Slideshow: 20-Image Gallery From ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ With Hugh Jackman

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(L to R) Taylor Kitsch (Gambit), Will.i.am (John Wraith), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth), Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Tim Pocock (Cyclops), Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson), Lynn Collins (Silverfox).

CHICAGO – This 20-image slideshow contains the official press images from “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” starring Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Liev Schreiber, Dominic Monaghan, Lynn Collins, Danny Huston, Daniel Henney, and Taylor Kitsch. The film, written by David Benioff and Skip Woods and directed by Gavin Hood, opens on May 1st, 2009.

Synopsis:

“X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, the first chapter in the X-Men saga, unites Wolverine with several other legends of the X-Men universe, in an epic revolution that pits the mutants against powerful forces determined to eliminate them.

Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar, as the fierce fighting machine who possesses amazing healing powers, adamantium claws, and a primal fury known as berserker rage. X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE stays true to the tone of the X-Men motion picture franchise, continuing the films’ balance between spectacle and reality, while heightening the emotions and relationships.

The film also introduces a team of mutants, including several whose appearances in the movie series have been long anticipated. Movie audiences will meet Team X, a covert military cadre comprised entirely of mutants. Its members are: Wolverine; his brother Victor Creed, aka Sabretooth, a feral being of unimaginable power; Wade Wilson, later to be known as Deadpool, a high-tech mercenary skilled at swordplay; Agent Zero, an expert tracker and lethal marksman; Wraith, a teleporter; Fred J. Dukes, also known as The Blob, a morbidly obese and super-strong behemoth; and Bradley, who can manipulate electricity. Leading them is William Stryker, a figure introduced in “X2” but whose origins and motives are now fully explored, for it is Stryker’s complex relationship with Wolverine that defines much of Logan’s past …and future.”

You can click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through this slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All photos credited to Fox/James Fisher. All Rights Reserved.

1. Wolverine_01: Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar, as the fierce fighting machine Wolverine, who possesses amazing healing powers, adamantium claws, and a primal fury known as berserker rage.
   
   
2. Wolverine_02: Agent Zero (Daniel Henney) in X-Men Orgins: Wolverine.
   
   
3. Wolverine_03: Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar, as the fierce fighting machine Wolverine, who possesses amazing healing powers, adamantium claws, and a primal fury known as berserker rage.
   
   
4. Wolverine_04: Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar, as the fierce fighting machine Wolverine, who possesses amazing healing powers, adamantium claws, and a primal fury known as berserker rage.
   
   
5. Wolverine_05: The berserker rage of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is unleashed in the Canadian backwoods.
   
   
6. Wolverine_06: Liev Schreiber is Victor Creed, aka Sabretooth, a feral being of unimaginable power.
   
   
7. Wolverine_07: Gambit (Taylor Kitsch), who also goes by the name Remy LeBeau, has the ability to charge matter with volatile kinetic energy, causing the object in question to explosively release its charge on impact.
   
   
8. Wolverine_08: Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Taylor Kitsch as Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
   
   
9. Wolverine_09: Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) face off for the ultimate battle against each other.
   
   
10. Wolverine_10: Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Victor (Liev Schreiber) are defiant as they face a firing squad.
    
    
11. Wolverine_11: Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Will.i.am as John Wraith in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
    
    
12. Wolverine_12: Having emerged unscathed from a date with a firing squad, Victor (Liev Schreiber)and Logan (Hugh Jackman) are visited by Col. Stryker (Danny Huston), who makes an intriguing offer to the two mutants.
    
    
13. Wolverine_13: Emma Frost (Tahyna Tozzi) and Cyclops (Tim Pocock) in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
    
    
14. Wolverine_14: Emma Frost (Tahyna Tozzi) and Silverfox (Lynn Collins) in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
    
    
15. Wolverine_15: (L to R) Taylor Kitsch (Gambit), Will.i.am (John Wraith), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth), Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Tim Pocock (Cyclops), Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson), Lynn Collins (Silverfox)
    
    
16. Wolverine_16: Hugh Jackman and Director Gavin Hood.
    
    
17. Wolverine_17: Gambit (Taylor Kitsch), who also goes by the name Remy LeBeau, has the ability to charge matter with volatile kinetic energy, causing the object in question to explosively release its charge on impact.
    
    
18. Wolverine_18: Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar, as the fierce fighting machine Wolverine, who possesses amazing healing powers, adamantium claws, and a primal fury known as berserker rage.
    
    
19. Wolverine_19: Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) face off for the ultimate battle against each other.
    
    
20. Wolverine_20: Ryan Reynolds is Wade Wilson, later to be known as Deadpool, a highly-efficient killing machine whose weapons of choice are katana swords.
    
    

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