As Mark Walberg and the rest of the Max Payne panel left the stage, the moderator announced that Quantus Airlines had brought a special surprise guest here for us. Hugh Jackman bounded onto the stage, fresh off wrapping the shoot for X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Telling us that he grabbed footage, threw it in his backpack, and taped it together on the flight over, he first thanked Wolverine creator Len Wein (and went to shake his hand in the crowd), then thanked the entire crowd for giving him a career.

Jackman then he showed us a sneak peek at the rough trailer for the film.

Introducing the trailer, Jackman had two words to describe the Wolverine movie: “Bad ass.”

Let me tell you, even in its rough state it looked amazing! Bad ass definitely describes it. We got to see Wolverine being recruited by Gen. Stryker and essentially being created. Lots of shots of him interacting with Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber), as well as good footage of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Taylor Kitsch as Gambit both doing their thing. Surprisingly, the card throwing did NOT look cheesy.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is set to be released May 2009.