'X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE' WORLD PREMIERE

Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch, Liev Schrieber, Lynn Collins
& Will.i.am

WORLD PREMIERE OF X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
(Photo: Mike Moore/Getty Images for 20th Century Fox)


X-Marks The Spot

Hugh Jackman challenged X-Men fans across the US to be "the first to witness the origins" by winning the World Premiere of 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' for their hometown. . .

Following a hard-fought contest stretching over thousands of towns across the US, the Sunbelt city of Tempe Arizona emerged triumphant in nabbing the Twentieth Century Fox X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE World Premiere on Monday, April 27th.

Hugh Jackman and his "friends and enemies" from the film attended a Bells & Whistles Red Carpet Premiere at the Harkin's Theatres Marketplace.

Guests in attendance included: Live Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Will.i.am, Taylor Kitch, Lynn Collins, and director Gavin Hood.

Celebrity guests included Shaquille O'Neal, Matt Leinart, Alice Cooper and Todd MacFarlane.

Actor Hugh Jackman arrives in style
World Premiere of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
(Photo: Mike Moore/Getty Images for 20th Century Fox)

Actor Hugh Jackman signs autographs for the fans before the preem
(Photo: Mike Moore/Getty Images for 20th Century Fox)

Musician Alice Cooper
(Photo: Mike Moore/Getty Images for 20th Century Fox)

Musician Will.i.am
(Photo: Mike Moore/Getty Images for 20th Century Fox)

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.

FRIDAY MAY 1, 2009