Wolverine | X-Men Origins

Wolverine : X-Men Origins | The Movie

2009-05-03T14:10:00.000-07:00

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 2009 superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Wolverine. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) strikes out on his own in this "X-Men" spin-off, in which he faces off with Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber).

The film focuses on the violent past of mutant Wolverine and his time with Team X, before Wolverine's skeleton was bonded with the indestructible metal adamantium. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X–Men universe whose debut in the film series have long been anticipated.

The plot also details his early encounters with Colonel William Stryker (Danny Huston), the Weapon X program and Wolverine's interactions with other mutants including his relationship with his half-brother Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber).

During it's first day of wide release, Wolverine took in an estimated $35 million, with almost $5 million of that from midnight showings.

Regarding Wolverine within the context of the X-Men film series, Tom Charity of CNN commented: "Serviceable but inescapably redundant, this Wolverine movie does just enough to keep the X-Men franchise on life support, but the filmmakers will have to come up with some evolutionary changes soon if it's going to escape X-tinction.

Critics reactions have been muted. Scott of The New York Times expressed that "X-Men Origins: Wolverine will most likely manage to cash in on the popularity of the earlier episodes, but it is the latest evidence that the superhero movie is suffering from serious imaginative fatigue." Sukhdev Sandhu of The Daily Telegraph stated that "Wolverine is an artificial stimulus package of the most unsatisfying kind."

Halle Longs For X-Men Return

2009-05-03T13:06:00.000-07:00

Celebrity News, Videos, Pictures

Halle Berry had expressed the desire to return as Storm, her weather controlling character in the X-Men trilogy in a manner similar to Hugh Jackman in Wolverine : X-Men Origins.

"I think that would be great. Storm deserves her own movie - if I can still fit into the suit," imdb.com quoted her as saying.

X-Men Origins | Wolverine Celebrity News Roundup

2009-04-24T10:36:00.000-07:00

Celebrity News, Videos, Pictures

Just to keep you all uptodate with news of X-Men Origins : Wolverine check out the stories below:

Latest X-Men Origins: Wolverine diary goes behind the claws

The developers behind X-Men Origins: Wolverine have been an outspoken bunch. In its latest dev diary, Raven Software discusses the settings for conflicts that shaped our little feral boy into the 'bub'-spewing man of today. ...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine the game - CraveOnline.com

So I spent the afternoon down at Activision in order to check out the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine game for Crave and our partners at SuperheroHype! Developer Raven Software has a history of success when it comes to comic book based ...

Professor Xavier In New X-Men Origins: Wolverine TV Spot - Screen Rant

Professor Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men and the school for gifted children, plays a part in the newest TV spot for X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Not long now for the premiere. Remember the film will be first shown in Tempe, Arizona on 29 April 2009. Tempe were the winners of the Wolverine Premiere Competition.

Hugh Jackman | On Set News

2009-04-21T10:53:00.000-07:00

Celebrity News, Pictures, Videos

Apparently Hugh Jackman may have accidentally stabbed a stuntwoman whilst filming the very first X-Men movie. During a fight scene in the film where we were first introduced to the character of Wolverine he caught the stuntwoman in the arm

The character Wolverine has an endoskeleton of Adamantium and so the Australian actor was wearing real metal talons while filming the 2000 comic book blockbuster. The props were in fact quite dangerous.

In an interview Hugh Jackman recalled an incident which left the stuntwoman playing Rebecca Romijn's double quite seriously hurt. This event was instrumental in forcing the moviemakers to revisit the manner in which they were to film the scenes involving the superhero's famous claws.

Jackman says, "On the very first film we had real metal claws and the girl who was playing Mystique, Rebecca Romijn, her stunt double and I were doing a fight sequence in the Statue of Liberty. I went to stab her in the arm, which was part of the choreography, and she's meant to move her arm away and she forgot and the thing went right into her arm, like an inch.

"I was stunned. It was one of those things, it was so deep, there was a hole, there was no blood coming out and then like a minute later, it was like a geyser. I didn't faint and I thought she was going to freak out, but she just said, 'Yes! I have been stabbed by Wolverine!' Typical stuntwoman."

Jackman's latest film X-Men Origins: Wolverine will premiere in Tempe, Arizona on 27 April 2009.

X-Men Origins | Wolverine Result of Premiere Competition

2009-04-20T00:00:00.001-07:00

Celebrity News, Videos, Photos

Well the result of the competition to hold the premiere of the summer blockbuster X-Men Origins : Wolverine has come to a close and the winner has now been announced.

Congratulations go to Tempe, Arizona. Tempe just beat Davis, California to the top spot. Great news.

The premiere will be a full red carpet event and will be attended by many of the cast including Hugh Jackman himself. The premiere of the film is scheduled for Monday April 27.

The film X-Men Origins : Wolverine is the prequel to the hugely successful X-Men Trilogy. We are introduced in the film to characters such as Gambit, Sabretooth, The Blob and many others.

X-Men Origins : Wolverine Cast Picture

We're all looking forward to getting news of the plot of the film to see if is as good as the early X-Men films. Not long to wait now.

X-Men Origins | Wolverine Film Leaks Out On Internet

2009-04-19T14:58:00.000-07:00

Celebrity Photos and News - X-Men Origins : Wolverine

Wolverine this summers first Hollywood Blockbuster has apparently leaked out onto the internet early. The scheduled release date for the film was 1 May 2009, however it appears that a copy of the film leaked out and was downloaded multiple times from as early as 31 March 2009. Apparently, Fox studio executives have brought in the FBI to investigate.

Hugh Jackman stars in the upcoming film as Wolverine. The film is a prequel in that it shows how Wolverine developed into the solitary loner he subsequently became in the X-Men trilogy.
Celebrity News, Videos, Photos - Hugh Jackman

The above photo shows Hugh Jackman as Wolverine with his Adamantium endoskeleton.

On April 20 we will hear which town in America has won the vote to host the X-Men Origins : Wolverine premier.

X-Men Origins | Wolverine Debuts Early

2009-04-19T13:39:00.000-07:00

Will X-Men Origins : Wolverine be this summers box office blockbuster?

Celebrity News, Videos, Photos

The film is due to debut nationally on 1 May 2009, but it the Fox studio executives are running a competition whereby the towns vote, via the films website, and the town with the most votes gets a film premiere, together with some of the cast members, including Hugh Jackman planning on attending. The town with the winning votes will get a full premier of X-Men Origins : Wolverine, complete with red carpet and all the big night trimmings. The premier will show in the winning town on 27 April 2009, with the winning town being announced on 20 April 2009.

There has been a lot of excitement over the release of this film as is explores how the tremendously popular character of Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman, becomes the solitary loner with the animantium skeleton and deadly claws.

Joining Hugh Jackman in this latest edition of the X-Men tales are Gambit, played by Remy LeBeau and Deadpool, played by Ryan Reynolds along with many others.

Following the tremendous success of the previous X-Men fims, it looks as though X-Men Origins : Wolverine will be a big hit this summer.

There have been rumors of the film being leaked in the Far East. More on this as the story develops.

You can watch the trailer of X-Men Origins : Wolverine below:

X-Men Origins : Wolverine Trailer

Wolverine Photos

It is always a pleasure to see Hugh Jackman on the big screen. There are plenty of pictures of Hugh as Wolverine all over the internet.

More news to follow.