X-Men Origins : Wolverine | Official Trailer!

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE HD

Next year's lineup of summer blockbusters doesn't seem as hot as this years or better still last year's, but there are some pretty good ones in there. I cannot wait for Watchmen, to be honest, and Transformers 2 is next in line. Terminator Salvation looks like a boatload of fun, and so does 2012. And then there's this guy played by Hugh Jackman. Feral, roughneck, animalistic, and full of rage. Yep, Wolverine gets his own flick come May 1 2009 and here's the film's official trailer.

I'm really liking how Hugh Jackman has dived into the character and amped up the pissed-off aura. Nice. This is the best he's looked as Logan / Wolverine. Gambit looks cool (although I still say Josh Holloway would have been a better 'ragin' Cajun'). And as for the rest of the cast, they look incredibly cheap. Will.i.Am? Maggie Q? Ryan Reynolds? Sure, Reynolds makes an awesome Deadpool but these faces are so familiar that they do nothing but make this flick look like a celebrity TV commercial. Will.i.Am? Seriously? Are they gonna' feature one of his songs during the credits? Will.i.Am?!

The last time I set my hopes too high on an X-Men movie I was disappointed beyond belief. And let's not even bring Spider-Man into this. Ugh. So far Wolverine looks decent, if not pretty good, and I'm hoping the flick turns out to be something I'd like to own on DVD as well. We'll just have to wait and see how this plays out. Mind you, next to the Bat, Wolverine is my favorite comic book character.

You can watch the trailer in HD glory on their MySpace page HERE (you'll have to add them to as friends, though), or you could wait until the official site has it up over HERE.