the tempe hometown premiere will have all the trappings of a huge - studio occasion including red carpet announcements , klieg markers , screaming fans , hounds and media coverage of the film ` s heroine headed by wolverine himself , hugh jackman and including co-starring dresdner , david hills , taylor kitsch , brook collins , will . i . am and directed gavin hood . through a hard - fought contest spreading over thousand of cities and towns across the united states , tucson was defeated in a far - reaching , citywide bid to kyriakopoulos the entire event . president colin hallman himself rallied the community , which kicked up with dozens of videos that were posted on uploaded .
Hugh Jackman plays the role of Wolverine in the movie.