THE HOBBIT Actor Richard Armitage Has Been Cast As WOLVERINE For Marvel's First Ever Scripted Podcast

THE HOBBIT Actor Richard Armitage Has Been Cast As WOLVERINE For Marvel's First Ever Scripted Podcast

We may not have a replacement for Hugh Jackman's take on Wolverine yet, but The Hobbit actor Richard Armitage will portray the iconic mutant for Marvel's first ever scripted podcast. More past the jump...

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By MarkCassidy - Dec 05, 2017 01:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Wolverine
Source: Mashable

Marvel and Stitcher have announced that they are collaborating on Marvel's first ever scripted podcast, which will focus on everyone's favorite mutant berserker

The ten-episode event it titled Wolverine: The Long Night, and was written by DC Comics scribe Benjamin Percy. British actor Richard Armitage (The Hobbit trilogy, Hannibal) will star as the voice of Logan.

You can check out a plot synopsis and some promo art below.

"The story begins with two agents, Sally Pierce (Celia Keenan-Bolger) and Tad Marshall (Ato Essandoh), who arrive in the fictional town of Burns, Alaska, to investigate a series of murders. The duo team up with deputy Bobby Reid (Andrew Keenan-Bolger) to investigate their main suspect, Logan (Armitage), but that's just the tip of the iceberg. "


Wolverine: The Long Night will premiere on Stitcher Premium in spring 2018, before receiving a wider release on all podcast platforms in fall 2018.

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Fogs
Fogs - 12/5/2017, 1:43 PM
Nice, reminds me of the Spawn storyline McFarlane mentioned.
PicolasCage
PicolasCage - 12/5/2017, 1:48 PM
I saw “Richard Armitage cast as Wolverine” and my heart skipped a beat lol
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 12/5/2017, 1:50 PM
Its Scary how much he resembles Hugh. lol
Stinkor1
Stinkor1 - 12/5/2017, 1:50 PM
So we get to listen to ten hours of Thorin grunting and growling? I’m sold...
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 12/5/2017, 1:50 PM
I did word the headline a certain way to kinda catch people out! Though to be fair, I could have made it even more click-baity.
Supercat6376
Supercat6376 - 12/5/2017, 1:51 PM
Totally misread that and went into it really hyped lol I shouldn’t be let down but I feel kind of......
Lostcause
Lostcause - 12/5/2017, 2:46 PM
@Supercat6376 - I pitty the fool...that misreads!
Supercat6376
Supercat6376 - 12/5/2017, 8:45 PM
@Lostcause - 😂😂😂😂😂😂
SuperiorMrGod
SuperiorMrGod - 12/5/2017, 1:51 PM
If this whole Fox thing wasn't happening this would be less confusing to me i think.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 12/5/2017, 1:51 PM
Richard Armitage is British Hugh Jackman
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