X-Men 3

Heck I dont even belive Jean/Phoenix is dead just like in the cartoon series, guess a phoenix can rise from the ashes once more ;) And it was never confirmed she killed cyclops either although she did kill someone.

It would have been great if the full xmen team were there all working as a team definatly but it turned into a storm/wolverine film for me... I dont think I even recall seeing iceman/colossus doing anything !

I feel it was pretty difficult for Xmen 3 to give it to us all, its not like Xmen 2 which took its time and focused on nightcrawler.... I guess there would have been ways to do it but it just didnt happen.... maybe a 3hr film would have worked but then there only interested in under 2 hr flicks to make more money.
 
It was sort of excessive come to think about it... guess she didnt have to wipe out some of the funky/more popular charactors either...

Can only hope theres 45 minutes of cut scenes in the DVD release ;)
 
Yeh, given the fixed 2006 release date, and the fact the cast are already signed up, it would cost a fortune stop the film and pay out the contracts, or to push the start day (throw actors schedules out, etc...) Come hell or high water, it'll start shooting in 9 weeks.

Fingers crossed they give Joss a chance to take up the challenge. He's got to be the best choice. He knows the characters inside out from writing the comics. He script doctored X-Men 1 movie. Used to working with short prep time from TV shows (as this would be!) Has also now got some feature directed experience, and the early reviews of Serenity are very positive.

:)
 
dont you mean the cure isnt perminant?


i thought the movie was fantastic. very dispointed in the way they kill off Cyclops.. although we dont see proof that he is dead..
 
On Empire website Avi Arad has been talking about X3 and new director Matthew Vaughn “We are incredibly excited about Matthew,” said Avi. “We love his sensibilities. I thought Layer Cake was incredibly stylish, with a lot of characters. In some ways he had stylistically the look of X-Men, it was very crisp.” But Avi is confident that he’s got the right man. “It’s no less a leap than it was for Bryan. With movies of this size, it’s hard to wing it. He’s very confident, that’s what I like about him. ‘Yeah, I can do that!’ “Just when he had started,” continued Avi, by way of example, “we had some conversation about one of the characters and he says ‘I know how to introduce him’ and I said ‘let’s hear it’ and it was a really smart thing that’s going to be in the movie. It’s a love-fest.”
Avi Arad talked about new character such Angel “It won’t be a female Angel. I don’t know where that came from, maybe because he looks angelic,” he laughed. “There will be interesting characters that will be introduced. It just has to move forward. Obviously we have Wolverine, and Magneto, Professor X, Storm, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Rogue, all these characters, but then you need to freshen up the story and make it new.” Arad also mentioned that Dark Phoenix will be in X3 but she wont be the main story “It should never be this one story. The main characters are more important than Jean Grey,” admitted Avi. “This is a bigger story. Everybody’s expecting Dark Phoenix, but Dark Phoenix would never be the main show. She’ll be one of the characters, that’s it. There are a lot of stories to tell.” He did say what sort of story we can expect “We needed something that is very big,” said Avi. “In movie two, it was mutants against humans. In movie one, it was trying to understand. In movie three, it is probably philosophically the most interesting and provocative for all of us.” SounRAB very interesting!
 
sorry but i think you've got mixed up....
the phoenix is a cosmic being which took jeans place in the xmen by placing her in a cocoon...
you see jean and the xmen were heading back to earth in a space shuttle that was damaged,when jean took it apon hershelf to save the others and drive the shuttle to earth..shelding the others in a chamber,she managered to get on track,but was dieing from deadly cosmic rays(comic books lol) the phoenix,a cosmic being of power, felt jean slowing passing away,took it apon its self to save her and take her place in the x-men....
orginally jean was the phoenix ,but this re write was done to bring jean back to life...
 
Bryan Singer just went to Superman for the load of money that was offered to him to direct it otherwise he would be directing X Men 3!
I disagree with kahio-x when he says he thinks Superman will be flop as I think it will be one of the big success of next summer but I have to say that it has had some dogdy casting i.e hugh laurie!
It does seem like all the cast will be returning apart from James Marsden which too be honest nobody will really notice anyway if that part is recast. I just cant wait to hear who the new director will be!
 
Not for people who don;t know the comic books. i never noticed it until recently and never understod it til I listened to the commentary.

Maybe people will think its the return of Nessy II or something...
 
Heres hoping for Xmen 4 definatly.

Its a bit sad to hear all these actors are taking up so much money and budget meaning we cant get the film we want in the end.

Lets hope with negotiations/contracts all actors can get equal and good screen time without breaking the bank balance, it would be good if Jean/cyclops can be back...

I dont know about an Xmen film without Wolverine...
 
:eek: Not going there then. Its two pounRAB more than what it is in play but i cant be bothered waiting for it. Do you know any other shops that sell DVRAB that will be cheaper.
 
I heard they didn't want Halle back but read after the full cast, including Halle Berry would be returning. Maybe she had second thoughts after Catwoman ;-)
 
The reason why James Marsden (Cyclops) was hardly in X3 was because he was also in Superman Returns as well so his role in X3 was reduced to the brief apperance that it is so he could do Superman Returns!
 
I have the Sentinal one on my myspace profile, but I found it on youtube.com.
You could look on superherohype.com. They have links to all the trailers, tv spots and clips.
The latest one shows Magneto preparing his mutants for war as Wolverine sneaks through the crowRAB.
 
If that summary/script of X3 is real, then the film doesn't actually look too bad. However, the deaths of those particular two characters doesn't make me too happy.
 
:confused: I don't know what it is... but I'm reading a lot of critics bashing this movie. Which is their right, of course. But I really some of them are being a bit over the top and pedantic to the nth degree.
I think its a pretty damn good movie! :cool:

Ah well, think I'll go and watch this 'awful plotless' movie again.
:D
 
Humm... looks like Joss has ruled himself out:

AICN had this to say:

"Joss has said that unless he was writing the film, he wouldn't be interested in stepping in, and I get that. He's had a chance to work out his X-MEN jones on the comic page, so it's not like he's got to do it, or he'll never be able to tell the stories. In fact, right now, he's got control of the X-MEN stories he wants to tell, and budget's not an issue. Making a movie for Fox would be like a step backwarRAB for him, because you're playing by someone else's rules, you're juggling movie star schedules and desires, and you're having to satisfy the studio and meet their impossible schedule for a set amount of money."

So, directors... names being banded around at the moment:

Francis Lawrence (Constantine)
Zack Snyder (DAWN OF THE DEAD) - although it sounRAB like he's busy with other projects.
John Moore (BEHIND ENEMY LINES, FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX)
Brett Ratner! (RUSH HOUR)
 
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