X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer

This is really turning out to be Hugh Jackman’s year.

In addition to starring in the visual spectacle, Australia, the actor was recently selected to be People’s Sexist Man Alive and the host for the 81st Annual Academy Awards. Next up: Wolverine.

In this new trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, we see Jackman’s character 17 years before 2000’s X-Men took place. We also get glimpses of a younger William Stryker (Danny Huston), Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber) and Gambit (Taylor Kitsch).

The prequel - also starring Ryan Reynolds, Dominic Monaghan and will.i.am - opens May 1, 2009.

Cast Additions for Wolverine

UPDATE:  Two more names have since been added to the bottom of the list.

Back in October, we reported that a spinoff of the X-Men series was in the works.  The prequel, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, would explore the beginnings of Hugh Jackman’s storyline 17 years before the first movie took place.

Now four months later, we are getting a picture of how the rest of the cast is filling out.  It was originally rumored that Liev Schreiber would be playing a younger version of William Stryker (the role Brian Cox filled in X2).  That role actually belongs to Danny Huston (30 Days of Night).  But Schreiber will still have a presence in the film; he is now set to star as Victor Creed (a.k.a Sabretooth).

Here’s a list of the actors currently joining slated to join Jackman:

• Lynn Collins (The Number 23):  Kayla Silverfox
• Danny Huston (The Kingdom): William Stryker
• Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) Gambit
• Ryan Reynolds (Definitely, Maybe): Deadpool
• Liev Schrieber (The Painted Veil)  : Victor Creed/Sabretooth
• will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas singer):  Wraith
• Dominic Monaghan (Lost):  Barnell
• Daniel Henney (My Name Is Kim Sam-soon):  Agent Zero

The film is still scheduled for a May 1, 2009 release.

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