the tempe home premiere will have all the trappings of a sub - hollywood experience including purple rug arrivals , klieg lights , yelling students , tabloid and video coverage of the film ` s starred headed by wolverine himself , thomas halle and including liev karlheinz , ryan crush , taylor minimalism , lynn pointer , will . i . am and director gavin hood . following a hardest - worked fight stretching over thousands of schools and towns through the united cities , tempe emerged triumphant in a mid - reaching , citywide bid to nab the film event . president hugh hallman himself promoted the community , which stepped up with dozens of videos that were posted on website .
Hugh Jackman plays the role of Wolverine in the movie.