New Wolverine Film X-Men: Origins

[triplej96]

Picture there as well! I am pumped.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/02/...ins-wolverine/

[ex carrabba fan]

Sabertooth, Gambit, The Blob are rumored.. apparently Deadpool is confirmed to make a cameo.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35658

[mgoblue]

Gambit!?!?!?! Awesome! He's always been my favorite of the X-Men....

[trobinson97]

Is this going to be based off the actual Origin tale from the comic? That'd be sweet.

[NovaStar]

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Gambit!?!?!?! Awesome! He's always been my favorite of the X-Men....

Im with you on that one! Remi Lebeaux is the freakin man. One of my all time favorite comic book characters.

[Flawless]

SDCC 08: Wolverine Unleashes Gambit

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20th Century Fox offered a special treat today for fans attending the studio's movies presentation at the San Diego Comic-Con with a first look at next year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, complete with an appearance by Logan himself, star Hugh Jackman. The Gavin Hood-directed spin-off recounts Wolverine's exploits before he joined the X-Men. The prequel stars Liev Schreiber as Victor Creed (a.k.a. Sabretooth), Danny Huston as William Stryker, Dominic Monaghan as Beak, Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, and Will.i.am as Wraith. Jackman surprised the crowd with his "unscheduled" appearance, telling the fans that the movie had literally just wrapped filming and thanking them for all the success he's had thanks to Wolverine. He then came down off the stage to meet Wolverine creator Len Wein and shake his hand. Jackman then presented "bad ***" exclusive full of "beserker rage" footage from the movie, which he also produced. And we can confirm that it was indeed bad ***. The trailer-like sequence opens with Logan and Creed in a military prison cell where they survived execution by firing squad for decapitating a senior officer. They are met by Colonel William Stryker, who offers them a chance to serve their country by taking part in the Weapon X program. We then saw glimpses of the team's different members: Blob, Deadpool. Wraith and, in perhaps the biggest mass geekgasm Hall H has ever heard, Gambit. We then see Logan in the tank where he undergoes the adamantium process, awakening in a beserker rage and slashing down a number of guards. Stryker then calls on Creed, clad in a black trenchcoat and black outfit, to hunt down his old Army buddy Logan. You can imagine how that turns out. The footage showed Gambit tossing his trademark cards and riding a motorcycle. There was plenty of shots from a chase sequence between Wolverine on a motorcycle, Army trucks and a helicopter. The wartime sequences appear to be set in the Vietnam era, with the New Zealand countryside doubling for Southeast Asia. Jackman, who had just gotten off a plane from Australia, did not take any questions but thanked the fans profusely for all they've done for his career. X-Men Origins: Wolverine opens May 1, 2009.

[ex carrabba fan]

What do you guys think about Gavin Hood? I don't know anything about him really, I looked over his directing history.. nothing I am familiar with.

Who thinks this will be along the lines of BB and TDK? I thought X-Men was extremely corny, all 3 of them. In fact pretty much all comic book movies recently have been underwhelming outside of BB and TDK.

[trobinson97]

Great choices for Gambit and Deadpool.

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Who thinks this will be along the lines of BB and TDK? I thought X-Men was extremely corny, all 3 of them. In fact pretty much all comic book movies recently have been underwhelming outside of BB and TDK.

I hope not. I liked those movies, I think they were great Batman films, but I saw them both and I don't get the overwhelming hype. Now they seem overrated to me. At the same time, I do agree that all three X-Men movies were not as good as I thought they could be. I thought the second was the best and it's the only one I decided to put money on.

As for Wolverine being like TDK, I highly highly doubt it. Really different kinds of characters. Wolverine would be the only one who'd compare to that brooding type of character like Batman. Deadpool's all about corniness and so is the actor playing him. There will most likely be some dark spots but I envision this will be a significantly brighter film. Even with the choices though, I am not really looking forward to it anymore. I was hoping they'd do Wolverine's real Origin story.

As for all comic book movies being underwhleming except for the last two Bat flicks, to each their own. I thought Sin City, 300, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, the first two Spider Man films, 30 Days of Night, both Hellboy movies and a couple of other were done very well.