Hey fanboys, batten down the hatches it's a new pic from Fox's Wolverine, which they are so confident in they won't even be previewing it at Comic Con this year. Nope, instead they have decided to give Empire Magazine an exclusive new image of Hugh Jackman as the title character staring off into the distance pondering a lost love or perhaps what he is going to have for dinner.

Fox's lack of promotion of this film and this new picture that is highly reminiscent of the homo-erotic posters for X-Men 3 (Exhibit 1, Exhibit 2, Exhibit 3 and Exhibit 4) don't give me much hope for this film. I mean, what better venue is there to premiere footage from a film such as Wolverine, an iconic comic book character, than a comic book convention of which the entire industry focuses their eyes on. Perhaps introduce your relatively inconspicuous director. Show a little footage. Get folks excited. Sure, it's going to do business, but look what the Con did for 300 and Iron Man. Promoting in the right areas works, especially when it starts buzz several months in advance.

However, all you get is a forlorn look from a character I never had much interest in after his three film incarnations. I am not sure if boring or uninteresting is the right word, but go ahead with either one and you have my opinion of Wolverine. Oh well...

For a larger look at the image teased above click here.