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X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a flick which has been plagued by much rumor, as of late. Some are saying that director Gavin Hood (Rendition) has been butting heads with Fox execs over the “dark tone” of the film; others are saying that star Hugh Jackman is butting heads with his director; and quite a few people close to the film are promising that it will feature a few surprises, and more cameos from Marvel’s mutant gallery than you can shake a stick at.

Comic book fans had been looking so carefully at the alleged troubles of The Punisher and The Watchmen that we took our eyes off Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine*. I call it Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine because he is the star, and because it looks like it may not be director Gavin Hood’s Wolverine.

It may in fact be Fox Co-Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman’s Wolverine!

The studio chief is apparently worried that the film will be too dark and he’s overriding the decisions of the films director in order to give it a lighter tone.

Worried?

Maybe you should be.

*technically the film is called X-Men Origins: Wolverine - but I don’t really like that title.

Not much here - just Hugh Jackman doing a “vogue” for the camera in what looks like a local photography studio.

That is all.

Source: Filmonic

El Toro over at Latino Review has posted new pictures from the set of the upcoming X-men Origins: Wolverine, from a scene that looks to be set during WWII???

Now, as any fanboy worth his adamantium knows, Wolverine’s mutant-healing factor has the added effect of slowing down his aging process to a crawl. Various storylines in the comics have hinted that Wolvy could be as old as 100, leaving the filmmakers behind Origins a lot of history to play with. And, If these photos are any indication, this film is aiming for a scope much more epic than originally thought. Let’s just hope it doesn’t stretch itself too thin by trying to do too much. Save something for Wolverine 2!

In the meantime, take a look at the pics and let us know what you think.

Source: Latino Review

Hey there guys and gals, welcome to my first Weekend Movie News Wrap Up.

This new column is to try and fill you in on various pieces of news that happened during the week that we may have missed.

We at Screen Rant are a dedicated bunch, but there are only so many hours in the day, and movie news comes in thick and fast - so to try and keep you up to speed, we will now be picking up some news stories from the past week that we missed and bring them to a computer near you!

Those lucky Brits have gotten new images from Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the upcoming issue of Empire Magazine.

The “sort of” in the title refers to the fact that there is no Hulk in the photos below, but we do get a look at a “you don’t want to make me angry” Ed Norton and what I believe is our first look at William Hurt as General Ross. In particular, I think Hurt looks great as General Ross - I guess I haven’t seen him in a movie for some time because he looks much older than I remember, which suits the role.

Robert Downey Jr. graces the cover as Tony Stark, the alter ego of Iron Man in the upcoming film. I’ll tell you one thing I really like about the picture above (and the larger version below): He looks serious.

There has been growing concern over the amount of humor that may be in Iron Man, with one site actually referring to it as being a possible comedy. I think this image lays those concerns to rest.

You can click on any of the images below to see much larger versions at Empire Online.

[UPDATE: Superherohype.com debunked this as a fan-made poster. It's cool looking, but it's not official, unfortunately. Sorry, guys, didn't mean to lead you astray.]

Thanks to our friends over at ReelComix.com here’s the first poster for X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

While I was initially stoked about the possibility of a Wolverine origin movie, I’ve been getting nervous lately with the onslaught of casting news. I’m afraid that they may cram so many Marvel characters into this that it’ll make Spider-Man 3 look good by comparison.

See below for a larger version of the poster.

I really hope that X-Men Origins: Wolverine is four hours long.

In fact, I hope that Gavin Hood leaves the film and that Kevin Costner takes over directing duties. Only then will it make sense to have so many characters crammed into one film.

Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Henney and Kevin Durand have now joined the cast of Marvel’s newest superhero extravaganza.

According to Variety :

“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.”

Meanwhile, Film School Rejects has a scoop that states Durand will play The Blob. Apparently the actor has already been “live-scanned” and he will be heading to Canada to shoot scenes next week.

The three actors join the rest of the Screen Actors Guild in this spin-off from the X-Men trilogy.

We all knew that Hugh Jackman was in it. And we’d heard that Liev Schreiber would probably be playing Sabretooth, but other than that news has been quiet on the X-Men Origins: Wolverine casting front.

Until now.

First up, Joblo is reporting that Danny Huston, son of the legendary John Huston has signed up to play William Stryker, the character previously played by the great Brian Cox in X-Men 2.

IESB states that Lynn Collins, who has starred in such quality films as 13 Going on 30, The Number 23 and The Lake House will be starring as Wolverine’s love interest Kayla Silverfox.

AICN is stating that fan favorite Ryan Reynolds will be playing Deadpool, apparently a cameo that will lead to his own spin-off film.

Meanwhile, Empire magazine is saying that Taylor Kitsch from TV’s Friday Night Lights has snagged the role of Gambit, a character that X-Men fans have been waiting to see on the screen since before the birth of Christ (well, Mel Gibson’s screen version at least).

There are also reports that The Blob will make an appearance in the film. The character will be huge, so HUGE in fact that he will be a combination of an actor in a fat suit and CGI. Yes you read that correctly.

So what does all this mean?