Hugh Jackman, X-men Origins: Wolverine | featured news

The actor discusses the possible Japan storyline for the new film.

Hugh Jackman either lives in a bubble or an alternate universe in which the feature film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, stole the box office as well as the hearts of Marvel fans and mainstream audiences everywhere. Either that or he likes to terrorize children. At least, those are the only explanations I have for his statement at this weekend's Teen Choice Awards. Holding his surfboard award proudly, Jackman threatened the assembled with, "Who knows?

After X-Men: Origins: Wolverine grossed a sizable $87m in the US in its opening weekend, 20th Century Fox has moved quickly to greenlight a sequel.

Sources tell me that Fox's X-Men Origins: Wolverine had a stunning $35 million debut Friday thanks in part to heavy attendance at tonight's shows and the studio's widest release ever into 4,099 theaters. That includes the $5 million midnight shows at 2,000 venues.) Comparables include Iron Man, which made $39M its opening Friday, and Fast & Furious which earned $30.5M.

This week at the movies, we've got everyone's favorite mutant (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman and Liev Schriber), a rake's progress (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner), and interstellar conflict (Battle for Terra, featuring voice work by Evan Rachel Wood and Luke Wilson). What do the critics have to say? Forced to choose, most X fans would select Wolverine as their favorite. Well, he's got his very own feature film, and unfortunately, the critics say it's a few cuts below the previous X-Men movies.

Fox Television is airing a a series of three WOLVERINE montage/preview/trailer things.

Fox has unleashed 4 new images across the web from the upcoming superhero flick, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, due in theaters May 1st.

Beginning Sunday, Feb. 15, viewers across the nation can witness the origins of one of the year's most anticipated movies, when Twentieth Century Fox debuts an exclusive, three-part reveal of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the first chapter in the X-Men saga, on Fox.

Film fans in the UK will be able to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine earlier than previously thought, and three days ahead of cinemagoers in the US.

20th Century Fox has been filming additional scenes for X-Men Origins: Wolverine at the University of British Columbia and fans have snapped photos of the shooting which you can now check out online.