Slideshow: 22-Image Gallery For Fox Summer 2009: ‘Night at the Museum 2,’ ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’

Submitted by BrianTT on April 9, 2009 - 10:32am

Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) face off for the ultimate battle – against each other. Credit: James Fisher.

CHICAGO – This 22-image slideshow contains the official images provided by Twentieth Century Fox for their exciting Summer 2009 slate including “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” “Night at the Musem: Battle of the Smithsonian,” “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” “I Love You, Beth Cooper,” and “They Came From Upstairs”.

Stars included in this slideshow are Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Liev Schreiber, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais, Amy Adams, Hayden Panettiere, Ashley Tisdale, and more.

Synopsis information:

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
Action-Thriller
Release: May 1
Director: Gavin Hood
Screenplay by: David Benioff and Skip Woods (writing credits not yet final)
Producers: Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter, Hugh Jackman, John Palermo
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, and Ryan Reynolds

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the first chapter in the X-Men saga, unites Wolverine with several other legends of the X-Men universe, in an epic revolution that pits the mutants against powerful forces determined to eliminate them.”

“Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian”
Comedy-Adventure
Release: May 22
Director: Shawn Levy
Screenplay by: Robert Ben Garant & Thomas Lennon
Cast: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat, and Robin Williams

“It’s a new “Night” and “Museum” for Ben Stiller, who is joined by several other stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history — including Amy Adams as famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, Hank Azaria as villainous Egyptian pharaoh Kahmunrah, Christopher Guest as Russian tyrant Ivan the Terrible and Alain Chabat as Napoleon. Owen Wilson is back as cowboy Jedediah, and Robin Williams again rides into history as Teddy Roosevelt. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world’s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone’s rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy’s ruby red slippers and Archie Bunker’s lounge chair. No major film has ever shot inside the Smithsonian in Washington…until Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. The “Battle” begins in theaters everywhere May 22.”

“Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs”
CGI Animation
Release: July 1
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Co-Director: Michael Thurmeier
Screenplay by: TBD
Producers: Lori Forte, John C. Donkin
Cast: (voices of): Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg, and Queen Latifah

“The sub-zero heroes from the worldwide blockbusters “Ice Age” and “Ice Age: The Meldown” are back, on an incredible adventure…for the ages. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while, maybe, finding true love); Manny and Ellie await the birth of their mini-mammoth, Sid the sloth gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs; and Diego the saber-toothed tiger wonders if he’s growing too “soft” hanging with his pals. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle flora and fauna run amuck - and meet a relentless, one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck.”

“I Love You, Beth Cooper”
Comedy
Release: July 10
Director: Chris Columbus
Screenplay by Larry Doyle, based on his novel
Produced by Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan
Cast: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack T. Carpenter, Lauren London

“I Love You, Beth Cooper chronicles the story of a nerdy valedictorian who proclaims his love for the hottest and most popular girl in school - Beth Cooper - during his graduation speech. Much to his surprise, Beth shows up at his door that very night and decides to show him the best night of his life.”

“They Came From Upstairs”
Comedy-Adventure
Release: July 31
Director: John Schultz
Story by: Mark Burton; Screenplay by: Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg
Produced by: Barry Josephson
Cast: Kevin Nealon, Robert Hoffman, Doris Roberts, Tim Meadows and Ashley Tisdale

“They Came From Upstairs, co-scripted by one of the writers of Madagascar and the Academy Award®-winning Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbits, is an adventure/comedy about kids on a family vacation who must fight off an attack by knee-high alien invaders with world-destroying ambitions—while the youngsters’ parents remain clueless about the battle.”

You can click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through this slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All photos individually credited and courtesy of Fox. All Rights Reserved.

ice_age3_1: Mammoths Manny and Ellie, along with possums Crash and Eddie, traverse a dangerous underground world of dinosaurs. Credit: Blue Sky Studios.

ice_age3_2: New priorities test the friendship between Manny the mammoth and Diego the saber-toothed tiger. Credit: Blue Sky Studios.

ice_age3_3: The pregnant Ellie the mammoth is tended to by her brothers - possums Crash and Eddie. Credit: Blue Sky Studios.

love_you_1: Denis (Paul Rust) and Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere). Credit: Joe Lederer.

love_you_2: A long night together gets off to a rocky start for (l-r) Denis (Paul Rust), Treece (Lauren Storm), Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere), Rich (Jack T. Carpenter) and Cammy (Lauren Landon). Credit: Joe Lederer.

night_museum2_1: Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) and Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) face a battle so epic, it could only unfold in the corridors of the worlds largest museum and receptacle of human knowledge - the Smithsonian Institution. Credit: Doane Gregory.

night_museum2_2: Amy Adams is famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart. Credit: Doane Gregory.

night_museum2_3: Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) has a heart-to-heart with Napoleon (Alain Chabat) about the latter’s plans for world domination. Credit: Doane Gregory.

night_museum2_4: Ben Stiller returns as heroic museum guard Larry Daley. Credit: Doane Gregory.

night_museum2_5: Musuem night guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is reunited with his ex-boss, museum executive Dr. McPhee (Ricky Gervais). Credit: Doane Gregory.

night_museum2_6: Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is reunited with Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams). Credit: Doane Gregory.

night_museum2_7: Miniature cowboy Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and the equally diminutive Roman General Octavius, (Steve Coogan) again join forces. Credit: Doane Gregory.

they_came_1: Ashley Tisdale and Robert Hoffman share a quiet moment — just minutes before knee-high alien invaders land in the attic of their vacation home. Credit: Kirsty Griffin.

they_came_2: Ashley Tisdale (far right) — along with Carter Jenkins, Henri Young, Regan Young, Ashley Boettcher and Austin Butler — prepares to fight off an attack by knee-high alien invaders with world-destroying ambitions. Credit: Kirsty Griffin.

xmen_wolverine_1: Ryan Reynolds is Wade Wilson, later to be known as Deadpool, a highly-efficient killing machine whose weapons of choice are katana swords. Credit: James Fisher.

xmen_wolverine_2: Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) face off for the ultimate battle – against each other. Credit: James Fisher.

xmen_wolverine_3: Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Victor (Liev Schreiber) are defiant as they face a firing squad. Credit: James Fisher.

xmen_wolverine_4: Young James Howlet’s (Troye Sivan) mutant powers are unleashed in the aftermath of a family tragedy. Credit: James Fisher.

xmen_wolverine_5: Gambit (Taylor Kitsch), who also goes by the name Remy LeBeau, has the ability to charge matter with volatile kinetic energy, causing the object in question to explosively release its charge on impact. Credit: James Fisher.

xmen_wolverine_6: Hugh Jackman reprises the role that made him a superstar, as the fierce fighting machine Wolverine, who possesses amazing healing powers, adamantium claws, and a primal fury known as berserker rage. Credit: James Fisher.

xmen_wolverine_7: Wolverine’s (Hugh Jackman) berserker rage is unleashed in the Canadian backwoods. Credit: James Fisher.

xmen_wolverine_8: Liev Schreiber is Victor Creed, aka Sabretooth, a feral being of unimaginable power – and who is Wolverine’s step-brother. Credit: James Fisher.