The Wolverine and Magneto thread

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Feb 19, 2008


Twentieth Century Fox has added three more superheroes to "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," with Ryan Reynolds set to play Deadpool, "Friday Night Lights" regular Taylor Kitsch to star as Gambit and hip-hop artist will.i.am joining the cast as John Wraith.

Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston and Lynn Collins round out the cast as Victor Creed/Sabretooth, Col. William Stryker and Kayla Silver Fox, respectively.

Hugh Jackman reprises the role of Wolverine in the "X-Men" spinoff that Gavin Hood is lensing in New Zealand, Australia and New Orleans.

Pic bows May 1, 2009.

David Benioff penned the script, which would reveal the origins of the Wolverine character and introduce other mutants not yet seen in the "X-Men" franchise.

Marvel has been eyeing the possibility of casting Reynolds as Deadpool, an assassin with self-healing powers, for some time with the idea of spinning off the character into his own film series should the character prove popular among moviegoers.

Fox and Marvel have also long wanted to add the card-throwing character of Gambit to the "X-Men" franchise but could never find a way to give him enough screen time among the many other mutants that have appeared in each film.

Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am will play Wraith, a mutant who has the power to teleport, and is another test subject of the Weapon X program that created Wolverine and other mercenaries. It would be his first film role.

Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter are producing with Jackman and his Seed Prods. producing partner John Palermo. Marvel's Kevin Feige exec produces.

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Originally Posted by _____V_____

Feb 19, 2008


Twentieth Century Fox has added three more superheroes to "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," with Ryan Reynolds set to play Deadpool, "Friday Night Lights" regular Taylor Kitsch to star as Gambit and hip-hop artist will.i.am joining the cast as John Wraith.

Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston and Lynn Collins round out the cast as Victor Creed/Sabretooth, Col. William Stryker and Kayla Silver Fox, respectively.

Hugh Jackman reprises the role of Wolverine in the "X-Men" spinoff that Gavin Hood is lensing in New Zealand, Australia and New Orleans.

NICE. Ryan Reynolds actually would be a pretty good Deadpool.

[Kane_Hodder]

Yes, yes, YES! This is great news.:D
Thanks, _V_.

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Feb 21, 2008

Dominic Monaghan and Daniel Henney are the latest mutants to join the cast of Twentieth Century Fox's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."

Monaghan will play Barnell, a mysterious character from Wolverine's past who has the ability to manipulate energy and electricity.

Henney will portray Agent Zero, a member of the Weapon X program and an expert tracker with lethal marksman skills.

Hugh Jackman stars as the titular character, while Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Taylor Kitsch, will.i.am, Lynn Collins and Ryan Reynolds have already boarded the project, which is shooting in New Zealand, Australia and New Orleans.

Gavin Hood directs from a David Benioff screenplay, which chronicles the origins of the talon-sprouting protag.

Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter, Jackman and John Palermo are producing. Kevin Feige exec produces.

That would be cool to see Deadpool in the movie cause he is my second favorite comic book character.

[GorePhobia]

This movie is shaping up to be amazing. I cannot wait to see this. I think Jackman is amazing as Logan and Reynolds as Deadpool is just an awesome casting choice in my mind. I think the dude can seriously act. I loved him in Smokin' Aces.

Here is to hope this is a smash hit and is better then The Last Stand and atleast as good as X2.

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April 10, 2008


British martial artist-actor Scott Adkins (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Shepherd: Border Patrol, Undisputed 2) has reportedly been cast as "Weapon 11" in the Fox-Marvel spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

According to a fansite, Adkins' Weapon 11 "will feature in the end sequence fight scene against Wolverine."

In other news, actor-model Daniel Henney has spoken to The Daily News about landing the role of "Agent Zero" in Wolverine, which marks his U.S. feature film debut.

Henney recalled meeting with Fox's head of casting about Wolverine. "We sat down and she explained the basic premise of the film to me. I had no idea at this point that the director, producers, including Hugh Jackman, and executives at Fox had already made a decision on me," said Henney. "They had somehow seen some of my past films and thought I'd be right for the role."

He added, "I then rushed back to my hotel, tore through the script, made a few phone calls to rearrange my schedule and called them back and happily accepted the role."

Just four days later Henney was on a plane to New Zealand to begin filming.

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November 11, 2008


Purported plot details have emerged about director David Goyer and 20th Century Fox's X-Men prequel Magneto. The project follows the formative years of Erik Lensherr, the World War II concentration camp survivor who would later found and lead the Brotherhood of Mutants in an ongoing campaign against homo sapiens.

The Coventry Telegraph points out a Magneto plot synopsis originally posted at Production Weekly: "The storyline will heavily involve Professor X, the wheelchair-using X-Men leader. That character was a soldier in the allied force that liberated the concentration camps. The professor meets Magneto after the war and while they bond over the realization that they are alike in their special powers, their differences soon turn them into enemies."

The Telegraph's reporter said that the Magneto script he read differed from this new synopsis in that it had Charles Xavier "working in Israel at a hospital where he helped war survivors from both sides to recover and rehabilitate." This storyline is in keeping with Uncanny X-Men #161, a flashback issue that revealed the origins of Xavier and Magneto's friendship.

At a hospital for recovering Holocaust victims in Haifa, Israel, an ambulatory Charles Xavier discusses a potential evolution in man and the world's reaction to such a discovery. The early seeds of the philosophical battle between Professor X and Magneto are sown in a very frank discussion that precludes an encounter with HYDRA. The two essentially come out to one another and while Charles is foolish enough to believe he has discovered a new ally for the future, Magnus knows too well that their lives are taking separate paths.

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November 25, 2008


X-Men Origins: Wolverine won't be in theaters until May 1, 2009, but moviegoers will get their first real glimpse of the Hugh Jackman spin-off with the sci-fi remake The Day the Earth Stood Still on Friday, December 12.

20th Century Fox exclusively tells IGN that while the trailer will premiere in theaters a little over two weeks from now, fans will have to wait longer for it to turn up online or even on television. In short, the only way to see it soon will be to buy a ticket.

"We are so excited that fans will be experiencing it first on the big screen," a Fox spokesperson tells IGN.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is still somewhat under wraps, but is believed to be primarily set around two decades before the events of the first X-Men movie. The story will focus on Logan/Wolverine's violent past, including his early dealings with William Stryker -- the origins of the Cold War-era Weapon X supersoldier program -- and Victor Creed, who would soon become his nemesis, Sabretooth.

We'll know more when the preview debuts in theaters on Friday, December 12 with The Day the Earth Stood Still.

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I can confirm this.