Sink Your Claws Into Eight New Images From ‘The Wolverine’

To build up anticipation for this week’s release of the trailer for James Mangold’s highly-anticipated The Wolverine, eight new images from the film have been released. The images include the first official looks at the film’s Lady Viper, Mariko, and Yukio. Check them out below.

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis 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, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before.

The Wolverine hits theaters July 26, 2013.

Source: EW