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The Wolverine is a 2013 superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine. It is the sixth installment in the X-Men film series , the second installment in the trilogy of Wolverine films after X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and a spin-off / sequel to X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
- July 26, 2013 (United States)
- Lauren Shuler Donner, Hutch Parker
Jul 26, 2013 · Wolverine travels to Japan to meet an old friend and faces a deadly enemy and his own mortality. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this X-Men spin-off.
- James Mangold
- 685
- 3 min
Wolverine travels to Japan to meet an old friend and faces a conspiracy involving yakuza and mutants. He is offered mortality by a dying businessman, but refuses and gets into a life-or-death battle with his nemesis.
The Wolverine is a 2013 action-adventure film starring Hugh Jackman as the mutant hero. It follows his journey in Japan, where he faces enemies, ghosts and a possible death. Critics praise its faithfulness to the comics and Jackman's performance, but criticize its final act.
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- James Mangold
- PG-13
- Hugh Jackman
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There are a total of 13 X-Men movies; Hugh Jackman's Wolverine appears in nine of them. Future X-Men/Wolverine movies will be developed by Marvel as part of the MCU, following Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2019. The X-Men are expected to play a role in the MCU's future, though no projects have been officially announced beyond Deadpool...
1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The easiest way to kick off a Wolverine binge is with Wolverine's movie origin story, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which traces his beginnings in Canada, in the 1800s, through his time with Major William Stryker's Team X - and then, naturally, the bonding of Wolverine's skeleton with the indestructible metal adamantium during the Weapon X program. Liev Schreiber also stars as Victor Creed -- aka Sabretooth (and Wolverine's half-brother). The story drops Wolverine off close to the doorstep of 200...
2. X-Men
Next up? The first-ever live-action X-Menmovie, which features Wolverine, and Anna Paquin's Rogue, being brought into Professor Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters - and becoming members of the X-Men. A reluctant Wolverine, crushing on Famke Janssen's Jean, helps the team topple Ian McKellen's Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants. James Marsden and Halle Berry also star.
3. X2
The excellent sequel to X-Men, X2: X-Men United, brings back ghosts from Wolverine's past as Wiillian Stryker -- now played by Brian Cox -- returns to hijack Xavier's mutant-tracking computer Cerebro, in order to destroy every mutant, causing Xavier's students and Magento's team to combine their forces to stop him. The original cast is back, plus Alan Cumming, Aaron Stanford, and Kelly Hu. Read IGN's review of X2 here.
If you're looking to watch all the movies in theatrical release order, the correct list is below: 1. X-Men (2000) 2. X2 (2003) 3. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) 4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) 5. X-Men: First Class (2011) 6. The Wolverine (2013) 7. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) 8. Deadpool (2016) 9. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) 10. Logan (2017) 11...
For those wondering what films are coming up next with Wolverine in, we've got the answers. Next up for him is Deadpool & Wolverine, as it was revealed all the way back in September of 2022 that Jackman would return to the role.This film was originally set to release on May 3, 2024, but the release date is now set for July 2024 and we have our firs...