New "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" Trailer

Wolverine isn't the only mutant heading to the cinema on May 1 2009 as the new trailer features Gambit, The Blob, Emma Frost and even a baby Storm.

If you're one of the many thousands of comic book fans who skipped over Keanu Reeves' "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and got your Sniktbub trailer fix from a blurry, shaky-cam video on YouTube, I've got some good news for you. IGN's Rotten Tomatoes landed the exclusive "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" trailer, which means you can stop trying to squint out the details and start freaking out because hey, that's totally Emma Frost turning into diamond and this is supposed to take place before everything! Nerd rage!

The film, which stars the sexiest man alive, Hugh Jackman, is the start of a new series of X-Men films intended to tell the story of their long, convoluted origins that are bound to be retroactively altered by the time the movies hit theatres. In the case of Marvel's poster-child for plot armor, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" takes us from his humble beginnings in the late 19th century, his battles in World War 2 (of which Captain America will most likely be missing) and of course, the Weapon-X program where he became the indestructible man-god we know and love today.

Of course, it wouldn't be X-Men without a bunch of mutants and the Wolverine film looks to have a good number of them. From the main villain Sabretooth (who is bound to lose his head at some point) to fan favorites such as Gambit and Deadpool, there are plenty of classic characters to be had. If you look closely enough, you can even spot what looks to be an orphaned Storm, living on the streets.

In other X-Men Origins news, writer David Goyer has confirmed to Superhero Hype that the previously planned Magneto spin-off has been placed on hold in order to gauge the success of the Wolverine film. The origin films are being produced as to satiate the public's lust for Marvel films until we forget about the original X-Men trilogy and we get our Astonishing movie, scripted by Joss Whedon. Hey, a man can dream, right?

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I just seen it today and thought it was awesome, some sweet Logan and Sabertooth fighting plus my all time favorite Cajun Gambit is going to be in ti. this is one of my must see movies.

OMG that was amazing trailer.Hope this film delivers as I have been following this film for on and off for about 2 years now. I love Hugh Jackman in this role and now we get to see more of him. I CAN'T WAIT!

Honestly if Deadpool and Gambit are in this movie there's nothing that is going to stop me from seeing it.

There's some interesting casting going on there. I think I approve. I don't think I've ever seen Sabretooth look quite so menacing before.

Does Brian Cox make an appearance or is he not the same person who made Wolverine get all clawy?

There's no Brian Cox I'm afraid.

Batman laughs at your foolish attempts at another superhero film.

Seriously though, I'm sure it'll be fun, it'll probably have the brains of a challenged eight year old but then it is Marvel, so what do you expect? *Flame shields up*

I'm quite glad that they'll probably keep the X-men series separate from the Avengers linked films. Too many superpowers can spoil the broth (which is exactly why Justice League is going to suck as a film).

i'll be seeing that

I want it to be good, but based on the trailer, I don't think it will be quite what I like in my superhero/comic book films.

the timelines they have there make no sense to me, but anything has to be better than that devistatingly horrible X3. I will see this for sure, and then complain a lot afterwards.

well thank god they're giving sabretooth a real role in this film, wolverine and sabretooth have been at eachother's throats for years. sabretooth was pretty much nothing more than a useless extra in the first film.

i have my fingers crossed they don't ruin deadpool and gambit

i wonder if they'll show Vindicator and Alpha Flight in it

that crystal type girl could very well be Snowbird and it would make a lot more sense to be her as well

Very cool trailer and plenty for the comicgeeks like myself.

Big question is what'll happen to Sabretooth in relation to him being in the original X-Men film.

Is this movie a Reboot or a Retcon?

looks really good. Gambit looks bad ass. I hope it does good so we can get Magneto

I predict bad things. Which could actually be a good thing, because it might finally bring about the end of this goddamn deluge of half-assed comic-book movies.

I saw a trailer a few minutes ago on TV. I'm glad Sabertooth is in this one. It was a mistake killing him in the first movie.

Malygris:
I predict bad things. Which could actually be a good thing, because it might finally bring about the end of this goddamn deluge of half-assed comic-book movies.

Same, I'm getting sick of comic based flicks. I bet this movie is going to invoke all kinds of nerd rage.

I also just read that Sabretooth is going to be played by Liev Schreiber, and will be portrayed as Logan's half-brother - and that they fought together during both World War 2 and Vietnam.

Yes, bad things. Many bad things.

meatloaf231:
Honestly if Deadpool and Gambit are in this movie there's nothing that is going to stop me from seeing it.

Same here, man.

I won't lie; I saw The Day the Earth Stood Still on release day, and this was the best part of the entire movie theatre experience. Ahhh, Hugh Jackman.

The entire thing looks amazing! Gambit and Deadpool = Two people I have wanted to see in one of these movies for awhile. Those two are reason enough for me to see it, but the movie itself does look pretty good.