Let's address the elephant in the room. Many of you will look at that one Viper image below, that I'm also using for the icon image, and notice that Jessica Biel ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre") is depicted as Viper. A role that Svetlana Khodchenkova ended up playing in James Mangold's film. For those of you that don't know or forgot, about a year ago, it was reported, by multiple
sites, that Jessica had landed the part. A day later, Jessica informed
Hitfix that it wasn't a done deal. Then shortly after that, she officially exited the project claiming a scheduling conflict. You know, since she is so busy. Anyways, enjoy all the cool art below.
Viper Concept Art by Joshua Min
Wayne John Haag
POW Camp
Capsule Hotel Ext 1
Capsule Hotel Ext 2
Red Light District
Yukon Airport
Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he will face a host of unexpected and deadly opponents in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality.
The Wolverine will be directed by James Mangold (Knight and Day), from a script written by Christopher McQuarrie.. The cast includes: Hugh Jackamn (Logan/Wolverine), Svetlana Khodchenkova (Viper), Hiroyuki Sanada (Shingen), Hal Yamanouchi (Yashida), Tao Okamoto (Mariko), Rila Fukushima (Yukio), Brian Tee (Norubo Mori), and Will Yun Lee (Kenuichio Harada/Silver Samurai). The film will claw into theaters July 26, 2013.
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