French magazine Climax had a cover story about the highly-anticipated “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, including a ton of new pics from the film. You can check them out, along with scans of the original magazine, right here.

Set roughly twenty years before the events of the first X-Men film, the “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” focuses on Wolverine’s mysterious and violent past, his induction into the dangerous Weapon X program, his early loves, and the complex relationship he has with fellow mutant and Weapon X member Sabretooth, who will eventually become his nemesis.

The movie stars Hugh Jackman as the clawed mutant Wolverine, Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth, who has similar feral powers to Wolverine, Danny Huston as Colonel Stryker, commander of Weapon X, and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, the sword-weilding, joke-cracking assassin with a healing power like Wolverine’s.

Wolverine, also known as Logan, is a mutant from Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in “Incredible Hulk” #180 in October 1974, and was created and designed by Marvel art director John Romita Sr and writer Len Wein. He was first drawn for publication by Herb Trimpe. One of Marvel’s and the comic industry’s most recognizable characters, Wolverine, an anti-hero with a mysterious and long-lived past, has superhuman healing powers, enhanced animal-like senses, and long claws that he can unleash through his knuckles. His skeleton and claws have been reinforced with the fictional unbreakable metal called adamantium, a result of his time as a test subject for a military super-soldier project that also altered his memories and at one time, turned him into a killing machine.

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” hits theaters May 1st, 2009.

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By Costa Koutsoutis, (Source: io9.com)