The gruff, steel-clawed Marvel superhero Wolverine strikes out on his own in this
X-Men spin-off starring series regular
Hugh Jackman. The film is set up as an origin tale for the character, and will find him sharing the screen with Deadpool (
Ryan Reynolds), Gambit (
Taylor Kitsch), John Wraith (will.i.am), Victor Creed/Sabretooth (
Liev Schreiber), and Col. William Stryker (
Danny Huston). Academy Award-winning director
Gavin Hood (
Tsotsi) films a screenplay penned by
Troy scribe David Benioff (
Troy). Daniel Henney and
Lost's
Dominic Monaghan round out the supporting cast. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide