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| PRODUCER GIVES UPDATES ON WOLVERINE 2, FIRST CLASS |
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| POSTED Friday , October 16, 2009 04:42:18 PM |
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10/16/2009
Producer Lauren Shuler Donner mentioned the future of the "X-Men" spin-offs and prequel projects done by 20th Century Fox in an interview with Empire magazine.
I found the news here:
http://www.empireonline.c
om/features/future-of-x-m
en-franchise/
This is what she said about "X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2" (though I don't know what the actual title will be for it):
"That's the furthest along of all the X-Men projects on the boil. It's actually the story we wanted to use for the first Wolverine film, but [Fox head honcho] Tom Rothman preferred to set the character up with an origin story first. This movie will really focus on the relationship between Wolverine and Mariko, the daughter of a Japanese crime lord, and what happens to him in Japan. We're very fortunate to have a story mostly outlined for us [from the comic book arc co-written by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller]. And we wanted an A+ writer, so we want to Chris McQuarrie (Valkyrie, The Usual Suspects). He came in and has tightened the story and got really immersed in the whole thing - he's in Japan in his head!
We want to make it authentic so I think it's very likely we'll be shooting in Japan. Also, by the way, we are looking to have the Japanese Fox executives involved in helping and counselling us, because it's a different culture and we don't want to portray the way they speak, dress and act in an inaccurate way. I think it's likely the characters will speak English rather than Japanese with subtitles.
What's cool about this part of the saga is that Wolverine will be fighting in a different style to what we've seen before. Mariko's father has this stick-like weapon, so Wolverine will have to fight against that. There'll be samurai, ninja, katana blades, different forms of martial arts - mano-a-mano, extreme fighting. We're going to come up with a new style of fighting. It's going to be awesome."
And here's what she said about "X-Men: First Class":
"Harry Potter is a bit of a role model for us, absolutely. But we want it to be like the recent, darker Potters. It should not be a kiddie movie - we're in the X-Men world so you can't suddenly change the tone. The First Class comics are really fun - they're funnier than any other comics I've read. Basically in each one the kids are fighting strange villains, sometimes it's aliens, sometimes it's monsters. I want to get a flavour of that world. Occasionally the kids will be in class, but more often they'll be off on adventures. Which Professor X isn't too happy about! There's nothing more interesting than a bad kid, and this is full of naughty children. Cyclops, for example - he's a tough kid that bobbed from foster home to foster home, until he ends up at the school and becomes the leader. There's also still an element of friction between the mutants and the outside world. Remember that this will be set way back before anyone knew mutants existed.
Right now the script is not done -we're not where we want to be yet. We have to be careful that we don't tread on familiar territory, that people don't say, "Oh, I've seen that, been there." But (screenwriter) Josh Schwartz has a great young pulse and he's doing an amazing job bringing the characters to life. We want to make this a franchise, following these kids at the school, so the casting of the child actors will be all-important."
I'm sorry, but ever since "X-Men: The Last Straw", I'm not buying the Fox X-Men movies like I used to. "X-Men" was awesome, "X2" was brilliant, and ever since Bryan Singer left, it's been downhill from there.
I'd rather see a fourth "X-Men" that brings back Cyclops, Jean Grey and Xavier (though Cyclops was never killed on-screen and the scene after the end credits of "X3" reveals Xavier isn't dead), give the cured mutants their powers back (Magneto, Mystique and Rogue), and give us an actual story this time.
Y' know, basically undo the mess of "X3".
Also, don't bring back Brett Ratner. Bring Bryan Singer back in the director's chair, especially since he's actually interested. Imagine the millions Fox would make with another team movie compared to a "First Class" film. Plus, I refuse to believe the "X-Men" films will end at "The Last Straw". Also, I really, REALLY miss Cyclops and the incorrect version of Scott Summers we got in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" still makes me cringe. His eyebeams emit heat? Seriously? Ugh.
Then again, that's just me wanting an "X4" rather than another "Wolverine" prequel. What do you guys think?
y.f.n.c.c.
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