
@53
No.
Wait... Who's Wolverine?
55. D - December 17, 2008 2:03 PM
By The way. I absolutely love the three people or so who honestly believe that these posts are happening because someone didn't read the thread. Love it.
But seriously... Who the f is Wolverine? Was he like, Superman's side kick or something?
What are bones?
56. The Professor - December 18, 2008 3:39 AM
#55 - Don't be such an asshat - everyone knows "bones" is that TV show with Angel playing a cop and some semi-hot babe as a CSI-type.
And its also McCoy's nickname on Star Trek.
Wait--i wonder which one everyone meant then...
so were Wolverine's claws made out of Dr McCoy or that CSI-Cop show with Angel?
How would they even do that? Is THAT his mutant power? He can make claws out of TV shows?
57. Chockolateez - December 18, 2008 6:34 AM
Did you notice William Stryker's son?
Does Wolverine's hairdo bug anyone?
58. Sarah - December 18, 2008 8:43 AM
The one nice thing about this movie is that it clearly has an actor who is dedicated to the role. Hugh Jackman doesn't need to be Wolverine anymore. He's a more highly-acclaimed actor now.
But he's sticking to it. I think that's cool.
59. Brian - December 18, 2008 10:38 AM
I think it's cool that he has those badass claws... good thing he wasn't born with those. He'd have been one hell of a playground bully.
60. B-Rad - December 18, 2008 11:08 AM
@56...
Do you REALLY mean Dr Leonard McCoy (Star Trek) or Dr Hank McCoy (Beast)?
I'm really utterly confused by all this.
61. Matt - December 18, 2008 11:37 AM
Ugh. *sigh* Oh well. I don't have much desire to see this movie, now. That was NOT sabretooth. Why didn't they get the guy from the first X-men to be Sabretooth? He actually looked somewhat like the character. How they came to the conclusion that a guy who looks like the new James Bond would make a good Sabretooth is baffling to me. Gambit looks gay as hell. And why the fuck is the Blob even in this fucking movie? Lame!
62. sully - December 18, 2008 12:16 PM
the guy who played sabretooth in the first movie is too busy being michael myers in H2
63. Raven Leader - December 18, 2008 1:50 PM
OMG!! Gambit vs Wolverine! Unstoppable force meets un-killable force! Yeah dude!
64. The Professor - December 18, 2008 4:05 PM
@60 - Wow, thanks. Yeah, I totally forgot there were two. I meant Leonard McCoy from Star Trek. Although Hank McCoy is probably a better choice, because then he'd have claws made out of a guy that already has claws.
Hank McCoy was the Beast--he didn't have claws when he was born, just really big hands and feet. Except then he did an experiment or something and turned himself into a real beast, with fur and claws and stuff. So now he DOES have claws. And blue fur. I don't know why his fur is blue, but it's kinda cool. So that's HANK McCoy, AKA the Beast, which is totally going to rock!
Wait---what the hell is Wolverine doing in the Beast movie?
65. Iron Lantern - December 18, 2008 6:09 PM
@ 64:
(Sorry if I didn't get the sarcasm if it was there) but the Beast origionally had gray fur. Much like how the Hulk was gray then green, Beast's fur just turned blue for some reason.
66. Aj - December 18, 2008 6:29 PM
Wow, it looks incredible!!
67. BuggyBY - December 18, 2008 7:07 PM
Meh. I'd say the trailer needs at least ninety seconds more Deadpool. Talking to the audience.
Actually, a Deadpool-only movie would be sweet.
68. bob - December 18, 2008 9:12 PM
@36 - that would have been tight!
69. Chad - December 19, 2008 5:48 PM
They picked the perfect actor for DeadPool, Ryan Reynolds who is a smart ass. Also that dude in the white with the pistols is supposed to be Maverick.
70. thechalkie - December 20, 2008 2:19 AM
thats really bad! being a comic reader i get really agrovated by marvel bring out film after film that has as much relation to the comic as an oxymoron. also hugh is the worst choice you can have for wolverien.... he is to tall and to good looking for wolverine
71. Hugh Lackman - December 20, 2008 4:49 AM
bone claws
72. i am wolverine - December 20, 2008 10:00 AM
so... his bones are made of claws
73. no no no no no - December 20, 2008 5:13 PM
you can keep that crap.
74. The king of all you - December 20, 2008 9:57 PM
But if the magneto ripped out his claws then why does he have them in these movies? I just never understood that part
75. aj - December 21, 2008 12:23 AM
Ok i wasnt gunna say anything after i saw the first post,But after afew post i gotta say it.It was the WEAPON X program ok not "project x" damnit LOL!
76. aj - December 21, 2008 12:30 AM
Man i would've like to have seen that guy from the underworld movies you know the one that ultimately became half vamp/lycan as gambit i think he might have been good
77. Jon - December 21, 2008 10:57 AM
I'm glad they mentioned his other mutant ability - The ability to have every woman he loves get knocked off.
78. buzz_clik - December 21, 2008 10:24 PM
Clone bores.
79. Adri Leya - December 22, 2008 4:35 PM
NERD BONER!!!!
80. emily!!! - December 22, 2008 7:28 PM
badass!!!! cant wit for the movie to come out!
OH AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THOUGHT IT SUCKED BALLS
FUCK YOU BITCHES!!!
81. Doubley Ontondre - December 22, 2008 10:19 PM
Wolverine's claws were originally boners. The sheaths were added for weapon sex.
82. O'Really - December 23, 2008 12:53 PM
It all makes sense now!
83. v tard - December 24, 2008 1:59 AM
Would have loved the 6' 8" psychopath in orange tights and FUCK-U-PETA fur lining from the old Fox cartoon.....buuuuuuuut I guess I'll give the Russell Crowe wannabe a try.
84. Ayla - December 24, 2008 1:19 PM
aww man.. you guys are so funny.
and i must say you shouldnt rate an entire film based on its trailer.
im still gonna go watch it.
i semi-hope rogue makes an apperance for gambits sake.
85. alfalfa - December 25, 2008 3:50 PM
This whole movie is photoshopped
86. MythicFox - December 25, 2008 10:14 PM
Y'know, seeing all of the complaints about how certain characters and scenes look, I have to wonder...
Why do you all expect the movie to be any less goofy and cheesy than the comics? The movie could be perfectly accurate to the most well-written Wolverine stories of all time, and it's still going to come across as borderline retarded.
That said, I plan on enjoying the hell out of this movie, just as soon as it's got more Deadpool in it.
87. Mr.Anderson - December 28, 2008 5:53 PM
I agree with MythicFox. Don't get me wrong though, I still do my share of bitching when something hits the inaccuracy nerve in me but you can't expect to have the gay tights on these guys -_-'
I mean for fucks sake, that's the only reason why I'm not a comic nerd. While I find the marvel world interesting I just can't get myself of believe those freaking tights make them look cool at all. I think they just draw them that way for easy of drawing the actual comics.
But hey, what do I know. I still find the movie kicks ass and I'm even more excited to be waiting for this one than any of the previous x-men movies.
88. The king of all you - December 28, 2008 11:22 PM
boner claws
89. Jabberwocky - December 30, 2008 12:57 AM
This looks pretty damn ridiculous, which will probably make it worth the watch. I mean... well, I would say it couldn't be worse than any of the other X-Men movies but actually I think this is going to be sillier.
Eh, whatever. It should be worth at least one watch for the lulz.
90. I'm Paying Just to See Jackman - December 31, 2008 7:07 PM
I'm a girl. I grew up X-Men. I'm not going to care a goddamned bit about the plot as long as they've got Hugh Jackman half-bucks-nekkids in this film.
The end.
91. boneclaws - January 1, 2009 6:15 AM
Boner received.
92. The Rundown - January 1, 2009 8:21 PM
Everybody just needs to be happy they didn't start the X-Men Origins series with Storm...unless she would be naked...in which case, big mistake on the part of the studio.
93. Laqueefta - January 4, 2009 2:59 PM
I almost shit myself laughing when he jumped onto the helicopter. I was thinking that it might not be that bad, when all of the sudden he's flying through the air at a helicopter.... LMFAO. I was totally going to see this movie too.
94. pyoo pyoo pyoo - January 5, 2009 7:50 PM
all you bitching about the bone claws need to go back and read the fucking comics. They established the bone claws long before this movie. So it's sticking to the comic. Stop crying.
95. Bugnaz - January 7, 2009 2:53 AM
AMGz! They gave him bone clawz?
96. slappy - January 8, 2009 6:08 AM
wolverine always had a boner as a kid don't you people know anything.
Wait what are we talking about?
97. neofunk - January 8, 2009 7:20 PM
@8
LOL @ Wolverine with a freakin' sword. Overkill much?
98. Vieke - January 13, 2009 7:00 PM
you guy's realise that aint no bone claws....nor adimantium claws... it's plastic, or maybe unicornhorns.
99. X-Men number 1 fan - January 15, 2009 7:49 PM
i dont know where yu guys are getting your information but i own all the comics and know this stuff like the back of my hand. he did NOT have bone claws before the weapon-x thing. they added the claws in with it and his body put the bones in afterwards like it was evolution or something
100. หาเพื่อน - January 16, 2009 8:57 AM
i like it! AWZ.
101. i like bringing this up over and over = me loser - January 17, 2009 2:23 PM
SO HE HAD BONE CLAWS FIRST THEN METAL OR WHAT