WOLVERINE

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

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.

Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar, as the fierce fighting

machine who possesses amazing healing powers, adamantium claws, and a primal fury

known as berserker rage. X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE stays true to the tone of the

X-Men motion picture franchise, continuing the films’ balance between spectacle and

reality, while heightening the emotions and relationships.

The film also introduces a team of mutants, including several whose appearances

in the movie series have been long anticipated. Movie audiences will meet Team X, a

covert military cadre comprised entirely of mutants. Its members are: Wolverine; his

brother Victor Creed, aka Sabretooth, a feral being of unimaginable power; Wade

Wilson, later to be known as Deadpool, a high-tech mercenary skilled at swordplay;

Agent Zero, an expert tracker and lethal marksman; Wraith, a teleporter; Fred J. Dukes,

also known as The Blob, a morbidly obese and super-strong behemoth; and Bradley, who

can manipulate electricity. Leading them is William Stryker, a figure introduced in “X2”

but whose origins and motives are now fully explored, for it is Stryker’s complex

relationship with Wolverine that defines much of Logan’s past …and future.

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE also explores Logan’s tragic romance with

Kayla Silverfox. Kayla’s fate triggers Logan’s involvement with the ominous Weapon X

program, a top secret, billion-dollar military experiment, in which Wolverine and other

mutants are key players. They include Gambit, a young Scott Summers (later to be

known as Cyclops); a beautiful young mutant named Emma Frost; and the

aforementioned Deadpool, against whom Wolverine faces his ultimate challenge.

While the three previous X-Men films were set in the not-too-distant future, the

main story of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE – as the saga’s first chapter – is set prior

to the events of those pictures, in the not-too-distant past, sometime in the 1970s. But the

epic sweep of the new film also encompasses flashbacks that span 150 years. It has a

scale and ambition new to even this high-reaching series. “We wanted to exceed

expectations in every way,” sums up star and producer Hugh Jackman. “We couldn’t just

make a very good movie; it had to be much more than that.”

To that end, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE provides a great roller coaster

ride of adventure and action, while tapping into complex themes and rich and powerful

emotional conflicts that have been hallmarks of the X-Men films. “Yes, the film needs to

be visually stunning, and the action has to be amazing and hard-hitting,” says director

Gavin Hood, whose 2005 film “Tsotsi” won the Academy Award® for best foreign

language film. “But you’ve also got to buy into the story and characters. The core idea of

the film is that it’s about someone who is not comfortable with who he is, who’s at war

with his own nature. That’s an interesting character to explore. The theme of being at

war with one’s own nature, fuels and energizes the film so it becomes more than just

action for its own sake.”

Jackman was convinced that Hood was the right man for the job after he viewed

Hood’s modestly-budgeted “Tsotsi,” a penetrating drama set in Johannesburg about a

hardened teenage criminal whose life is changed when he becomes emotionally attached

to an infant left in the back seat of his car. “The character Tsotsi was at war with himself,

just like Wolverine is,” says Jackman. “I got carried away by Tsotsi’s journey, and by

Gavin’s instincts for character and story.

“The characters have always been at the heart of the X-Men comics and movies,”

Jackman continues. “People connect with and relate to them.”

Indeed, when comics legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the X-Men over 40

years ago, they shaped characters and stories with drama and conflict. The X-Men were

an unusual heroic group – at times sarcastic, antisocial, and clearly flawed – yet

sympathetic when battling the demons of their lives, or taking on powerful villains in

their universe of special powers.

The character of Wolverine came years after many of his X-Men brethren, first

appearing in comics in 1974 (as a creation of writer Len Wein and art director John

Romita Sr.) before becoming an integral member of The X-Men, as well as the headliner

of his own comics series. The character’s impact on pop culture has been profound; last

year alone, Wolverine was ranked #1 of Wizard magazine’s “Top 200 Comic Book

Characters of All Time” and was ranked #4 in Empire Magazine’s “The 50 Greatest

Comic Book Characters.”

The first X-Men movie, with then-Hollywood film newcomer Hugh Jackman

taking the key role of Wolverine, was released in 2000 to critical and audience acclaim,

reinvigorating the comics-to-film genre. “X2,” released in 2003, and “X-Men: The Last

Stand,” out in 2006, also achieved huge success. By 2009, over 70 percent of American

moviegoers had seen at least one of the X-Men movies.

For Jackman, reprising the role was an opportunity to expand and deepen the

three previous films’ exploration of Wolverine. “We now get to see Logan’s journey and

the battle within, as he owns up to the events of his past,” says Jackman. “Wolverine has

certain qualities that are sacred, and number one is that he’s a badass. Borrowing the

character’s catch phrase, Wolverine is the best there is at what he does, and what he does

isn’t very nice.” Adds producer Lauren Shuler Donner, who served in that capacity on the

three previous X-Men films: “Logan’s got attitude, humor and a way about him. He just

doesn’t give a damn – and that’s fun for an audience to experience.”

The main story of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE begins with Logan seeking

solace from a past rife with darkness, working as a lumberjack in the remote Canadian

Rockies. Finding love and contentment for the first time in his very long life, Logan leads

a seemingly idyllic existence with schoolteacher Kayla Silverfox. “He couldn’t be

further away from the past he’s so long been trying to escape,” says Jackman. “Kayla is

a catalyst for the biggest changes Logan’s ever faced,” says Lynn Collins, who took on

the role after Jackman had seen her on stage in “The Merchant of Venice,” opposite Al

Pacino. “She leads him to think differently about the conflict of being human and being a

mutant. Their relationship leads him to try and heal old wounds, and experience the

consequences and risks of love.”

But as Logan searches for the peace that has eluded him more than a century, “the

world he’s been trying to escape keeps drawing him back in,” says Jackman. “As with

anything in life, unless you’ve really dealt with a problem, unless you’re really at peace

with it, the problem tends to recur. And it’s clear from the beginning that Wolverine has

run away from things he needs to face. And one of them is Victor, his brother.”

Victor Creed, also known as Sabretooth, possesses powers similar to Logan’s.

They are both virtually indestructible and have a feral, super-human strength. Victor’s

ferocity encompasses a feline-like fighting style and leaping ability; at times, he’ll race to

the attack on all four limbs.

As we learn in flashbacks, Logan (born James Howlett) and Victor did not learn

they were brothers until their teens, in the aftermath of a family tragedy that leads to the

emergence of Logan’s signature berserker rage and claws that power their way through

his flesh as razor-sharp spikes, turning him into something more and something less than

human. Logan and Victor flee their home, forming a bond that transcends even

brotherhood. As indestructible warriors, they fight together through major conflicts

spanning two centuries, including the American Civil War, World Wars I and II, and

Vietnam. “Logan and Victor are a team,” says Jackman. “They go through a journey

together.”

But Victor relishes the fight much more than Logan. “Victor is incredibly brutal

and has a bloodlust unlike any character I’ve ever played,” says Liev Schreiber. “This

guy is a real killer.” Victor’s savagery in battle leads the two to face a firing squad – but

of course mere bullets cannot stop them. Recognizing their unique abilities, a military

officer, Col. William Stryker, asks them to join a special team he is putting together – a

covert, black ops unit known in comics lore as Team X, comprised of mutants possessing

powers that make the team unstoppable.

The character of Stryker was introduced to movie audiences in “X2,” in which he

tries to bring about the destruction of all mutants across the world. That film hinted at a

long history between Logan and Stryker, but only through quick flashes of Logan’s lost

memories. Now, with X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, the full measure of Stryker’s

impact on Logan, Victor and other mutants is fully detailed.

Since the new film is set years before the events of “X2,” a younger actor was

needed to portray Stryker. (Brian Cox essayed the role in “X2.”) The filmmakers tapped

Danny Huston to play Stryker. “Every character Danny plays is so vivid and present,”

says Jackman, who cites Huston’s performance as a sinister, complex figure in “The

Constant Gardener,” among many others that impressed the actor-producer

Huston sees Stryker as a kind of Dr. Frankenstein. “In a way, he helped create

Wolverine. Stryker both hates and loves Logan, and certainly wants to control him and

other mutants. He sees the mutants as children or wild animals. In controlling them, he

can use them as weapons for what he perceives to be the safety of mankind. He loves

Wolverine like a son. But he has to manipulate him and possibly exterminate him for

what Stryker sees as a personal crusade, which he believes is bigger than any one man –

or any one mutant.”

A key member of Team X is Wade Wilson, later to be known as Deadpool. Wade

is a highly-efficient killing machine nicknamed the “Merc with the Mouth,” for his

endless stream of wisecracks. Ryan Reynolds seemed destined to take on the role; the

actor is a longtime fan of Marvel’s Deadpool comics, and was even mentioned in one

issue. “I’ve wanted to play Deadpool most of my adult life,” says Reynolds. “It’s a

beloved character with comics fans, so it’s not a responsibility I take lightly.”

Wade/Deadpool’s weapon of choice are katana swords, and Reynolds trained extensively

to make his swordplay convincing. “I lived, ate and breathed swords,” he recalls.

Another Team X member is Bradley, portrayed by Dominic Monaghan (“Lost,”

“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy). Bradley, who can control and manipulate electricity, is

a haunting figure, having gone into hiding from Stryker and Sabretooth, as a circus

sideshow attraction. “When we meet Bradley in the film, he’s kind of fallen off the

grid,” says Monaghan. “With Team X, he was a guerrilla soldier, but when things got out

of hand, and he saw things he didn’t want to see, he left the unit.”

Team X member John Wraith, who becomes Wolverine’s closest friend, is a

teleporter who can appear or disappear at will. “He’s not to be messed with,” says actor

and music icon Will.i.am, of the famed group The Black Eyed Peas, who makes his

motion picture acting debut in the film. Long after departing Team X, Wraith remains

closely allied with one Fred J. Dukes, a supreme warrior who later let himself go,

becoming a 700-pound behemoth known as The Blob – the meanest man you’ve ever

seen. Kevin Durand, who portrayed a fearless mercenary on “Lost,” donned one of the

largest and most elaborate fat suits in motion picture history, inside of which was a stateof-

the-art cooling system originally designed for NASA.

An equally fearsome warrior is Agent Zero, an expert tracker with lethal

marksmanship skills, played by Daniel Henney. The American-born actor, who became

an enormous star in South Korea, notes that Zero and Logan, although once members of

the Team, are enemies. “He’s always been jealous of Logan,” says Henney, “and he’s

determined to stop him.”

The mutant known as Gambit was not a member of Team X – Logan encounters

him much later in his journey – but he plays a key role in Logan’s revenge-fueled quest.

Beloved by fans of the X-Men comics who have long awaited the character’s debut in the

film franchise, Gambit, who also goes by the name Remy LeBeau, has the ability to

charge matter with volatile kinetic energy, causing the object in question to explosively

release its charge on impact. Gambit’s favorite things on which to direct his special

talents are a deck of playing cards and a simple bö staff – both of which he turns into

powerful weapons when the occasion dictates.

Gambit’s presence in X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE will certainly be

celebrated and discussed by fans, a fact not lost on the filmmakers. Says producer Ralph

Winter, who’s been involved in all the X-Men movies: “Before the start of each [X-Men]

film, people would ask me, ‘Is Gambit in the movie? Is he going to throw cards? And I’d

say, ‘Hang on, we’ll get to him.’”

Actor Taylor Kitsch, who nabbed the role after wrapping work for the season on

the acclaimed series “Friday Night Lights,” says he understands that “the fans have been

waiting [for Gambit’s appearance in an X-Men film],” and reports that he worked hard to

live up to their expectations. “When I arrived in Sydney, to begin work on the film, I told

the producers I was here to train and to work,” says Kitsch. His training included long

sessions with the bö staff and fighting sticks – as well as interminable hours going

through packs and packs of trading cards, learning the character’s signature moves. “By

the time cameras rolled, I could do quite a bit with a deck of cards,” he says.

But in telling this story of “origins,” no mutant has greater impact on Logan’s

journey than his brother, Victor Creed. Appalled by Stryker’s ethically-challenged

directives, Logan had abandoned Victor and Team X, but the two brothers cannot be

separated by time or by distance because they are two sides of the same person. “I think

of Victor as Logan’s doppelganger, his darker side,” says Liev Schreiber. “What drives

both of them is their desire to find their place in their world – to belong to something.

And that one thing that Victor belongs to is Logan. When that bond is broken, Victor

looks to reconnect with his brother, for better or for worse.”

It is Victor’s brutal murder of Kayla that triggers Logan’s quest for revenge.

When they are reunited, Logan and Victor fight, leaving Logan battered and wounded.

Stryker, again entering Logan’s life and again forever changing it, offers what he calls the

only solution: the top-secret Weapon X program (“X” denoting the Roman numeral for

ten). In the procedure, Logan’s entire skeleton will be bonded to adamantium, an

impenetrable metal alloy that will make Logan virtually indestructible –turning him into

the Wolverine we know from the previous X-Men movies. “To beat Victor,” Stryker

tells Logan, “you’re going to have to embrace the other side of you. Become the

animal.”

But to undergo this transformation, Logan has to suffer more pain than any man

could ever endure. Audiences had seen tantalizing flashes of the Weapon X procedure in

“X2,” but here its full power – and horror – is fully unveiled. As Logan lies in a water-

filled plexiglass tank the size of a lidless coffin, robotic arms that taper into foot-long

needles spin at high speeds, entering his body, bonding his bones to the adamantium.

Wolverine has suffered and survived gunshots, knife wounds, car crashes, executions and

explosions – but he’s never suffered like this.

Wolverine emerges from the ordeal to face yet another betrayal and an epic

showdown with Victor and with the next generation of Stryker’s military experiments.

Undeterred by Logan’s escape from Alkali Lake as the now indestructible Wolverine,

Stryker has abducted mutants to fulfill his twisted mandate of turning them into weapons.

The unwilling participants in this work are teenagers Scott Summers (Tim Pocock) and

Emma Frost (Tahyna Tozzi). Scott, who can emit a powerful beam from his eyes, grows

up to be Cyclops, a leader of the X-Men; Emma, another major figure in X-Men comics

lore, is telepathic and possesses a diamond-like skin that is indestructible.

Together, the mutants face off against an enemy who has sworn to see them

destroyed, in a battle – a revolution – that will set the course of the epic war that lies

ahead.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

“I had more fun playing Wolverine in this film than ever before,” says Hugh

Jackman. Adding to Jackman’s boundless enthusiasm for the character – and for the

entire X-Men universe – was his new role as a producer. Along with director Gavin

Hood, as well as Jackman’s producing partner in Seed Productions, John Palermo, and

producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter, Jackman oversaw virtually every

aspect of the film’s pre-production, production and post-production periods. He relished

the new responsibilities. “I was trained in theater, where you’re involved with

everything,” he explains. “By the time you go onstage opening night, you know a lot

about not only your role, but about the set design, costume design, story

development…everything. That excitement, knowledge and preparation are a key part of

the experience.”

Perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of his duties as producer was casting. “This

film has lots of great characters new to the X-Men movies,” says Jackman. “It was

particularly rewarding to establish these new characters and find the right actors to play

them.”

Jackman the producer certainly put Jackman the actor through his paces,

including a grueling physical training regimen that left him in the best shape of his life.

Although he trained hard for each of the previous X-Men films, Jackman’s mantra to

exceed expectations for X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE led him to achieve new levels

of physical preparation. “With the previous X-Men films, I never had Logan looking

exactly as I wanted him to look,” Jackman explains. “For this one, I wanted Logan to

look animalistic, veins popping out, and coiled like a spring. I wanted audiences to say,

‘Okay, this guy is frightening; this guy could easily rip someone’s head off.”

In addition to spending countless hours in the gym, Jackman upped his protein

and caloric intake to levels befitting a professional athlete. A typical day began at

4:00a.m., when he would awaken to drink a specially prepared protein shake. Then, up

for good at 6:00 a.m. for weight training, during which he would sometimes find himself

staying in character to maximize his workout. “I lift twenty percent harder, heavier and

longer as Wolverine, than if I train as myself,” Jackman explains, with a laugh. “As

myself, I could easily say, ‘Ah, that’s enough [weight] training. But as Wolverine, it’d

be: ‘Now, I’m loving lifting the extra weight.’”

As physically imposing as Jackman became, he didn’t lose the athleticism that

he’s brought not only to his action film roles, but to his stage work. “The camera loves

Hugh,” points out producer Lauren Shuler Donner. “He has a dancer’s grace – it’s much

more than just ‘pumping up’ for the role.”

Jackman’s work ethic and training regimen impressed the production’s entire

team, especially Liev Schreiber, whose Victor Creed faces off several times with his on-

screen nemesis, Jackman’s Logan. “Hugh definitely made me lift my own game,” says

Schreiber, who gained 40 pounds of muscle for the role. “There was a definite chemistry

and competition in our training and stunts. Just to do a fight scene with Hugh was

terrific, because as a dancer he has that kind of discipline and choreography. We have

some remarkable fight scenes together.”

In addition upping the ante for the action and bringing fresh characters to the X-

Men film franchise, the filmmakers decided to change shooting locations. While “X-

Men” was well served by its Toronto locations and sets, and “X2” and “X-Men: The Last

Stand” made maximum use of Vancouver’s impressive settings and soundstages, most of

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE was shot in New Zealand and Australia, with a few

key sequences planned for Vancouver. “My desire to be challenged for this film included

finding a new home for the production,” says Jackman. “While honoring the style of the

previous X-Men films, I wanted this one to look bigger and different. There’s something

otherworldly about New Zealand. It’s so magical. It helped elevate our world and the

film’s reality. Adds producer John Palermo: “Shooting in Australia and New Zealand has

opened up the X-Men universe. Audiences are going to be really excited about the film’s

look. We were very lucky to have access to the countries’ resources and amazing

exteriors.”

Jackman, director Gavin Hood, director of photography Donald M. McApline,

ACS/ASC (“Moulin Rouge”), and production designer Barry Robison used a cross section

of those countries’ sets and locations to replicate five wars, the city of New Orleans, high

schools in the U.S., and the remote Canadian wilderness. According to McAlpine, New

Zealand’s magnificent vistas were invaluable, especially for sequences set at the fictional

Canadian location of Alkali Lake (home of the Weapon X program) and the rural

paradise, filmed on New Zealand’s South Island, where Logan finds an all-too-temporary

respite with his love, Kayla Silverfox. Says McAlpine: “He’s leading an idyllic

existence, with a cabin (designed by Robison) set on a peak, surrounded by even more

massive mountain ranges.”

New Zealand’s South Island was also home for one of the film’s big action set

pieces, featuring a helicopter chase and crash. Second unit director Peter MacDonald

(“The Bourne Ultimatum”) worked with Hood to oversee the spectacular action, which

also included blowing up a farmhouse, and Logan taking a thrilling ride on what becomes

his iconic Harley Davidson.

Then it was on to Sydney, Australia, where the production filmed on locations

throughout the city, including an abandoned hospital, a long-disused 1920s theater that

became a boxing ring where Logan battles the 700-pound Blob, Centennial Park, the

stunning beach on the North Shore, and a soccer field that the production transformed

into a traveling carnival. But the most notable location was Cockatoo Island, which the

production turned into an abandoned nuclear power plant – the home of Stryker’s

laboratory and a “mutant containment area.” The Island was once Australia’s largest

shipyard, boasting a dry dock built by convicts in 1857, and also the site of an imperial

prison. It provided the perfect palette for the film’s art department to create the sinister,

isolated world of Stryker and his mutant experiments.

The long-awaited motion picture debut of Gambit sees the mutant holding court in

his home turf, New Orleans. The filmmakers captured the magic of the character and his

city, at Fox Studios, Australia, in Sydney. The design team created a New Orleans

alleyway, the scene of an explosive fight scene involving Logan, Gambit and Wraith.

The controlled environment of the state-of-the-art facility enabled the stunt and special

effects teams to execute the elaborate action. Cast and stunt doubles scaled walls, leapt

across rooftops, and felt the full force of Gambit’s exploding poker cards and bö staff.

For the sequence depicting Logan and Victor hurtling through the battlegrounds

of not one, but four wars, the two brothers take on the Confederate Army during the

American Civil War, negotiate the trenches of World War I, land at Normandy Beach in

World War II, and face the horrors of the Vietnam conflict. Costume designer Louise

Mingenbach was tasked with designing the appropriate military garb for the hundreds of

extras cast as soldiers. Armory specialists were brought in to assist with uniform

accuracy and gun handling.

This sequence saw the end of principal photography in Australia and New

Zealand. There remained the long-planned Canadian portion of the shoot, required to

capture certain Canadian backdrops and weather conditions that could not be duplicated

elsewhere; and when that wrapped, the critical post-production process kicked into high

gear. As Jackman continued to work tirelessly on the project, he took time out to reflect

upon his own “origins” with the character of Wolverine. As many know, his casting in

2000’s “X-Men” – his Hollywood film debut – came just days before he had to step

before the cameras. At first, Jackman’s unfamiliarity with the character and the X-Men

mythology gave him second thoughts about taking the role. “I thought ‘X-Men’ was kind

of an unusual choice to turn into a movie. And a guy with claws coming out of his

hands? Of course, I was as yet unaware of the character and property’s incredibly rich

history – and if I had known, I probably would have thought the role was too much

pressure – and too much to live up to.

“If anyone had told me there would one day be a Wolverine movie, I’d have

laughed,” Jackman continues. “I had no idea of the effect that the X-Men movies would

have. And I couldn’t be more grateful to the fans and to the audiences.”

ABOUT THE CAST

HUGH JACKMAN (Logan/Wolverine, Producer) made his debut major U.S.

film appearance as Wolverine in the first installment of the “X-Men” trilogy, a role he

reprised in “X2,” “X-Men: The Last Stand” and, now, X-MEN ORIGINS:

WOLVERINE.

Most recently, Jackman starred with Nicole Kidman in writer-director Baz

Luhrmann’s epic “Australia.” Previously, he starred in Darren Aronofsky’s “The

Fountain,” Christopher Nolan’s “The Prestige” and Woody Allen’s “Scoop.” In addition,

he voiced characters in the animated features “Happy Feet” and “Flushed Away.” He

also had leading roles in “Someone Like You,” “Swordfish,” “Van Helsing” and “Kate

and Leopold,” receiving for the latter a 2002 Golden Globe® nomination.

For his portrayal of the 1970s singer-songwriter Peter Allen in the Broadway

musical “The Boy From Oz,” Jackman received the 2004 Tony® Award for best actor in

a musical, as well as Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre

World awards.

Previous theater credits include “Carousel” at Carnegie Hall, “Oklahoma!” at the

National Theater in London (for which he received an Olivier Award nomination),

“Sunset Boulevard” (which garnered him an MO Award, Australia’s equivalent of the

Tony) and Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” (for which he received another MO Award

nomination).

Jackman’s career began in Australia in the independent films “Paperback Hero”

and “Erskineville Kings”; for the latter, he won the Australian Film Critics’ Circle Best

Actor award and received a nomination for best actor from The Australian Film Institute.

In 1999, he was named Australian Star of the Year at the Australian Movie Convention.

Together with John Palermo and Deborra-lee Furness, Jackman founded Seed

Productions, a production company which produced X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

and the 2008 thriller “Deception.” In addition, he recently hosted the 81st Academy

Awards.

LIEV SCHREIBER (Victor Creed/Sabretooth) is widely considered one of the

finest actors of his generation. His repertoire of resonant, humanistic and oftentimes

gritty portrayals has garnered the actor the strongest praise in film, theatre and television.

Schreiber recently starred opposite Daniel Craig and Jamie Bell in “Defiance,” a

World War II-era drama directed by Edward Zwick. The three actors portray Jewish

brothers who escape from Nazi-occupied Poland to the forests of Belarus to join the

resistance and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and others in

danger.

In 2007, Schreiber starred in Mike Newell's “Love in the Time of Cholera,”

alongside Benjamin Bratt and Javier Bardem. “The Painted Veil,” also starring Edward

Norton and Naomi Watts, was released in December 2006. Schreiber starred alongside

Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington in “The Manchurian Candidate,” Julia Stiles in

“The Omen,” Ben Affleck in “The Sum of All Fears,” and Hugh Jackman in “Kate &

Leopold.” Utilizing his theater and Shakespeare background, Schreiber starred as Laertes

in “Hamlet,” opposite Ethan Hawke. Schreiber also starred in “The Hurricane,” an

acclaimed biopic starring Denzel Washington, as well as opposite Diane Lane and Viggo

Mortensen in “A Walk on the Moon.”

Schreiber is also an accomplished stage actor. His portrayal of Ricky Roma in the

2005 Broadway revival of David Mamet's “Glengarry Glen Ross” earned Schreiber a

Tony Award. In 2006, Schreiber returned to the stage in the Public Theater's production

of “Macbeth” opposite Jennifer Ehle, directed by Moises Kaufman. Shakespeare in the

Park's “Macbeth” was staged at the The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. In early 2007,

Schreiber returned to Broadway to star in Eric Bogosian's “Talk Radio.” Schreiber was

nominated for his second Tony for his portrayal of radio host Barry Champlain.

Schreiber has also made use of his deft technique working in television. He

received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Orson Welles in HBO's “RKO 281,” and

Schreiber again worked with the network for the emotional “Lackawanna Blues.” One of

America's foremost narrators, Schreiber has lent his voice to sports documentaries such

as “Mantle,” “:03 Seconds to Gold,” and “A City on Fire: The Story of the '68 Detroit

Tigers,” as well as the PBS documentary series “NOVA” and “Nature.”

In 2005, Schreiber made his directorial debut with “Everything is Illuminated,”

adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer's bestselling novel of the same name. Prior to

publication of the novel, Schreiber read an excerpt in The New Yorker, secured the rights,

wrote the screenplay, and brought the project to Warner Bros. The film, starring Elijah

Wood, was recognized by the 2006 National Film Board as one of the top ten films of the

year.

DANNY HUSTON (Stryker) broke through as an actor with his acclaimed

performance in the independent film “Ivansxtc.” The Bernard Rose directed feature was

nominated for several 2003 Independent Spirit Awards, including best male performance

for Huston’s portrayal of Hollywood talent agent Ivan Beckman.

Soon after that breakthrough, Huston worked on the Martin Scorsese project “The

Aviator” alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Alec Baldwin, for which the ensemble cast

was nominated for a 2004 Screen Actors Guild Award®. Huston starred in the film

“Birth” opposite Nicole Kidman, directed by Jonathan Glazer, and appeared in “21

Grams,” Alejandro Inarritu’s third feature-length film. Huston then led the ensemble cast

of John Sayles’ political drama “Silver City” opposite Chris Cooper and Maria Bello.

Huston starred in the critically acclaimed Australian western “The Proposition,”

which premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Also released in 2006 was the

Fernando Meirelles project “The Constant Gardener,” for which Huston received the

Golden Satellite Award for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Sandy Woodrow.

He also appeared in Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” and Joel Schumacher’s “The

Number 23.”

Recent releases include: the British independent features “Alpha Male,” “Fade to

Black” (in which Huston played Orson Welles), the Alfonzo Cuaron drama “Children of

Men,” the Peter Berg feature “The Kingdom,” the thriller “30 Days of Night,” the HBO

award winning miniseries “John Adams,” in which Huston portrayed Samuel Adams, and

“How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.” Upcoming is the romantic comedy “Boogie

Woogie,” “The Laundry Warrior,” and “Edge of Darkness,” starring Mel Gibson.

Huston has collaborated several times with directors Mike Figgis and Bernard

Rose, most recently with Rose on the forthcoming “The Kreutzer Sonata” in which he

stars opposite Elisabeth Rohm. The film premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh International

Film Festival.

Born in Rome, Huston was raised in Ireland and London with stops in Mexico

and the United States. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

DOMINIC MONAGHAN (Bradley) is best known for his role in the movie

adaptations of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. He also starred as Charlie in the highly

successful television series “Lost.” Before that, he had a role in the British television

drama “Hetty Wainthropp Investigations.”

His other feature film work includes “Spivs,” “The Purifiers” and “Shooting.”

Upcoming feature film projects include “Pet” and “I Sell the Dead,” the latter screening

at Slamdance.

Monaghan has combined two of his life’s passions – photography and nature - and

held his first exhibit in early 2008, “Happy Accidents.”

RYAN REYNOLDS (Wade Wilson/Deadpool) has emerged as one of

Hollywood's most sought after leading men and was recently named one of People

magazine’s “Sexiest Men” of 2008.

Reynolds recently wrapped filming on “Paperman,” a comedy that centers on a

man struggling to recapture the spark that made him a successful novelist and happily

married man. Reynolds plays the role of Captain Excellent, the imaginary superhero

friend of the struggling man. “Paperman” marks the directorial debut of Kieran and

Michelle Mulroney, and also stars Emma Stone, Jeff Daniels and Lisa Kudrow.

Reynolds can next be seen in “Adventureland” opposite Kristen Stewart, directed

by Greg Mottola (“Superbad”). This comedy takes place in the 1980s when a recent

college grad takes a job at an amusement park. The film premiered at the Sundance Film

Festival in January.

Reynolds stars in “Fireflies in the Garden” opposite Julia Roberts, Carrie-Ann

Moss and Emily Watson. This film follows a family torn apart when faced with an

unexpected tragedy. This summer, Reynolds will star in Touchstone’s romantic comedy,

“The Proposal” opposite Sandra Bullock, about a pushy boss who forces her assistant to

marry her to avoid deportation.

Reynolds starred in the Working Title film “Definitely, Maybe” for Universal

Pictures, as a soon-to-be divorced political consultant and parent with a questionable

sexual past; the romantic comedy also starred Rachel Weisz, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin,

Elizabeth Banks and Kevin Kline, and was a critical darling and fan favorite.

Reynolds starred in the complex drama “Chaos Theory,” also starring Emily

Mortimer. In the Marcos Siega directed film, Reynolds portrays a man experiencing a

crisis after he finds out he is sterile and his child is not his own. Reynolds was seen in

writer/director John August’s “The Nine,” which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film

Festival.

Reynolds other credits include director Joe Carnahan’s “Smokin’ Aces” for

Working Title and Universal Pictures, as well as “The Amityville Horror.”

Reynolds was memorable in the title role of Van in the cult classic “Van Wilder,”

as well as in the romantic comedy “Just Friends.” For his co-starring role in “Blade

Trinity,” Reynolds showcased his physical attributes undergoing an impressive physical

transformation for his role as the acerbic vampire, Hannibal King.

TAYLOR KITSCH (Remy LeBeau/Gambit) is best known for his complex,

layered portrayal of the reckless, passionate and struggling Tim Riggins in the critically

acclaimed NBC series “Friday Night Lights.”

Kitsch’s career trajectory began in earnest in 2002 when he moved to New York

City to study with renowned acting coach Sheila Grey. Back in his hometown of

Vancouver the following year, he landed his first major role, working with Samuel L.

Jackson in “Snakes on a Plane.”

His other feature films include “The Covenant” and “John Tucker Must Die,”

both completed prior to his being tapped for the role of high school football hero Tim

Riggins. Kitsch’s work in that role has captured critics and audiences alike.

Upcoming is the film “Gospel Hill,” with Julia Stiles, Samuel L. Jackson and

Danny Glover, directed by Giancarlo Esposito. Kitsch returned to television for the third

season of “Friday Night Lights” in a groundbreaking distribution deal in which the series

aired commercial-free on DirecTV last fall, before returning to its traditional broadcast

home, NBC, to re-air in the more conventional format. Its new-found audience from the

DirecTV run joins its loyal NBC fans, eagerly tuning in for more of #33.

Will.i.am (Wraith) is best known to many as the front man and producer of the

multi-platinum award-winning group The Black Eyed Peas. He is one of the top music

producers in the industry, collaborating on tracks with U2, Justin Timberlake, John

Legend, Kelis, Nas, the Game, Sergio Mendes, Carlos Santana, the Pussycat Dolls, Busta

Rhymes, and fellow Black Eyed Pea, Fergie. His songs, which have inspired millions,

include the recent “Yes We Can,” which mobilized an entire generation to action during

the 2008 presidential campaign.

Creating music since 1990, both on his own and with his rap partner apl.de.ap

(and later with Taboo), Will.i.am has led The Black Eyed Peas for their decade together,

starting with their first two albums (“Behind the Front” in 1998 and “Bridging the Gap”

in 2000). The addition of Fergie in 2003 catapulted the group to international stardom

with hits “Where is the Love” featuring Justin Timberlake, “Shut Up,” “Hey Mama,” and

“Let’s Get it Started,” which won the group its first of two Rap Grammy® Awards.

The Black Eyed Peas received their second Rap Grammy for “Don’t Funk with

my Heart,” the lead single from their fourth studio album “Monkey Business,” released in

2005. The album included “My Humps,” which earned them their third Grammy – their

first in the Pop genre. Will.i.am released his first solo song album, “Songs About Girls,”

in September, 2007.

Last year, Will.i.am teamed with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer, on the

soundtrack for “Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa.” He also lent his voice to the film’s

animated character Moto Moto.

In June 2008, “Yes We Can” was also honored with the first ever Emmy® Award

in the category of best new approaches in daytime entertainment. The video also earned

Will.i.am an artist of the year designation at the 2008 Webby Awards, as well as NAACP

Image Awards for best music video and best song.

Recently, Will.i.am was nominated for three Grammy Awards for song of the

year (“American Boy”), best urban/alternative performance (“Be OK” by Chrisette

Michele featuring Will.i.am), and producer of the year – non-classical. .

LYNN COLLINS (Kayla) has displayed tremendous range and versatility in a

variety of different roles. Collins’ big screen debut came in 2004 when she starred

opposite Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes in Michael Radford’s “The

Merchant of Venice.” The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival and was released by

Sony Classics in 2004. Collins won rave reviews for her performance as Portia, one of

the most complicated roles in the Shakespeare library.

Collins stars opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the independent film,

“Uncertainty,” which debuted at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. That same

year, Collins had a pivotal role in the first season of HBO’s Golden Globe® nominated

drama, “True Blood” from Academy Award winning director Alan Ball. Collins played

Dawn, the best friend of main character Sookie Stackhouse.

Collins co-starred in William Friedken’s critically praised independent film,

“Bug.” Additional film credits include “13 Going on 30” and “50 First Dates.” Collins

also had memorable roles in “The Lake House,” “Number 23” and “Numb.”

On stage, Collins played the lead role of Rosalind in The NYSF Public Theatre’s

production of “As You Like It” at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, for which she

received rave reviews.

Collins was born and raised in Texas but moved to New York when she was

accepted at the esteemed Juilliard School to study acting. While at Juilliard, Lynn was

honored with the two most prestigious awards given to drama students: The Houseman

Award, for Exceptional Ability in Classical Theatre and Command of Language, and The

Michel St. Denis Award, given to one member of the graduating class for outstanding

achievement and commitment to the ensemble.

After graduating, Collins landed her first starring role on the New York stage,

playing Ophelia opposite Liev Schreiber in The New York Shakespeare Festival Public

Theatre’s production of “Hamlet.” Other roles include Juliet in Sir Peter Hall’s

production of “Romeo and Julie” at the Ahmanson Theatre, and John Barton’s

Shakespeare special for PBS. Collins landed her first leading role on Broadway in Scott

Elliot’s production of “The Women” at The Roundabout Theatre.

KEVIN DURAND (Fred J. Dukes/The Blob) was voted one of Canada’s funniest

new comedians before coming to the fore in the role of Joshua in James Cameron’s

television series “Dark Angel.” He then originated the role of Injun Joe in “The

Adventures of Tom Sawyer” on Broadway.

In 2007, he was seen in Joe Carnahan’s “Smokin’ Aces” with Ben Affleck and

Jeremy Piven, James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale,

and Walt Becker’s “Wild Hogs” with John Travolta and Tim Allen.

Durand’s recent television credits include “Shark,” “Lost,” “Without a Trace,”

“The Dead Zone,” “CSI” and the role of Agent Jay Swopes in “Touching Evil.”

His film credits include “Mystery, Alaska,” “Walking Tall” and “The Butterfly

Effect.”

DANIEL HENNEY (Agent Zero), in the past year, has become a household

name in Korea. The 29-year-old model-turned-actor was born in Michigan, of a Korean-

American mother and a British-American father. After moving to New York City,

Henney appeared in Off Broadway shows and studied acting at the Deena Levy Theater.

It was his role as Henry Kim in “My Lovely Samsoon” that left a lasting

impression on the Korean entertainment industry. Henney had a role in a TV drama

produced by acclaimed director SukHo Yoon of the “Four Seasons series,” before he

moved on to the big screen. He went on to complete his first romantic comedy,

“Seducing Mr. Robin,” in 2006. A year later, he starred in the film, “My Father,” for

which he became the first actor not born in Korea to sweep all of that country’s major

cinema awards in the best new actor category.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

GAVIN HOOD (Director) graduated with a degree in law in South Africa, then

worked briefly as an actor before heading to the U.S. to study screenwriting and directing

at the University of California in Los Angeles. In 1993, he won a Diane Thomas

Screenwriting Award for his first screenplay, “A Reasonable Man,” which was inspired

by a case of ritual murder. Judges included Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas and

Kathleen Kennedy.

After completing his studies, Hood returned to South Africa, where he got his first

writing and directing work making educational dramas for the new Department of Health,

which was just beginning to feel the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. For his work in

educational television, Hood won one Artes Award (a South African Emmy) and was

nominated for another.

In 1998, Hood made his 35mm film-directing debut with a 22-minute short called

“The Storekeeper.” The film won thirteen international film festival awards, including the

Grand Prize at the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia, which qualified the

film for Academy Award consideration in 1998. “The Storekeeper” paved the way for

Hood's low budget feature debut, “A Reasonable Man,” which he wrote, directed, coproduced

(with Paul Raleigh) and starred in opposite Academy Award nominee Sir Nigel

Hawthorne. At the All Africa Film Awards in 2001, Hood won best actor, best

screenwriter and best director. At the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, Hood was named by

Variety as one of their ten directors to watch.

In 2001, Hood was hired to adapt and direct an epic children’s adventure story, set

in Africa, based on a novel In Desert and Wilderness by Nobel Prize-winning author

Henryk Sienkiewicz. Though the film was set in Africa, where Hood grew up, it had to

be filmed in the Polish language. Grabbing a chance to shoot in Super 35mm, Hood took

the job, communicating with his actors and crew through a translator. The film became

the highest grossing picture in Poland that year and won Best of the Fest at the Chicago

International Children’s Film Festival in 2002.

In 2003, Hood was approached by producer Peter Fudakowski to write a

screenplay based on the novel Tsotsi by South Africa's most acclaimed playwright, Athol

Fugard. The film was shot in South Africa in late 2004, and was released by Miramax in

February 2006. (The rights were acquired at the Toronto Film Festival.) In addition to

winning the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, “Tsotsi” received a Golden

Globe nomination, and won prizes at the AFI Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, the

Edinburgh Film Festival, and seven other festivals.

In 2007, Hood directed “Rendition,” staring Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep,

and Jake Gyllenhaal.

DAVID BENIOFF (Screenplay) is an author and screenwriter. He adapted his

first novel, The 25th Hour, into the feature film directed by Spike Lee. His other

screenplays include “Troy,” “Stay” and “The Kite Runner.” Stories from his critically

acclaimed collection When the Nines Roll Over appeared in Best New American Voices

and The Best Nonrequired American Reading. His novel City of Thieves was selected as

the 2008 SCIBA Fiction Award Winner. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and

daughter.

SKIP WOODS’ (Screenplay) feature screenplays include the 2007 thriller

“Hitman” starring Timothy Olyphant and Olga Kurylenko, and “Swordfish” starring John

Travolta, Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman. He previously wrote and directed the crime

thriller “Thursday” starring Thomas Jane and Aaron Eckhart.

LAUREN SHULER DONNER (Producer) has, in the past two decades,

established herself as one of the most successful and versatile producers in Hollywood.

Her producing skill has enabled her to partner with top directorial talents, including Nora

Ephron, Oliver Stone, Bryan Singer, Richard Donner, Joel Schumacher, Ivan Reitman,

John Hughes and now, Gavin Hood. To date, her films have grossed more than $2.5

billion worldwide. In October 2008, Shuler Donner and her husband Richard Donner

were awarded Stars next to each other on Hollywood Walk of Fame. They were also

awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Ojai Film Festival in November 2008.

Shuler Donner has been recognized for her body of work in 2001 by Premiere magazine

with the Producer Icon Award, and was recognized by Daily Variety with a Billion Dollar

Producer special issue. In June 2006, she received the prestigious Crystal Award from

Women in Film. Lauren and Richard Donner were honored by The American Cancer

Society in June of 2006, and by Lupus L.A. in 2008.

In 2008, Shuler Donner enjoyed a particularly prolific year with four highly-

anticipated films in production. In addition to X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, she

had “The Secret Life of Bees,” for Fox Searchlight, written and directed by Gina Prince-

Bythewood, starring Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys,

Sophie Okonedo and Paul Bettany. This film won multiple People’s Choice awards -

Favorite Film, among them. It also garnered multiple nominations for the NAACP Image

Awards.

Upcoming is “Cirque du Freak,” a Universal film written by Paul Weitz, who

also directed the adaptation of the bestselling young adult book series by Darren Shan.

“Hotel for Dogs” for Dreamworks/Paramount opened in January 2009. As a dog lover,

Shuler Donner is especially proud of this film’s message to rescue pets from shelters

whenever possible.

In 2000, Shuler Donner began a new franchise with “X Men” and followed up in

2003 with "X2.” The second film broke box office records with an opening weekend

total of $86 million dollars nationwide. Not only did the film gross $406 million dollars

internationally, it is also the only sequel of 2003 to receive critical acclaim. “X Men: The

Last Stand” was released in May 2006 and a month later it was on its way to the half

billion dollar mark worldwide.

Shuler Donner’s first feature film as a producer was the smash hit comedy, “Mr.

Mom,” one of the top ten grossing films of the year. She then produced “Ladyhawke”

starring Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer, “St. Elmo’s Fire” and

“Pretty in Pink.” The soundtracks for the latter two went platinum.

In the early ‘90s, Shuler Donner produced the box office hits “Dave” and “Free

Willy,” two of the top ten films of 1993. The critically acclaimed “Dave” was nominated

for both an Academy Award (best original screenplay) and a Golden Globe (Best Picture-

Comedy). She went on to produce “You’ve Got Mail,” “Any Given Sunday,” “Radio

Flyer,” “3 Fugitives” and the sequel to “Free Willy.” As head of The Donners’

Company, she has executive-produced “Volcano,” "Bulworth,” “Just Married” and

“Semi-Pro.’ Shuler Donner’s other recent productions include “Timeline,” “Constantine,”

“She’s The Man” and “Unaccompanied Minors.”

Shuler Donner is a dedicated philanthropist. She was on the board of directors for

Hollygrove Children’s Home until it merged with EMQ in 2006. Shuler Donner has

been on the advisory boards of Women in Film, TreePeople and Planned Parenthood, and

on the executive committee of the producer’s branch of the Academy of Motion Picture

Arts and Sciences. She is currently on the advisory board of the Science Fiction Museum

and Hall of Fame, the advisory board of the Natural Resources Defense Council and the

board of directors for the Producers Guild of America.

RALPH WINTER (Producer) has proven himself to be one of Hollywood’s most

successful producers in motion picture and television. Over the past eight years, Winter

has produced some of Twentieth Century Fox’s greatest box office successes, including

the “X-Men” trilogy and two “Fantastic Four” movies, which together have grossed

nearly $3 billion.

Winter has produced over 25 films for various studios and topped $4 billion in

worldwide box office receipts. He has also produced and directed television for Steven

Spielberg at DreamWorks. He is a founding partner in commercial production company

ThomasWinterCooke, where he and his partners have successfully pioneered branded

entertainment with product integrations ranging from global beverage brands to

automobiles.

A graduate of UC Berkeley, Winter is married, with two children, active in

community affairs and performing arts projects, and speaks regularly around the country

at universities and film festivals.

JOHN PALERMO (Producer) is a founder and partner of Seed Productions, a

film, television and theater production company with offices in Los Angeles and Sydney.

Seed’s first film, “Deception,” was released by Twentieth Century Fox in April 2008.

Additionally, Palermo served as an executive producer on “X-Men: The Last Stand,” the

third installment of the franchise.

STAN LEE (Executive Producer), the chairman emeritus of Marvel Comics, is

known to millions as the man whose superhero characters propelled Marvel to its

preeminent position in the comic-book industry. Hundreds of legendary characters,

including Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man,

Daredevil, The Avengers, The Silver Surfer, Thor and Dr. Strange, all grew out of his

fertile imagination.

Lee served as executive producer for “Iron Man,” “Fantastic Four: Rise of the

Silver Surfer” and the recent “Punisher: War Zone.” He also served in that capacity on

the worldwide blockbusters “Spider-Man,” “Spider-Man 2” and “Spider-Man 3.”

Before that, Lee was an executive producer on “Ghost Rider,” “X-Men: The Last

Stand,” “X2,” “X-Men,” “Fantastic Four,” “Hulk,” “Elektra,” “Daredevil,” and the

“Blade” trilogy.

It was in the early 1960s that Lee ushered in what has come to be known as The

Marvel Age of Comics, creating major new Super Heroes while breathing life and style

into such old favorites as Captain America, The Human Torch and The Sub Mariner.

During his first 25 years at Marvel, as editor, art director and head writer, Lee

scripted no fewer than two and as many as five complete comic books per week. His

prodigious output may comprise the largest body of published work by any single writer.

Additionally, he wrote newspaper features, radio and television scripts and screenplays.

By the time he was named publisher of Marvel Comics in 1972, Lee’s comics

were the nation’s biggest sellers. In 1977, he brought the Spider-Man character to

newspapers in the form of a syndicated strip. This seven-days-a-week feature, which he

has written and edited since its inception, is the most successful of all syndicated

adventure strips, appearing in more than 500 newspapers worldwide.

In 1981, Marvel launched an animation studio on the West Coast and Lee moved

to Los Angeles to become creative head of Marvel’s cinematic adventures. He began to

transform his Spider-Man and Hulk creations into Saturday morning television and paved

the way for Marvel’s entry into live-action feature films.

Under the umbrella of his new company POW! (Purveyors of Wonder!)

Entertainment, Inc., Lee created and executive produced an animated “Stan Lee Presents”

DVD series. Lee’s television credits with POW! include serving as executive producer

and star on the hit reality series “Who Wants To Be a Superhero?,” and as co-producer

and creator of “Stripperella” on the Spike cable channel. Previously, he executive

produced “Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Spider-Man” and

“X-Men.”

Lee has written more than a dozen best-selling books, including Stan Lee’s

Superhero Christmas, The Origins of Marvel Comics, The Best of the Worst, The Silver

Surfer, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, The Alien Factor, Bring on the Bad Guys,

Riftworld, The Superhero Women and his autobiography Excelsior! The Amazing Life of

Stan Lee.

RICHARD DONNER (Executive Producer) is the creative force behind some of

the most popular movies of the last 20 years: “The Omen,” “Superman,” “Free Willy,”

the “Lethal Weapon” series and “Maverick.”

His career started in front of the camera as an actor in Martin Ritt’s television

production of W. Somerset Maugham’s “Of Human Bondage.” After this brief stint, Ritt

gave him a piece of advice that was to change his life. “Marty told me I’d never make it

as an actor because I couldn’t take direction,” recalls Donner, “but he thought I could

give it, so he offered me a job as his assistant.” Donner continued assisting Ritt and

many other great live television directors.

After moving to Los Angeles, he won the assignment of directing his friend Steve

McQueen for the television series “Wanted: Dead or Alive.” In 1961, he directed Charles

Bronson in “X-15,” a melodrama about Air Force test pilots. He continued directing such

television series as “The Twilight Zone,” “The Fugitive,” “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”

and “Kojak.”

During the 1970s, Donner directed several acclaimed movies-of-the-week, and in

1975 he directed his first successful major feature, “The Omen,” which was released the

following year and set a box-office record. He next took on the task of transferring the

adventures of the most popular pulp in five decades to film. Under his direction,

“Superman” became one of the all-time biggest international hits.

Four films followed the success of “Superman”: “Inside Moves,” “The Toy,”

starring Jackie Gleason and Richard Pryor; “Ladyhawke,” (his favorite for many reasons

amongst which was falling in love with the producer Lauren Shuler, who later became his

wife); and “The Goonies,” produced with Steven Spielberg.

In “Lethal Weapon,” Donner introduced two cops who would become cinema’s

most popular crime fighting duo, played by Danny Glover and Mel Gibson. “Lethal

Weapon 2” proved even more successful, and the two stars teamed up for “Lethal

Weapon 3,” released in May of 1992, which went on to become one of the highest

grossing pictures of all time, earning more than $150-million.

Donner also produced and directed “Scrooged,” starring Bill Murray, and the

affecting “Radio Flyer.” He executive produced the thriller “The Lost Boys,” directed by

Joel Schumacher, and served as executive producer on the HBO television series “Tales

from the Crypt” (for which he directed the pilot) and the Saturday morning cartoon of the

same name.

Donner executive produced the hit family movies “Free Willy,” “Free Willy 2”

and “Free Willy 3.” He directed and produced “Maverick,” starring Mel Gibson, Jodie

Foster and James Garner; “Assassins,” starring Antonio Banderas and Sylvester Stallone;

and “Conspiracy Theory,’ starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts.

“Lethal Weapon 4,” with all the favorites – Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene

Russo and Joe Pesci – was released in July of 1998, and introduced Chris Rock and Jet

Li. The Lethal Weapon quartet has grossed close to a billion dollars.

His film “Timeline,” based on the Michael Crichton novel, was released in 2004,

followed two years later by the critically hailed “16 Blocks,” starring Bruce Willis.

Donner was an executive producer on “X-Men,” which reignited the comics-to-film

genre, much as Donner did years earlier with “Superman.”

DONALD M. McALPINE, ACS/ASC (Director of Photography) shot “Moulin

Rouge!” and “William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet” for fellow Australian Baz

Luhrmann. McAlpine has worked on nearly 50 pictures, including those for such

directors as Chris Columbus, Alan Pakula, Paul Mazursky, Ron Howard, Bruce

Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Mel Gibson, Lee Tamahori and Paul Newman.

McAlpine’s credits as a cinematographer also include “Stepmom,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,”

“The Edge,” “Nine Months,” “Clear and Present Danger,” “Patriot Games,” “The Man

Without a Face,” “Stanley & Iris” and “Parenthood.”

McAlpine first came to worldwide attention with the acclaimed Australian

features “My Brilliant Career” by Gillian Armstrong and “Breaker Morant” for Bruce

Beresford, both of which collected Australian Film Institute Awards for Best

Cinematography.

BARRY ROBISON (Production Designer) has a diverse array of feature film

credits that includes “Nim’s Island,” “You, Me & Dupree,” “Rendition” (directed by

Gavin Hood), “Fun with Dick and Jane,” “The Rookie,” “October Sky,” “Highway,”

“Bubble Boy,” “Home Fries,” “Loved,” “The Man Who Wouldn’t Die,” “My Family,”

“Sensation” and “Candyman: Farwell to the Flesh.”

His television credits include “Deadly Relations,” “Treacherous Crossing” and

“Deadly Game.” Prior to becoming a production designer, Robison was a set designer on

“Merry Christmas, George Bailey,” and a costume designer on “L. Frank Baum’s The

Marvelous Land of Oz.”

NICOLAS DE TOTH (Editor) has edited a wide variety of films including “Live

Free or Die Hard,” “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” “The Covenant,” “Underworld:

Evolution,” “Eye of the Storm,” “Universal Soldier,” “Hellbound,” “Stargate,” “Street

Fighter,” “Showgirls,” “Moll Flanders,” “The Edge” and “Stepmom.”

Other credits as editor include “Bicentennial Man,” “Dirk and Betty,” “Along

Came a Spider” and “The Sum of All Fears.”

MEGAN GILL (Editor) previously collaborated with director Gavin Hood on the

drama “Rendition,” released in 2007, and on the Oscar®-winning “Tsotsi,” released in

2005. Gill was an editor on “Dead Easy” and worked in various editorial capacities on

“The Ghost in the Darkness,” “Cry the Beloved Country,” “A Good Man in Africa” and

“Bopha!” among other films.

LOUIS G. FRIEDMAN (Co-Producer) has worked in a variety of production

capacities – including assistant director, production manager, co-producer and line

producer – on dozens of major motion pictures. His credits include “Titanic,” “American

Pie,” “Starship Troopers,” “Blue Crush” and “Along Came Polly.” His work in

television includes stints on “L.A. Law” and “J.A.G.” For Lucasfilm, Friedman

contributed to “More American Graffiti,” “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Return of the

Jedi,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.”

HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS (Music) is one of Hollywood’s most sought

after composers, working on a variety of high-profile projects, both animated and live-

action. Over the last few years, Gregson-Williams has scored some of the industries

biggest blockbusters including “Shrek the Third,” “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,

The Witch, and The Wardrobe” (for which he received nominations for a Golden Globe

and Grammy), “Shrek” (for which he received a BAFTA nomination), “Shrek 2,” and

“Chicken Run.” He most recently wrote the score for “Gone Baby Gone,” which marked

the directorial debut of Ben Affleck, and “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.”

Gregson-Williams has collaborated on several movies with director Tony Scott,

including “Man on Fire,” “Domino,” “Spy Game” and “Déjà Vu,” as well as three films

with Joel Schumacher – “Phone Booth,” “Veronica Guerin” and “The Number 23.” His

other film credits include “Seraphim Falls,” “Kingdom of Heaven” (nominated for a

Classical Brit award and winning a Golden Satellite award), “Bridget Jones:

The Edge of Reason,” “Enemy of the State,” “The Replacement Killers,” “Smilla’s Sense

of Snow” and “Antz.”

Born in England to a musical family, Gregson-Williams earned a scholarship

from the music school of St. John’s College in Cambridge at the age of seven. By age

13, his singing had been featured on over a dozen records, and he subsequently earned a

coveted spot at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He started his film

career as an orchestrator and arranger for composer Stanley Myers, and went on to

compose his first scores for the veteran English director, Nicolas Roeg. Gregson-

Williams’ initiation in to Hollywood film scoring was then facilitated by his collaboration

and friendship with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. This resulted in Gregson-

Williams providing music for such films as “The Rock,” “Broken Arrow,” “The Fan,”

“Muppet Treasure Island,” “Armageddon,” “As Good as it Gets,” and “The Prince of

Egypt.” Gregson-Williams has conducted acclaimed concerts of his music from “The

Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” in Madrid in 2006 and in

Denver in 2007.

Upcoming projects include “The Taking of Pelham 123,” directed by Tony Scott,

"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” and "Shrek Goes Fourth."

ALEC GILLIS and TOM WOODRUFF, JR. (Special Make-up Effects

Designers and Creators) are the principals of Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. (ADI), one of

the industry’s leading creature effects houses.

Early in his career, Gillis worked for many of Hollywood’s top makeup and

creature effects artists, including Stan Winston. Gillis was also one of Winston’s key

designers on films such as “Aliens,” “Alien Nation” and “Leviathan”. It was also during

this time that he met Tom Woodruff, Jr., with whom he would later form a new creature

effects studio.

Woodruff joined Stan Winston's team on “Terminator.” That was the beginning of

a five-year period that saw Woodruff become a key coordinator under Winston, working

on such features as “Aliens” and “Predator,” as well as on the TV show “Amazing

Stories.” During this time, he began wearing the complicated make-up and costumes of

the creatures designed at the studio. His physical build and tolerance, as well as his

ability to perform as an actor, led to his portraying the title characters in the movies

“Monster Squad,” “Pumpkinhead,” and “Leviathan.”

Woodruff and Gillis then formed Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. Woodruff and

Gillis became two of the major character effects talents in the business today. They won

an Academy Award for “Death Becomes Her” and Academy Award nominations for

“Starship Troopers” and “Alien 3.”

Woodruff continues to perform in a variety of creature and animal roles, as lead

characters in the features “AVP: Alien Vs. Predator,” “AVP-R,” “Scary Movie 3,”

“Looney Tunes - Back in Action,” “Evolution,” “Bedazzled,” “The Hollow Man,” “Alien

Resurrection,” “Alien3,” “Jumanji,” “The X-Files,” as well as on the television series

“nip/tuck,” “Chicago Hope” and “Seven Days.” Their recent projects are “Race to Witch

Mountain” and “Cirque du Freak.”

Permission is hereby granted to newspapers and periodicals to reproduce this

text in articles publicizing the distribution of the Motion Picture.

All other use is strictly prohibited, including sale, duplication, or other transfers of this material.

This press kit, in whole or in part, must not be leased, sold, or given away.

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Presents

In Association with

MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT

and

DUNE ENTERTAINMENT

A DONNERS’ COMPANY PRODUCTION /

A SEED PRODUCTION

HUGH JACKMAN

LIEV SCHREIBER

DANNY HUSTON

WILL.I.AM

LYNN COLLINS

KEVIN DURAND

DOMINIC MONAGHAN

TAYLOR KITSCH

DANIEL HENNEY

and RYAN REYNOLDS

“X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE”

Directed by........................................................GAVIN HOOD

Screenplay by........................................DAVID BENIOFF and

...........................................................................SKIP WOODS

Produced by .............................LAUREN SHULER DONNER

..................................................................... RALPH WINTER

................................................................... HUGH JACKMAN

.....................................................................JOHN PALERMO

Executive Producer ................................ RICHARD DONNER

Executive Producer ................................................. STAN LEE

Director of Photography ............................................................

......................................DONALD M. McALPINE, ACS/ASC

Production Designer...................................BARRY ROBISON

Film Editors ............................................NICOLAS DE TOTH

.......................................................................... MEGAN GILL

Co-Producers .......................................LOUIS G. FRIEDMAN

............................................................PETER MACDONALD

Visual Effects Supervisor .....................PATRICK McCLUNG

Special Make-Up Effects Designed and

Created by...........ALEC GILLIS and TOM WOODRUFF, JR.

Music by .............................HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS

Costume Designer............................LOUISE MINGENBACH

Australian Casting by................................. CHRISTINE KING

U.S. Casting by ....................................... DEBRA ZANE, CSA

Unit Production Manager.....................LOUIS G. FRIEDMAN

First Assistant Director .................. PHILLIP A. PATTERSON

First Assistant Director....................................CHRIS SOLDO

Second Assistant Director............................PAUL K. BARRY

Production Manager.............................MICHELLE RUSSELL

CAST

Logan/Wolverine ....................................... HUGH JACKMAN

Victor Creed .............................................. LIEV SCHREIBER

Stryker ........................................................DANNY HUSTON

John Wraith ........................................................... WILL.I.AM

Kayla Silverfox............................................. LYNN COLLINS

Fred Dukes...................................................KEVIN DURAND

Bradley ............................................ DOMINIC MONAGHAN

Remy LeBeau .............................................TAYLOR KITSCH

Agent Zero.................................................DANIEL HENNEY

Wade Wilson ..........................................RYAN REYNOLDS

Weapon XI.....................................................SCOTT ADKINS

Scott Summers...................................................TIM POCOCK

Heather Hudson................................................JULIA BLAKE

Travis Hudson ................................................. MAX CULLEN

James ...............................................................TROYE SIVAN

Dog (Young Creed) ......................MICHAEL JAMES OLSEN

John Howlett.................................................PETER O’BRIEN

Thomas Logan ............................................AARON JEFFREY

Elizabeth Howlett ...................................ALICE PARKINSON

Firing Squad Leader ................................. PHIL PATTERSON

Carnival Guy .................................................ANTHONY GEE

Carnival Girl...................................... ADELAIDE CLEMENS

School Child ..................................................KARL BEATTIE

Logging Supervisor ................................. TOM O’SULLIVAN

Phelan ....................................................... MYLES POLLARD

Marcuse .............................................STEPHEN ANDERTON

Van Mier...................................................CHRIS SADRINNA

Bartender ................................................. SEPTIMUS CATON

Surgeon...................................................... MATTHEW DALE

Male Nurse 1 ............................................. NATHIN BUTLER

Male Nurse 2 .................................................. PETER BARRY

Dr. Cornelius ................................................DAVID RITCHIE

Dr. Carol Frost.............................................. ASHER KEDDIE

Lead Technician –Alkali Lake.................... SOCRATIS OTTO

General Munson ..................................... STEPHEN LEEDER

Platoon Leader.......................................... JAMES D. DEVER

Muttering Man............................................ MARTIN OBUGA

Nervous African Woman................ RITA AFFUA CONNELL

Stryker Aide.............................................JOHN SHRIMPTON

Curtis ......................................................... HENRY BROWNE

Kayla’s Sister/Emma....................................TAHYNA TOZZI

Poker Player #1.................................... DANIEL NEGREANU

Woman of the Night........................................ALEX DAVIES

Huge Doorman ....................................................DON BATTE

Drunken Man In Alley..............................EVAN STURROCK

Driver #1..................................................... ROB FLANAGAN

African Businessman.........................HAKEEM KAE-KAZIM

Teacher ........................................................ ALISON ARAYA

Special Forces Commander ............................. ERIC BREKER

Vietnamese Child #1 ........................................... EILEEN BUI

Hunter #1...................................................ADRIAN HUGHES

Hunter #2........................................... BRYON CHIEF-MOON

Vietnam Army Officer #1................................. MIKE DOPUD

Waitresses..............BEATRICE ILG, KANAKO TAKEGISHI

Tank Soldier ................................................................ PANOU

Vietnamese Man..........................................JOHNSON PHAN

Vietnamese Woman...................................ELIZABETH THAI

Mutant Twin #1 ................................................... JADE TANG

Mutant Twin #2 ...............................................JOELLE TANG

Helicopter Pilot.......................................WARWICK YOUNG

Stunt Coordinators...........GLENN BOSWELL, DEAN CHOE

............................................................MICHAEL MITCHELL

Fight / Action Design by ...............................DAVID LEITCH

.................................................................CHAD STAHELSKI

Additional Fight Choreographer...............................JJ PERRY

Stunt Riggers...ANDREW BERCHTOLD, CHRIS COPPARD

........................ GRANT FLETCHER, DAVID ALEXANDER

............ CARLY THOMAS, THEO THOMAS, CHAD SAYN

...........................................................................CORBIN FOX

STUNTS BY......ROBERT JONES, RICHARD BRADSHAW

................................... STEVE MORRIS, ROBERT BOWLES

....................SEBASTIAN DICKINS, CHELSEA BRULAND

............NEAL HORTON, GEORGE SALIBA, BEN SIEMER

...................DANE FARWELL, NICK BARIC, MARK CHIN

...CHRIS GORDON, KEN KRIZINGER, ANGELA MOORE

. LEE ADAMSON, NIGEL HARBACH, CHRIS MITCHELL

.................. DANIEL STEVENS, MARKY LEE CAMPBELL

......JASON GAMMELL, MICK ROUGHAN, LEON STRIPP

.......................... KEVIN THOMPSON, CHARLES JARMAN

..........................ANTHONY ST.JOHN, ANTHONY MCRAE

........................................DALIAS BLAKE, BEAU HURREN

...................... ANDREA BERCHTOLD, MICHAEL HODGE

................................SHEA ADAMS, SAMUEL HARGRAVE

.......MICHAEL DUNCAN, WAYNE PLEASE, JUDD WILD

......... BRIAN SMRZ, TIM CONNOLLY, YVES CAMERON

.......................EFOSA OTUOMAGIE, SYLVESTA STUART

.............................CHARLES JARMAN, ALEX KUZELICKI

.... BRETT SHEERIN, GULLIVER PAGE, RAY ANTHONY

..................................... RIC ANDERSON, HARLEY DURST

................................. ASHLEY FAIRFIELD, ROBERT JAGO

.............................DAVID SCHULTZ, SCOTT NICHOLSON

.................................... TREVOR JONES, BILL LAWRENCE

.........................GASTON MORRISON, ERNEST JACKSON

Helicopter Pilots .................RICK SHUSTER, FRED NORTH

Produced in Association with

INGENIOUS FILM PARTNERS / BIG SCREEN

PRODUCTIONS

Supervising Art Director.....................................IAN GRACIE

Art Directors ........... KAREN MURPHY, BRIAN EDMONDS

Assistant Art Directors................................JACINTA LEONG

....................................MICHAEL TURNER, SIMON ELSEY

Set Decorator ............................................REBECCA COHEN

Assistant Set Decorator........................... KATIE SHARROCK

Set Decoration Coordinator ........................ANNIE PARNELL

Lead Dressers........................................ KATHRYN BURTON

.....................CHRISTOPHER TOMKINS, BRIAR MURPHY

........................................ TANIA EINBERG, BILL GOODES

Graphic Designers............................... MICHAEL WHOLLEY

...................................................................HELEN JACKSON

Swing Gang Leader .....................................SHANE MELDER

Set Decoration Buyers...MARTIN WILLIAMS, ROB WOOD

........................... JO BEIKOFF, Brooke Morris, Andrew Short

........................................................................Jye Luis Dartnell

Storyboard Artists....................................... DAVID RUSSELL

................ TIMOTHY BURGARD, RICARDO F. DELGADO

......................... RAYMOND HARVIE, JIM MAGDELEANO

.................................................................... KEVIN FARRELL

Art Dept. Coordinator............................... COLETTE BIRREL

Concept Artist........................................... ROWAN CASSIDY

Concept Model Makers ................................GEOFF KEMMIS

..................................................................... OWEN KUNNEN

Draftpersons ........................................ JENNY HITCHCOCK

......................................AMANDA CLARKE, KATE WICKS

Art Department Assistants.............................BRIAN CARLIN

................................................................ MARA GARANZINI

Art Department PA's...................................DANIEL ALLECK

....................................................................... GREGG EVANS

CAD Set Designer ..............................KRISTEN ANDERSON

Second Second Assistant Director..........SCOTT LOVELOCK

Third Assistant Directors........................KELLY JOHANSON

................................................................. DANIELLE BLAKE

Assistant Director PA’s ............................ SAMUEL WILSON

.............. MATTHEW RICH, DOUG NGAI, ALEXIS LEVER

A Camera Operator / Steadicam............PETER ROSENFELD

First Assistant Camera.....................................TOV BELLING

Second Assistant Camera ................................HELEN WARD

B Camera Operator...................................DARRIN KEOUGH

B Camera First Assistant Camera.........PAUL SHAKESHAFT

B Camera Second Assistant..........................BRETT TRACEY

Truck Loader.....................................MATTHEW SPOWART

Preview Assistant ....................... SUSANNAH WIMBERLEY

Stills Photographer .........................................JAMES FISHER

Sound Mixer ...................................................... GUNTIS SICS

Boom Operator ....................................... GERRY NUCIFORA

Sound Assistant ............................................. IAN THOMSON

Property Master ............................................. RICHIE DEHNE

Standby Props.........................................ROBERT MOXHAM

Assistants Standby.......................................GABRIEL SMITH

......................................................... RICHARD MANSFIELD

Key Armourer.............................................JOHN BOWRING

Script Supervisor ............................... VICTORIA SULLIVAN

Post Production Facilities Provided by......................................

..............................TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX STUDIOS

Post Production Supervisor........... CHRISTOPHER DOWELL

First Assistant Editors..............LOGAN BREIT, KEN TERRY

Visual Effects Editors...................................... DAVID HEINZ

.....................................................ANDREW RYAN TURNER

Second Assistant Editor (AUS)............KENTOWATANABE

Editorial Production Assistant ..........................JOEY AMRON

Editorial Production Assistant (AUS)....................JOE PETTY

Supervising Sound Editor...........................JOHN A. LARSEN

Supervising Sound Editor & Sound

Designer......................................... DEREK VANDERHORST

Sound Mixing ................................................ PAUL MASSEY

............................................................DAVID GIAMMARCO

Gaffer....................................................STEVEN R. MATHIS

Rigging Gaffer ..............................................GRAEME COOK

Best Boys Electric......................................MOSES FOTOFILI

.................................................................. PANIAKU LOLOA

Electric Rigging Best Boys...........................CRAIG KNIGHT

...................................... MARK HARRIS, PAUL CUMMING

Company Electricians ..... PAUL FOTOFILI, JOEL KLINGER

...... AARON CORDERY, SIMON ALLAN, COLIN WYATT

.........................ZYRA MCAULIFFE, JOE WORTHINGTON

Key Grip ................................................................ PAT NASH

Specialist Rigging Grip............................. HANS VAN GYEN

Best Boy Grips.........................................JAMES HOPWOOD

Dolly Grip “A” Camera ........................ BRETT MCDOWELL

Dolly Grip “B” Camera ............................... JASON MCPHEE

Company Grips........................................CRAIG BARTLETT

................... ROWAN PEACOCK, MARCUS BALLANTINE

Key Rigging Grip........................................... GREG TIDMAN

On Set Rigging Grip ..........................JAMES SUTHERLAND

Remote Head Technician...........................BEAU SEVASTOS

Video Assist Operator.................................. LUIS OLIVARES

Video Assist Assistants......................... ROWENA MOLLICA

............................................................... LACHLAN FRENCH

Costume Supervisor............................. MITCHELL KENNEY

Assistant Costume Designers.................... ALISON MCCOSH

.................................................................... ELIZA GODMAN

Costume Department Coordinator ............ JENNIFER GRACE

Truck Costumer ........................................... STEPHEN HUNT

Mr. Jackman's Personal Costumer ................ JULIA BARTON

Key Costumer...............................................ANDREA HOOD

Extras Costumers...........................................ALEX BARTON

.................................................................. AMANDA IRVING

Head Cutter.....................................................GLORIA BAVA

Seamstresses ............................................. MARGARET GILL

Costume Standby ........................................ AMY MITCHELL

Textile Artists .............................................. MATT REITSMA

Art Finisher...........................................NATALIE BRACHER

Assistant Art Finisher ......................................ZOE SKINNER

Costume Makers ........................................... LEONIE GRACE

................................................................. SARAH LUMSDEN

Costume Buyers...........NINA EDWARDS, TERRI LAMERA

Costume Researcher.................................MARK CAMPBELL

Costume PA’s...........JESSICA STEPHENS, STEFAN HUNT

LA COSTUME DEPARTMENT

Key Costumer ......................................................KIM HOLLY

Costumers ............................KRIS DANGL, TISHA JAHNKE

LA Shopper/Costumer ......................................DANNY VICK

Fabric Swatcher ........................................ CHRIS PETERSON

Costume Production Assistants................. LYNNE DUGGINS

...........................................................................ERIN FISHER

Key Make-Up Artist & Hair Stylist .............. NIKKI GOOLEY

Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists.................ANITA MORGAN

................................................................ PAIGE BADENOCH

Mr. Jackman's Make-Up.................................... KATE BIRCH

Mr. Jackman's Hair Stylist.......................WALDO SANCHEZ

Wig/Hair Artist.....................................DALIA FERNANDEZ

Junior Make-Up Artist......................VANESSA LANGFORD

Prosthetics Supervisor ...................................... COLIN WARE

Prosthetics Technician.................... KRISTELLE GARDINER

Marine Coordinator .............................. CARL BLACKLIDGE

Location Manager.................................................. Gareth Price

Assistant Location Manager ................EDWARD DONOVAN

Location Department Coordinator............ LAUREN COOPER

Location Scouts ................................................ PETER HICKS

..............................MARY BARLTROP, CHRIS REYNOLDS

Production Coordinator .................................JANE FORREST

US Production Coordinator ................STEPHEN R. SALADA

Travel Coordinators... NICI COULSTON, CASEY DAWSON

Technical Supervisor ...................................... SETH LARNEY

Assistant Production Coordinator..............NANCY DENTICE

Equipment Coordinator ...................................ILANA LAZAR

Production Secretary................................BIATTA CZERKIES

Office Production Assistants ...................IRVING MILGROM

................................. ERIC JOHNSON, IMOGEN TROWELL

.................ASHLEY JOELLE SMITH, ELIZABETH TYSON

Technical Assistant................................ MICHAEL GROGAN

Production Runners .............................MICHAEL HORVATH

............................... ADAM SIGNORELLI, BEN SOLOMON

Special Effects Supervisor.................................DAN OLIVER

Special Effects Assistant Supervisor ... LLYOD FINNEMORE

Special Effects Coordinator............MONIKA STANKOWSKI

Special Effects OHS .................................. ARRAN GORDON

Special Effects Workshop Foreman ............. ARTHUR SPINK

Special Effects Technicians... RAY PURKIS, DAVID JAMES

..............................IVAN SAINSBURY, JUAN FABRELLAS

...............................GERARD COLLINS, VOLKER ALLERT

...........ORLANDO MURRAY, LEO HENRY, TOM DAVIES

.................. ZACH MASON, KENT O’SHEA, MATT WARD

....................MARK STONE, MATT KEOGH, CHRIS PETIT

................................ DOUGAL THOMPSON, JAMES HOWE

.. DAVID HICKMAN, JIM LENG, TRISTAN FITZGERALD

..................................... PAUL TOBIN, BARRY THOMPSON

Special Effects On Set Technician............... JAIBIN DICKINS

.................TIM RIACH, JULIAN SUMMERS, AARON COX

Special Effects Riggers............................. SIMON AMBROSE

................................MICHAEL HUGHES, MICHAEL RYAN

...................................................................KIERAN RUNDLE

Special Effects Buyer ................................... PAUL EICHORN

Special Effects Assistants............................JESSICA POWER

............................................................PEARCE HOSKINSON

Construction Managers..................................... GREG HAJDU

................................................................ GARTH TOMPKINS

Senior Construction Foreman ..................... MATT BALDWIN

Construction Supervising Foreman ...................... JOSH BUSH

Construction Coordinator ....................... ROBINA OSBORNE

Construction Buyer.................................... STEFHAN PERRY

Model Department Supervisor.................... PETER WYBORN

Workshop Manager .........................................ADAM GRACE

Model Department Coordinator.....................MARCUS LEVY

Head Plasterer.................................................STEVE COURT

Head Scenic Artist ......................................MATT CONNORS

On Set Carpenter......................................... MARK PANUCCI

Head Stagehand ................................. VINCENT MORGILLO

Steel Foreman ........................................ CARLO CAPOLUPO

Stand-By Painter.................................................BEN YOUNG

Head Greensman...............................................JACK ELLIOT

Best Boy Greens ......................................... JACK WHIDDON

Assistant to Mr. Hood...................................MARK MARTIN

Assistants to Mrs. Shuler Donner ................... KATHY LISKA

...................................... JACK DUBNICEK, TARA AUCOIN

Assistant to Mr. Jackman............................. RYAN LUDLOW

Assistants toMr. Palermo.................CURTIS GREENWOOD

...................................................................... JAIN MORALEE

Dialect Coach....................................................... JESS PLATT

Military Tech Advisor.....................................JAMES DEVER

Military Historian ............................................ QUAY TERRY

Production Accountant................................ TRUDY TALBOT

First Assistant Accountants.......................KRISTIN KRUGER

.................................................................... CHARLIE ARAKI

Payroll Accountants......................................YASMINE JADE

...............................................................COLIN GALLOWAY

Art Department Accountant.............CLARE CUNNINGHAM

Assistant Payroll Accountant.................MICHELLE HARTIG

Second Assistant Accountants .................... HELEN ROSOUX

............................................................STEPHEN MCGILLEN

Petty Cash Accountant....................................NICK JEFFREY

Accounting Clerk............................................... JASPER SUSI

Post Production Accountant .......................JOHN FLETCHER

Assistant Post Production Accountant ...... TAYLOR FAVALE

Unit Manager/Craft Service.............................TIC CARROLL

Assistant Unit Manager.................................KIM GLADMAN

Canadian Casting by .................. COREEN MAYRS CSA and

..............................................HEIKE BRANDSTATTER CSA

Los Angeles Casting Associates.............TANNIS VALLELY

.........................................................SHAYNA MARKOWITZ

Australian Casting Assistants ...................DAVID NEWMAN

........................................................... LEIGH WHITTEMORE

Extras Casting............................................. ALANNA PERRY

Unit Publicist ........................................ VICTORIA BUCHAN

Transportation & Freight Manager ............ ANDREW HAYES

Assistant Transportation Manager .....RICHARD MUGRIDGE

Action Vehicle Supervisor...........................GEOFF NAYLOR

Chef...............................................................KERRY FETZER

Caterers.......................... ROBERT BRAILEY, FIONA PAUL

............... DAMIAN PITTMAN, JEAN-PAUL BRUNETEAU

...................................JAY AMUNDSEN, REZA MOTKHAR

Security Supervisors ............................... RICKY CAMPBELL

.................................................................... WAYNE PLEACE

Safety Consultant....................................JONATHON CROSS

Unit Nurse...................................................... KATIE HARRIS

Co Producer ...........................................MARSHA SWINTON

Associate Producer ................................WHITNEY THOMAS

Visual Effects Producer ................................. GREG BAXTER

Visual Effects Consultant .......................... KURT WILLIAMS

Additional VFX Supervisor ................................. CRAIG LYN

Senior VFX Coordinator ............................... DAMIEN CARR

VFX Coordinator............................... TOM ELDER-GROEBE

Assistant to VFX ......................................CLAYTON LYONS

VFX Production Assistants................................EMILY MOSS

......................................KENDALL ANLIAN, GERSON PAZ

Additional VFX Plate Supervisors ......... CHRIS TOWNSEND

........................................................................ ROBIN HACKL

Data Wranglers .......................................FELIX POMERANZ

................................ GORD DUNICK, BLAINE LOUGHEED

..................................ALISTAIR JAMIESON, HUGH SMITH

VFX Assistant Coordinators..........................AMY SPANNER

........................... DEBORAH ALLECK, CONNIE HENDRIX

.................................................................BRENT ARMFIELD

VFX Production Assistants........................................................

..........................................HANNAH CARROLL CHAPMAN

..................................................... MELISSA GRACE OLSON

Encodacam .....................JOE LEWIS, HALL HUTCHINSON

....................................................................... DAN BESOCKE

Motion Control ............MICHAEL LEBEN, CHRIS PAXSON

Visual Effects by [hy*drau"lx]

VFX Supervisor......................................................... Erik Liles

Visual Effects by: SOHO VFX

VFX Supervisor.................................................. Allan Magled

Visual Effects by: luma pictures

Visual Effects by: Method Studios

Visual Effects by: Rising Sun Pictures

Additional Visual Effects by ......... MATT WORLD DIGITAL

....................... FRANTIC FILMS, FUEL, LOLA, HATCH FX

..................CAFÉ FX, CINESITE, COSA, IMAGE ASYLUM

PREVISUALIZATION BY

CINEDEV

PERSISTENCE OF VISION

FRANTIC FILMS

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS BY

AMALGAMATED DYNAMICS, INC.

.................... YURI EVERSON, KAREN KEENER MANZEL

.................MICHAEL HEINTZELMAN, BRIAN CLAWSON

................................ DAVID FEDELE, MATT MASTRELLA

....................... GARTH WINKLESS, TAMARA WOODARD

..............................SUMA ADAMS, CONNIE G. CRISWELL

.....................HIROSHI KATAGIRI, JAMES MCLOUGHLIN

........... STEVE FRAKES, JAN PEARCE, JASON BARNETT

......DAWN DININGER, MATT KILLEN, KEVIN MCTURK

.................................. DAVID PENIKAS, MIKE LARRABEE

...... MICHAEL BROOM, JOHN DONAHUE, STEVE KOCH

.........RATNA PAPPERT, TIM LEACH, JUSTIN G. DITTER

..................................... PETER CLARKE, DAVIS FANDINO

........................................... TIM MARTIN, CHRIS WALKER

Special Aircraft Consultants ..... KEVIN J. ROHRER (NASA)

.........................................................ALAN BROWN (NASA)

ADR Supervisor.................... MILDRED IATROU MORGAN

ADR Editors ......................................DONALD SYLVESTER

...............................................................MICHAEL HOPKINS

Dialogue Supervisor ................................HELEN LUTTRELL

Sound Designer................................................. TED CAPLAN

Sound Effect Editor ............................................JASON KING

Foley Supervisor......................................JOHN M. MURRAY

Foley Editors...................................SCOTT CURTIS M.P.S.E.

.................................................................... DOUG JACKSON

First Assistant Sound Editor .......................RANDALL GUTH

Assistant Sound Editors ................................ JASON TUTTLE

..........................ERIC A. LARSEN, GALEN GOODPASTER

Sound Editorial Engineers ............. ERIN MICHAEL RETTIG

................................................................. GEOFF ETHRIDGE

Sound Effects Recordist...................................... ROB NOKES

Foley FX ........................................................... ONE STEP UP

Foley Artists......................DAN O'CONNELL, JOHN CUCCI

Foley Mixers............................................. JAMES ASHWILL,

Recordists ..................TIM GOMILLION, DENNIS ROGERS

Re-Recording Engineers.......BILL STEIN, PAUL PAVELKA

ADR Mixer .........................................CHARLEEN STEEVES

ADR Recordist.......................................DAVID LUCARELLI

Voice Casting................ CAITLIN MCKENNA-WILKINSON

Negative Management ..................................GARY BURRITT

[Lab] Color Timer.....................................GEORGE CHAVEZ

Main Titles by .................................................... WILD CARD

End Titles By ..................................................PACIFIC TITLE

Digital Intermediate Facility..........................................EFILM

Digital Intermediate Producer.............................LOAN PHAN

Supervising Digital Colorist .................... STEVEN J. SCOTT

Second Digital Colorist..............................MITCH PAULSON

Digital Intermediate Editor ..................... AMY PAWLOWSKI

High Definition Telecine by CUTTING EDGE, AUSTRALIA

Telecine Colorists SALLY JOHNSON, CAMERON D'ARCY

High Definition Avids and Editorial Rooms

provided by ......................SPECTRUM FILMS, AUSTRALIA

Music Editor ..................................... RICHARD WHITFIELD

Assistant Music Editor.......................................MERI GAVIN

Temp Music Editor ......................................... ALEX GIBSON

Score Conducted by............HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS

Additional Music by ............................... HALLI CAUTHERY

.........................................................................CHRIS WILLIS

Additional Programming by .......................................HYBRID

Score Recorded by.........................................JOEL IWATAKI

Score Mixed by..........................................MALCOM LUKER

Score Orchestrated by.............................. LADD MCINTOSH

Additional Orchestrations by ........... JENNIFER HAMMOND

...............................................................GEOFF STRADLING

Music Preparation by ...................................BOOKER WHITE

Orchestra Contracted by ............................... PETER ROTTER

.......................................................... SANDY DECRESCENT

Choir Contracted by.................................JASPER RANDALL

Digital Recordists ............ TOM HARDISTY, JAMIE LUKER

Music Tech Engineer...............................COSTA KOTSELAS

Programming Assistant............................ ANTHONY LLEDO

Score Recorded at......................................................................

......................................................... THE NEWMAN STAGE,

............................................... TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

Recordist............................................................TIM LAUBER

Stage Managers ................................................... TOM STEEL

.................................................. FRANCESCO PERLANGELI

Engineer...................................................DENIS ST. AMAND

Additional Engineering...........................SLAMM ANDREWS

Score Mixed at................................ WAVECREST STUDIOS,

............................................................................. VENICE, CA

Featured Musicians....................................................................

..............................MARTIN TILLMAN- ELECTRIC CELLO

................................... HUGH MARSH - ELECTRIC VIOLIN

.....................MICHAEL WHITE - PROCESSED TRUMPET

Camera Dollies & Remote Camera

Systems by.................................................................................

........CHAPMAN / LEONARD STUDIO EQUIPMENT, INC.

RICHARD DUARTE

SECOND UNIT

Second Unit Director (Australia

/ New Zealand) ................................... PETER MACDONALD

Director of Photography..................................BRAD SHIELD

First Assistant Director...............................EDWARD BRETT

Second Assistant Director ..............................DREW BAILEY

Second Second AD.........................................MARK BISHOP

Third Assistant Director ................... JON ATTENBOROUGH

Script Supervisor ........................................MIMI FRECCERO

“A” Camera Operator .........................DAVID WILLIAMSON

“A” Camera First AC ........................................LUKE NIXON

.................................................................. ADRIEN SEFFRIN

“A” Camera Second AC...................................... BEN PLANT

“B” Camera Operator / Steadicam

....................................................GREG ‘MANGO’ GILBERT

“B” Camera First AC..............................LYDDY VAN GYEN

“B” Camera Second AC ......................................ROB TENCH

Libra Tech .......................................................JOE ALLEGRO

Truck Loader ............................................... DREW ENGLISH

Video Assist....................DAMON GIRBON, PETER QUINN

Key Grip...................................................PAUL THOMPSON

Best Boy Grip.....................................................MAL BOOTH

“A” Dolly Grip .........................................................IAN BIRD

Assistant Props ........................................... PETER KODICEK

Key Hairstylist & Make-Up Artist .......... WENDY DE WAAL

Standby Costumer..................... CAROLYN “RUBY” WELLS

Art Department Coordinator................................. DILYS TAN

Production Manager ....................................CAROL HUGHES

Production Coordinator ................................. NICK COPPING

Production Assistant.......................... MONIQUE DE GROOT

Production Runner.......................................MICHAEL FAHD

Special Effects Supervisor............................BRUCE BRIGHT

Special Effects Technicians........................ DARREN FRANK

................................DEAN FRANKLIN, REBECCA THIELE

Catering ................... CAMERA COOKS, CLARE POLLARD

Production Assistants..... GREG TYNAN, HEIDI FLETCHER

First Aid ...................................................... PATSY BUCHAN

NEW ZEALAND UNIT

Production Supervisor.............................SIMON AMBRIDGE

Production Coordinator........................................ JUDY DALE

Assistant Production Coordinators. JONATHAN KENNEREY

.................................................................KARLA WALLACE

Production Secretary............................KEITH MCCORMICK

Production Assistants...................... CAROLINE MACVICAR

................................................................ MICHAEL HINTON

Art Director.................................................... MARK ROBINS

Assistant Art Director ....................JOHN WILLIAM ALLAN

Art Department Coordinator ..................BIRGITTA NILSSON

Costume Coordinator...........................DIANNE FOOTHEAD

Special Effects Coordinator.....................BRENDON DUREY

Special Effects Senior Technician ...................STEVE PLANT

Special Effects Pyrotechnician.................. STEVE YARDLEY

Location Manager...................................JARROD SINCLAIR

Gaffer...........................................................AARON GIBSON

Transportation Captain....................................... REG GIBSON

Transportation Manager................................ AMBER LYNCH

Transportation Coordinator.............................. BRETT MILLS

....................................................................MARK GILLINGS

Grip Assistants......... JOSHUA DUNN, GRAEME TUCKETT

........................................................................ SCOTT KELLY

Armourer................................................GUNNER ASHFORD

Unit Manager .................................... HARRY WHITEHURST

Helicopter Heuy Pilot ....................................RICK SHUSTER

Helicopter Aerial DP.......................................HANS BJERNO

Helicopter Spacecam Techinican..................CARLOS SIBLIS

Production Accountant........................................ ROB FFISKE

First Assistant Accountant............................JAMES HINTON

Technical Advisor............................................STU GOTTING

Catering..............FLYING TRESTLES, MAUREEN GILLAN

Craft Service Manager........................KARL STIEGLBAUER

Key Craft Assistant..............................CAREY CAMBRIDGE

NORTH AMERICAN MAIN UNIT

Unit Production Manager................................ROSS FANGER

Production Manager.............................STEWART BETHUNE

Production Coordinator............................. MELISSA BARRIE

1st Assistant Production Coordinator .......................................

..........................................................LAURA LIVINGSTONE

2nd Assistant Production Coordinator .... SPENCER HON LUI

Production Assistants.... CHAD FITZ, ROXANNE ST-DENIS

Casting Director..........................................COREEN MARYS

Art Director................... HELEN JARVIS, MICHAEL DINER

Assistant Art Director ............................KIRSTEN FRANSON

Set Designers .........................................PETER STRATFORD

.................................................................. GEOFF WAFFACE

Illustrator...........................................BRIAN CUNNINGHAM

Art Department Coordinator...............JOANNE MCARTHUR

Set Decorator ............................................. SANDY WALKER

Assistant Set Decorator......................................AUDRA NEIL

2nd Assistant Director.............................MISHA BUKOWSKI

3rd Assistant Director..............................RHONDA TAYLOR

A Camera Operator..................................... JOHN CLOTHIER

A Camera 1st AC.............................................STEVE MAIER

A Camera 2nd AC ...............................................IAN LEVINE

B Camera Operator............................................TRIG SINGER

B Camera 1st AC...........................................GREG BEATON

B Camera 2nd AC......................................... SCOTT COZENS

Stills Photographer .................................ALAN MARKFIELD

Key Grip .......................................................... STEVE SMITH

Best Boy Grip............................................GARY WILLIAMS

Location Manager..............................................ANN GOOBIE

Assistant Location Manager ......................PAUL GIORDANO

Property Master ....................................... DEAN EILERTSON

Key Hair ............................................................. ROY SIDICK

Key Make-up....................................NORMA PATTON HILL

Sound Mixer...................................................DAVID HUSBY

Boom Operator ......................................... CHARLIE O’SHEA

Special Effects Coordinator....................CAM WALDBAUER

Stunt Coordinator .......................................MIKE MITCHELL

1st Assistant Accountant .....................DEBBIE VAN DUSEN

Payroll Accountant.....................................SELENA GINGER

Script Supervisor..........................................SUSAN LAMBIE

Construction Coordinator ............................... JOHN BEATTY

Costume Supervisor................................MICHELLE BAINES

Costume Coordinator.............................. CORINNE MAMELI

Extras Casting............................................ANDREA BROWN

Craft Service...................................................NANCY KRESS

Head Greens .................................................. JOSEE BLEUER

Transportation Captain .....................................DAVID HOLM

Transportation Coordinator ............................ SCOTT IRVINE

Picture Car Coordinator.................................GREG FARMER

Video Assist........................................................ DAVE JOSHI

NORTH AMERICAN 2ND UNIT

2nd Unit Director...............................................BRIAN SMRZ

Director of Photography ........................ LARRY BLANFORD

Camera Operator.....................................KARL HERMMANN

1st AC.................................................TAYLOR MATHESON

2nd AC ........................................................DAN MORRISON

1st Assistant Director....................................JAMES BITONTI

2nd Assistant Director .........................DANIEL MANSFIELD

2nd Unit 3rd Assistant Director.......................CHAD BELAIR

Key Grip ...............................................................KIM OLSEN

Best Boy Grip..................................................DAN GORVAL

Gaffer..............................................................JOHN DEKKER

Key Hair ....................................................... DEBRA WIEBE

Key Make-up......................................ROSALINA DA SILVA

Script Supervisor ..............................CHRISTINE LALANDE

Transportation Captain....................................ROB STEEVES

SONGS:

TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE

Written by L. Russell Brown and Irwin Levine

Performed by The Romantic Strings & Orchestra

Courtesy of The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.

By arrangement with The Orchard

CAROUSEL RIDES

Written and Performed by Herman Beeftink

Courtesy of Elite Source Music

ZOOT SHOOT

Written and Performed by Weevil & Riddick

Courtesy of Extreme Music

NEW ORLEANS BOOGIE

Written by Daniel May & Marc Ferrari

Performed by Daniel May

Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/MasterSource

GIMME ONE MORE SHOT

Written by Jamie Dunlap and Scott Nickoley

Performed by Robin McAuley

Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/MasterSource

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