The Wolverine: Three New Photos Emerge

In the run-up to next week's first theatrical trailer, the promotional campaign for director James Mangold's upcoming X-Men sequel The Wolverine has has heated up. Earlier this week, we got some photos and interviews from a magazine interview, followed by an action figure trailer yesterday--then early this morning, Fox officially released three new photos from the film via Empire Online, who have been a preferred promotional partner for The Wolverine pretty much right along. It's all Jackman here, folks, without a lot of clues as to the plot, although if we were right and that sharp suit he was wearing in earlier stills was funeral attire, it looks like even that somber day doesn't go over without a little additional bloodshed... Check them out at right and below.