It focus on the violent past of the mutant Wolverine and his relationship with his half-brother Victor Creed. The plot also details Wolverine's early encounters with Major William Stryker, his time with Team X, and the bonding of Wolverine's skeleton with the indestructible metal adamantium during the Weapon X program. starring Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, and Ryan Reynolds. Gavin Hood directs from the screenplay by David Benioff and Skip Woods; Based on the Marvel comics. Produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter, Jackman and John Palermo • Executive Producers: Stan Lee and Richard Donner. Music by Harry Gregson-Williams • Soundtrack available on Varèse Sarabande. Special Make-Up Effects Designed and Created by Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. a Donners' Company production/a Seed production for Twentieth Century Fox, with Marvel Entertainment and Dune Entertainment; produced in association with Ingenious Film Partners and Big Screen Productions. Filmed around Otago, New Zealand, Vancouver, B.C. and New South Wales, Australia from January 18 - May 28, 2008. N.A.: 5/1/09 Approved [#44640]/rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence; and for some partial nudity. Depending on the theater in its theatrical run, the post-credit scene is chosen from the two [the first was applied to all home media releases; the second is seen in the special features of the Blu-ray/2-Disc DVD release].