Bryan Singer's involvement lures original X-Men cast
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Fox is building its own Marvel-style superhero universe with X-Men, marrying the actors from the first trilogy of movies to the stars of 2011's reboot in the upcoming [B]X-Men: Days of Future Past[/B].
But assembling such an expansive cast could prove a heroic dealmaking task. Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen already are set to reprise their roles of Professor X and Magneto, respectively, while Hugh Jackman is in negotiations to return as Wolverine in the new movie, set for release July 18, 2014. (Jackman also will star in a second stand-alone Wolverine movie next summer.) But Halle Berry, James Marsden and other original X-Men are not yet confirmed to come back for a story that will straddle the 1960s setting established in 2011's [B]X-Men: First Class[/B] and the future of the original trilogy, where mutants are a hunted minority.
[B]First Class[/B] stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult are locked into the sequel, which is eyeing an April production start, possibly in Canada. Those actors had sequel options in their original deals (a fact that became a headache for Lawrence, who had to negotiate scheduling of [B]The Hunger Games[/B] sequel [B]Catching Fire[/B]).
By contrast, new deals must be struck with the original trilogy stars, though insiders say negotiations haven't been overly complex. For one, Jackman and the others will appear mostly in scenes depicting an alternate dystopic future, so pay and time commitments are not substantial. Second, there is a great deal of goodwill on the part of the actors to return, thanks mostly to the involvement of Bryan Singer, who directed the first two installments of the original trilogy and was a producer on [B]First Class[/B]. Singer stepped in to direct [B]Days of Future Past[/B] when [B]First Class[/B] helmer Matthew Vaughn backed away for mysterious reasons.
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I don't know why they keep insisting on staying with the original "trilogy." They weren't even that good.
With First Class, you have a chance for new and better movies but they're just sticking all the old stuff back in! Why?!
[quote=article]Fox is building its own Marvel-style superhero universe with X-Men[/quote]
Uhh, I thought X-men WAS part of the marvel universe?
Does anyone else have a stupid smile on their face when they say "Fassbender" or is that just me?
Super Hero movies are such a sad genre, filled with mostly origin stories and reboots (thus we get to see their origin story...AGAIN, just 10 years later)
They never make it to any significant story arcs because they are constantly rebooting
[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;38722118]Uhh, I thought X-men WAS part of the marvel universe?[/QUOTE]
Fox owns the rights to Spiderman and X-Men. It's extremely unlikely they'll be in the Disney/Marvel movies.
[QUOTE=Gar;38722019]I don't know why they keep insisting on staying with the original "trilogy." They weren't even that good.
With First Class, you have a chance for new and better movies but they're just sticking all the old stuff back in! Why?![/QUOTE]
The second movie was amazing
[QUOTE=superstepa;38722654]The second movie was amazing[/QUOTE]
Written by David Hayter.
[QUOTE=The Baconator;38722561]Super Hero movies are such a sad genre, filled with mostly origin stories and reboots (thus we get to see their origin story...AGAIN, just 10 years later)
They never make it to any significant story arcs because they are constantly rebooting[/QUOTE]
The dark knight series is an exception to that.
Sure they will probably reboot it again now that its done, too much money involved not to keep milking it, but they will forever stand as the "superhero" genre films that were exceptionally good films in their own right that just happened to feature a superhero as a main character.
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but yeah otherwise I would agree, it's a pretty shit genre that keeps pushing out the same formula to varying effect
[QUOTE=Daniel M;38722826]Written by David Hayter.[/QUOTE]
Just like the first. That guy has a way with Super-Hero scripts. Just look at Watchmen.
[QUOTE=Gar;38722019]I don't know why they keep insisting on staying with the original "trilogy." They weren't even that good.
With First Class, you have a chance for new and better movies but they're just sticking all the old stuff back in! Why?![/QUOTE]I really, really liked First Class, but I absolutely loved the chemistry between McKellan and Stewart in trilogy, and Hugh Jackman was amazing.
Fassbender and McAvoy were good though.
Should give the rights back to Marvel/Disney. They've been doing spectacular with their Avengers line, having individual heroes have their own movies then having an Avengers to group them, then going back to their own while readying for the next Avenger group - while all staying chronologically in order of each other.
Thor's first movie was kinda crap, but the Ironman movies and Captain America were great. Then getting them altogether for the Avengers was awesome. I can't speak on the Hulk movie as I haven't seen it.
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