"X" Marks the Spot for Tempe, Arizona - Winner of the X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE Hometown Premiere Contest

Tempe`s Schools, Businesses -- and X-Men Fans -- Come Together to Narrowly
Prevail Over Davis, CA for World Premiere of Summer Blockbuster
LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
In a hard-fought contest stretching over thousands of cities and towns across
the Unites States, Tempe, Arizona has emerged triumphant in its far-reaching,
citywide bid to nab the world premiere event of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, on
April 27.

The announcement caps a frenzied two-week period in which entrants launched
innovative and viral campaigns, urging fellow residents to enter the Hometown
Premiere contest by marking their town with a digital "X" on a special contest
website. In each locale, schools, businesses, and of course X-Men and Wolverine
fans, joined forces to create special videos posted on YouTube, as well as
websites urging residents to enter the contest.

Tempe accumulated the most "X`s," narrowly beating out Davis, California in a
hard-fought battle to bring home a major "Hollywood" style event.

The "Origins" of the event came from Hugh Jackman, who plays the famed antihero
in X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE. Jackman wanted to express his appreciation to the
fans by hosting the premiere, in which he will bring the movie and a few of his
"friends and enemies" from the film to Tempe. In addition to the stars and
filmmakers, the event will have all the other trappings of a mega-Hollywood
premiere, including the red carpet, klieg lights and media coverage.

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. Twentieth
Century Fox releases the film everywhere May 1st.

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