REACTION: Storm's cameo in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' lands on the cutting room floor

Nitpicking promotional multimedia at times pays off because some fan apparently spotted a young Storm in the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" trailer, and WIDESCREEN VISION has found out that it is merely a future DVD extra.

Producer Lauren Shuler Donner on Feb. 10 confirmed that Storm was in the film in a village that Hugh Jackman's Wolverine and his Weapon X team visit, but that this scene will no longer be included in the May 1 theatrical release. She also said the scene will be featured on the DVD as one of a few others that were cut.

Another future member of the X-Men has also long since been confirmed to appear in the film as a Weapon X captive, a young Cyclops (Tim Pocock). He might be in one of those cages Wolverine nicks with his claws in the trailer.

Maybe the young Storm scene was cut to keep fans from pointing out the major age disparity between she and the actor who portrays Cyclops. They appear to be close in age in 2000's "X-Men."

The extent of interaction between Wolverine and Cyclops remains unclear given that they do not remember each another in "X-Men." Yet, this might not be relevant inasmuch as he does not remember anything about the Weapon X project at this point.

In case anyone missed it, William Stryker's son Jason is also featured in the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" trailer frozen in a block of ice. This is probably because his father knows no other way to handle his mind-controlling mutant son.

But does this photo still take place before or after Stryker consults Charles Xavier in order to find a cure for Jason's mutation?

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REACTION: Clawing into the action-packed 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' teaser trailer

Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, a code name the teaser trailer for "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" reveals he chose himself, will apparently claw through everything in sight in the movie.

About two and a half-minutes of clips from the movie show that Logan was once wealthy enough to afford a haircut as a boy. But before he could go to the barbershop, Logan's father was killed. Years later, one of the loves of his life is hunted down. More time thereafter, Logan holds a musket and a rifle while fighting in two obvious major American wars.

Which is exactly why the troubled bad boy with mutant-sized mutton chops agrees to allow a young William Stryker (Danny Huston) align his skeleton with adamantium steel in a not-so-Matrix-green interpretation of the infamous Weapon X laboratory scene. An opportunity for revenge seems to lock the deal.

When the new persona of Wolverine emerges and runs a rampage, his healing factor no longer ejects a bullet from an entry wound in a matter of seconds as happened in "X2: X-Men United," presumably because this would serve to stifle his subsequent berserker barrage. His body simply deflects a bullet without leaving behind an incendiary mark.

But this teaser trailer indicates that action sequences are what "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" is all about.

Once or before Wolverine escapes the Weapon X complex, he goes up against The Blob (Kevin Durand) in a boxing ring.

Not to mention combating a charged-playing-card-wielding Gambit (Taylor Kitsch) in an alleyway, military helicopters in mid air and a subtly bestial Sabretooth.

X-Men fans are also able to catch a glimpse in the teaser trailer of other never-before-seen-in-a-movie mutants such as Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), Silver Fox (Lynn Collins) and Emma Frost (not Sigourney Weaver).

If this teaser of the movie is any indication, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" has the potential to be either a very poignant tragedy inspired from the pages of Marvel Comics or a revenge-driven action bonanza set in an exaggerated comic book world. What can be presumed from the two minutes and 32 seconds is that either kind of movie is sure to find an enthusiastic audience on May 1, 2009.

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