X-Men Origins: Wolverine News (Page 3)

The female lead in the X- Men spin-off Origins: Wolverine will reportedly be the Silver Fox, who, like Wolverine, was a member of the CIA's mutant covert ops unit called Team X.

According to sources, the actress who will fill that role is bad ass Maggie Q.

Maggie Q has also appeared in Balls of Fury and Mission: Impossible III. She'll co-star with Wolverine himself, Hugh Jackman, in the forthcoming thriller The Tourist.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is slated to begin filming shortly.

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Calling all Hugh Jackman lookalikes!

Reports out of Australia - where the spin-off film X-Men Origins: Wolverine will begin shooting next month - claim that a local actor may have been cast in the much-hyped film.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that star Jackman has been auditioning actors from Down Under for roles in the prequel. The paper reads:

"One such opportunity has gone to the former McCleod's Daughters hunk Aaron Jeffrey, who has already gone through one screen test to play Jackman's brother in the film.

Jackman and Jeffrey - similarly tall, dark and handsome - have had regular catch-ups on Bondi, where Jeffrey is regularly spotted with his girlfriend, another actor with considerable success in Hollywood, Peta Wilson."

We'll keep you apprised as casting news for this film continues to break.

Time to get excited, X-Men fans!

The next chapter in the franchise is called X-Men Origins: Wolverine, according to Variety.

Starring Hugh Jackman (of course) and directed by Gavin Hood, the film is set to open May 1, 2009. The superhero flick will explore the claw-wielding character Wolverine's violent and romantic past, along with his complex relationship with Victor Creed and the ominous Weapon X program, as well as his encounters with other mutants.

Liev Schreiber is in final talks to take on the role of a younger version of nemesis William Stryker, played by Brian Cox in X2.

A spin-off for Magneto is also being discussed.