With writers expected to be striking as early as Thursday, studios are frantically trying to get scripts complete before they start filming. If they do strike then there will be nobody to do re-writes during filming. It is well known that most scripts change daily while filming is in progress, whether its because things don’t seem right when the actors perform, or they may get a new idea for the ending such as Jean Grey’s sacrifice in X-Men 2.

Last week Paul Haggis delivered his script in to Columbia for Bond 22, hopefully he has given that
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The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency have announced that Harry Gregson-Williams will compose the score for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The Hugh Jackman film will begin filming within the next new months in Australia.

Harry Gregson-Williams has composed movies such as Gone Baby Gone, Shrek the Third and will also be scoring The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, as well as G-Force, which is expected to be released the same date as Wolverine on May 1, 2009.

The script for Wolverine was originally crafted by David Benioff, who is known for his work on Troy and The Kite Runner. However, Hitman writer Skip Wood was brought on board to re-write a couple of weeks ago. Was this because of the impending writers strike? Or because the script wasn’t good enough? Well the LA Times have wrote an article, giving us more info on the situation, and it doesn’t sound good.
Just last week, 20th Century Fox issued an announcement that the studio was laying claim to May 1, 2009, as the release date for its
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Wolverine (or X-Men Origins: Wolverine as it is called now) is expected to start filming within the next few months, and casting rumours and announcements are expected to be surfacing. We have already learned that Brian Cox will not be returning to play William Stryker, instead Liev Schreiber is in final talks to play a younger version of the character. Another character that will be returning to the big screen, but without its original actor, is Sabretooth.

A fan messaged Tyler Mane on his Myspace, asking whether the
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Wolverine will start filming at the beginning of November, less than a month away, so its about time we got some info about what’s happening with the film. Here are some updates for you:

Title
The official title for the X-Men spin-off will be X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It is believe that fellow spin-off Magneto will have a similar title.

Cast

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

Australian actor Brendan Cowell went on Australian radio show Triple J and told the presenters
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We reported yesterday about how Vaughn felt about X-Men 3, and it seems he is still talking about things while doing promotional rounds for Stardust. Vaughn spoke to The Guardian about his upcoming Thor project.
Afterwards, we drove home, where I greeted screenwriter Mark Protosevich as a guest.

In truth, I did not treat him very well as I forced him to work for the whole weekend - he is the writer on Thor, my next film, which I am directing with Marvel. The weekend was a success - we
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I have been an X-Men nut since watching the first X-Men movie back in 2000. Since then I have been following the franchise like a stalker watches Jessica Alba. Watching its every move and getting excited with each turn and movement. When Bryan Singer left to do Superman Return I had mixed feelings. I was glad because the X-Men movies were basically Wolverine movies. I thought that Bryan leaving would enable other characters to shine a little. However, Singer’s X2 was a great movie, and most people agreed.

Vaughn was announced
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