X-Men Origins: Wolverine To Be Released On May 1, 2009

There was a period when Hollywood avoided comic properties like the plague. With average renditions of masterpiece personalities like the Punisher, Captain America, and even the Fantastic Four – the latter two being worse that they wind up as straight-to-video issues – Hollywood has grasped the impression that comic book materials do not order a following that is big enough to ensure a hit.

In 2000, a comic-adapted movie altered such a view.

Bryan Singer took comic book’s main franchise, the X-Men, and made an excellent movie out of the same. The outcome is a trilogy that raked in billions of dollars in profit.

The X-Men films are greatly recognized as the movies that broke open the gates of Hollywood for highly booming superhero films that came after – Spider-Man, Blade, Daredevil, the two Fantastic Four flicks, and even the remake of Batman and the come back of Superman to the big screen.

The X-Men trilogy, nevertheless, has completed its sprint.

However, fans should not worry as Marvel Comics and 20th Century Fox are planning a series of flicks centering on the origins of the mutants we have developed to like.

First of these films is X-Men Origins: Wolverine, scheduled for a May 1, 2009 release. Hugh Jackman will reprise his character as the titular character, even if, the movie will be established some 17 years earlier than the events of the first X-men film.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine conveys the tale of Logan’s unearthing of his mutant abilities, his addition to the Weapon X program, his dealings with William Stryker, and his rift with the said institution.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine will feature a slew of additional mutants straight from the comic series, such as the motor mouth killer, Dead Pool – portrayed by the popular Ryan Reynolds – and the raging Cajun, Gambit – played by Taylor Kitsch. Sabretooth, of course, will perform a vital part in the flick, being a core figure in the Wolverine mythos.

One of the highlights of the movie is the revelation that the Weapon X program doesn’t mean the letter X, but, it refers to the number “ten,” with Wolverine being the tenth administration venture created for mass destruction. The ending of X-Men Origins will pit Wolverine against the new edition of the program, Weapon XI.

It’s going to be slobber knocker!