We've been covering the online contest for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine premiere for a couple of weeks, and it got a lot more interesting for me personally in the last seven days, as nearby Tempe, Arizona was in serious contention to grab the film's big U.S. christening on April 27th.
Voting ended Friday and the official announcement comes Monday, but Big Picture reader Scott H. sent me a couple of "test" e-mails he received from Fox, which confirm and then deny that Tempe has won the contest.
The first e-mail gives very specific information about the Wolverine event:
CONGRATULATIONS, Tempe! You will be the first to Witness the Origin on Monday, April 27th when Hugh Jackman and the rest of the cast from X-Men Origins: Wolverine JOIN us for a special event and announcement from Hugh Jackman today at 12PM at the Harkins Theater at Tempe Marketplace. The first 100 fans to arrive will receive tickets to the WORLD PREMIERE the following week! brings the WORLD PREMIERE to Tempe.And the follow-up had more of a "Move on, there's nothing to see here" approach:
"Due to an internal technical error, you may have received an invalid email regarding the results of the X-Men Origins: Wolverine premier. The results for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine premiere are NOT final, and are still being tallied."
So it's one of two things: Either Tempe didn't win and the e-mail was written in the past few days for several different cities that were in the running...or, it just went out earlier than it should have and Fox caught its mistake too late. Either way, as Scott pointed out to me, Fox sure can't keep a lid on anything Wolverine these days.
Therefore, while we can't say it's official, it's certainly encouraging for all of us in the Valley of the Sun.
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