A brand new fan film centering round Wolverine places the character in the viking period, even bringing one other favourite Marvel character to the quick.

We should still be greater than two months out from Deadpool & Wolverine however that doesn’t imply we don’t have new content material with the latter. Well, type of. Hugh Jackman could not have had something to do with it however a brand new fan film making its manner round the internet has given Wolverine his most badass makeover in a while, placing him in viking garb and reinterpreting the Marvel character in a manner we didn’t know we would have liked!

After a precautionary disclaimer saying the Wolverine fan film isn’t meant to capitalize on the property (hey, you by no means know what Disney will sue for), we hear a personality growl, “I am wrath. I am chaos and violence. I am death and resurrection. I am Fenrir’s fury,” earlier than going into the motion. And there may be some fairly unimaginable motion right here, with the titular hero of Logan the Wolf doing just about every little thing he promised in his livid prologue, with a robust quantity of blood and gore (what an creative Glasgow smile!), some frenetic camerawork and manufacturing values that present simply how a lot French filmmaker Godefroy Ryckewaert and his crew love not solely the character however making films. (He additionally has a Captain America quick value seeing.) And simply so we can provide credit score the place it’s due, Teddy Massons serves as DP, Warlegends did the struggle choreography and Maxime Ecoiffier performs Logan. There’s additionally a enjoyable shock that offers another excuse to take a look at this fan film. As of publication, the video has just below 350,000 views.

When executed proper, fan movies such as Logan the Wolf can really do one thing distinctive with a personality, balancing homage and creativity in a manner that we by no means anticipated. And that’s simply what this Wolverine fan film – operating about 12 minutes – is, serving as the newest instance of a piece of admiration and respect {that a} studio couldn’t probably greenlight. The identical is likely to be stated of The Hunt for Gollum, a Lord of the Rings fan film that caught the ire of Warner Bros. 15 years after it was uploaded as soon as views rose dramatically following the announcement of a film with the identical identify. (Don’t fear, although, you may nonetheless discover it on-line.)

The promotional materials for Deadpool & Wolverine has been dynamite thus far, so simply take into account this fan film one other work to get us prepared for July twenty sixth.