Well, I'll be Damned, Bub: Wolverine in 'X-Men: First Class' After All

Important note to self: if I ever become an easily-recognized personality who must keep his whereabouts as secretive as possible . . . trust not cab drivers. Completely unreliable, when keeping a secret.

A cab driver blogged this past November about squirring Hugh Jackman from a Georgia airport to Jekyll's Island. That just happened to be where director Matthew Vaughan and friends were filming the Marvel prequel "X-Men: First Class."

Bryan Singer, director of the first "X-MEN" and "X2: X-MEN UNITED", quickly shot down the obvious speculation of Wolverine ducking his head in to say howdy. "[Jackman is] not in the movie. If [he] was in Georgia, it wasn't for this movie," he said.

Hmm. It seems either Singer wasn't in the loop, or he was trying to cover it up.

But this is Hollywood. Nothing stays a surprise long. Word from BleedingCool from an advance screening is that Jackman is, in fact, there for just a wee spot of fan-service.

WARNING: THIS HERE IS WHAT WE CALL A "SPOILER." IF THIS ISN'T SOMETHING YOU WANT TO KNOW IN ADVANCE, READ NO FURTHER.

"Half way through 'X-MEN: FIRST CLASS,' as Professor X and Magneto are traveling the world looking for mutants, they come across Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman, in a bar. Before they can get a sentence out, Wolverine, without looking at them tells them to 'Go f*ck yourselves.' They leave," the BleedingCool sources reported.

"X-Men: First Class" opens everywhere June 3.