X-Men Origins: Wolverine

According to EmpireOnline Gambit has been cast for the upcoming Wolverine movie starring Hugh Jackman. He's to be played by some guy named Taylor Kitsch (TV's Friday Night Lights). Seems a little young to be, but as long as he can do a real Cajun accent I'm happy! Also, Ryan Reynolds is apparently playing Deadpool.

 

Meh, Im not crazy about Kitch. He plays the typical brooding jock on FNL, man of few words, etc.

I still think that Josh Holloway would have been great in the role.

 

Yeah, but we finally get to see Gambit. This means the only member of the X-Team from the TV show that we haven't seen yet is Jubilee.

 

She was in X-men and X2. In a deleted scene from the second film you got to see her use her abilities. And I haven't seen Morph yet.

 

Was Morph a comic book character? I just thought he was added in the cartoon so they could have a character die?

 

I don't believe Morph was a character from the comic book, but I pretty much missed most of the 90's and early 2000 X-Men comic book runs.

I doubt they'll have Morph since the X-Franchise had Mystique. Interesting enough, Wolverine 62 goes Mystique.


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EDIT: I don't really know anything about the actor playing Gambit, but I've always liked his character in the comic book; untrustworthy, sly and a scoundrel, much like Han Solo but with a cajun accent.

 

Morph was based on Changeling, a reformed villain who joined the X-Men after his defeat posing as Xavier, who was off elsewhere dealing with Alien Invasion. He died leading the X-Men against the Grotesk, leaving the X-Men with the impression their Professor is dead. The name Morph was later given to one of the Exiles.

I know they won't have Morph simply because he is too obscure a character. I just bustin' CE's Chops as he claimed Jubes was the only X-Man from the Animted series not to make a movie appearance.

 

Gambit always struck me as a character that was over-designed to be cool. Good-looking, wears a trench-coat over his skin-tights, has two mutant abilities not related to each other...

But I'm old, and Gambit was laregly after my X-Men reading days.

I don't see why they would add him to this movie, however, other than because he is a popular character. His character didn't have anything to do with Wolverine, other than also being an X-Man, did he?

 

I guess they did have to go younger for the Ragin' Cajun if he's supposed to be involved with Rogue. Hopefully she'll show up, too.


EDIT: my fave X-men cover EVER

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Coincidently that was my first issue of X-Men as well.

The choice to include Gambit is interesting. I can't see what purpose he would serve beyond making fans happy and given the rumour this week about another big name that fans have been clamoring for, I suspect that the drive is less about a good story and more about making another over-the-top fangasm flick akin to X-Men The Last Stand. If so I am losing what little interest I had...

And I can think of other characters who have a more personal history with Mr. Howlett I would prefer to see.

 

It all depends on story. X1 had a great story, X2 was good as well. X3 was just rubbish. Hopefully with Jackman as a producer he'll be able to make sure the movie stays on track and doesn't try to get bigger than itself. This movie (trilogy) should be more like First Blood than any of the current X-movies.

 

I'm really looking forward to the Wolverine movie, it sounds like it should be good.

 

As I stated above Morph was based on Changeling from the comics. His name was changed to Morph as DC had the rights to the name for their character Beast Boy. The name Morph was later given to the Exile.

 

Maybe that's how they'll get away with possibly incorporating Xavier in the Wolverine movie?

 

The new movie is supposed to take place around 1985 so I doubt "Wheels" will be in it.

 

Didn't watch to the end of the Credits on X3 didja?

Xavier's got another means of appearing though I doubt he will.

 

No, I didn't

 

For wanderguard

 

Oh, I see. Please forgive my previous ignorance.

 

You'd be surprised how many people missed that...even more missed the hints leading up to it, about the man born brain dead and Xavier's discussion of putting a dying/dead person's consciousness into a brain dead but living body. More yet miss the commentary that states that the brain dead man is Xavier's Twin.

 

As Spiderfan said Morph was based on Changeling a short lived character from the 60's. He came back for the 90's animated series. Yes, he was created just so he could die in the 2nd episode and make the world the X-Men live in that much more dangerous. His popularity brought him back to life starting in the second season of the show. Morph first appeared in comics during Age of Apocalypse (although with a different look) and an alternate version of Morph has been a member of the Exiles since the beginning.

 

Dear lord, I'm actually glad that I did miss that!

 

Ecch, me too.

 

I believe it was intended to be a very loose interpretation of Casandra Nova...who I was never a fan of honestly...