Thanks to our friends over at the unofficial Australia movie site, we now know some release dates for Hugh’s upcoming film which also stars Nicole Kidman:

Further unconfirmed dates are filtering out from various sources in dribs and drabbs. However, via 20th Century Fox we can confirm a November 13th release for Australians and six weeks later the Brits get their moment with a December 26th release in the UK.

The Internet Movie Database has also listed a string of dates to follow:
Russia - 4 December 2008
France - 24 December 2008
Germany - 25 December 2008
Sweden - 25 December 2008
Finland - 26 December 2008

At this early stage it’s still fair to say that nothing’s set in stone, so these are of course subject to change. However we doubt the film will hit our screens much later as a November/December release puts it in prime positioning for Academy Award consideration.

You may also have seen posters for The Deception which is in cinemas now and was previously titled The Tourist (amongst other things). More on that soon.

Thanks to Maria there are several scans of Russian GQ magazine’s Hugh feature from November last year. Previews below, click to see them larger:

So, sooner than expected, I have some decent quality and untagged versions of the new Wolverine promo shots (plus a higher quality version of one we’ve seen before), as promised! Click the previews to head over to the gallery and see them in full:

Hugh and Wolverine will be featured in the next issue of Empire magazine in the UK which comes out tomorrow. There are also a couple of new Wolverine promo shots around but I’m trying to get hold of some better quality, untagged versions - watch this space!

It’s being widely reported that Hugh’s next film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, has gained several new cast members including the popular character of Gambit, a mutant from Louisiana with the ability to manipulate kinetic energy; he’ll be played by Taylor Kitsch of Friday Night Lights fame.

It’s also been confirmed that Deadpool, another Weapon X mutant who had his terminal cancer replaced by Wolverine’s healing factor, will be appearing in the movie and will be brought to life by Ryan Reynolds. As if that weren’t enough news, it’s also been revealed by an anonymous source that The Blob will make an appearance and is already filming test scenes - they’re using an actor in a suit rather than CGI.

We’re not done yet….Will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas has been cast in the role of teleporting mutant, John Wraith aka Kestral, yet another Weapon X victim. The new cast members join the likes of Danny Huston (as Young Stryker), Liev Schreiber (as Sabretooth) and Lynn Collins (as Silver Fox).