(L-R)Chris Pine, Kevin Durand and Maury Sterling spreading chaos in SMOKIN' ACES(2007).
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The Blob Has Been Cast for WOLVERINE?
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Monday, February 25, 2008
Source: Film School Rejects
Film School Rejects passed along news of test footage for The Blob character last week and now they're passing to us that an actor may already be on board. The site reports that Kevin Durand (3:10 to Yuma, Wild Hogs) has been cast to play the very heavy character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.. If true, he would be joining Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch, Will.i.am, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Henney and Lynn Collins. Director Gavin Hood is leading the project, based on a screenplay by David Benioff. The production has finished its shoots in New Zealand and have since moved to Sydney.
Our source inside the production tells us that Durand was "live-scanned" for The Blob a while ago, but has just officially signed on to the project in recent days. Word is that he will be heading up to his native Canada to shoot scenes for the film sometime next week. This is also important because the rest of the production is happening half way across the world in New Zealand and Australia.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine will hit theaters May 1, 2009.
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