[SciFiWire] X-Men 3 Debut Smashes Records

[Cassie Hughes]

Comic-book creator and producer Stan Lee told SCI FI Wire he has finished shooting a cameo role in Brett Ratner's upcoming third X-Men film and it involves him saying a word that can't be printed on a family Web site.


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[prydain]

hahaha. involves him saying a word that can't be printed on a family Web site.

That's funny. I love the X-Men movies, can't wait until it's out.

[Cassie Hughes]

Director Bryan Singer told SCI FI Wire that he's saddened not to be directing the upcoming third X-Men movie after launching the franchise with X-Men and its sequel, X2.


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[Cassie Hughes]

Fox announced that the teaser trailer for its upcoming third X-Men movie, nicknamed X3, will go live on the Internet at Apple.com on Dec. 5, a week before originally planned, and that the trailer will hit theaters on Dec. 14, attached to prints of King Kong.


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[Cassie Hughes]

Mei Melancon has joined the cast of the upcoming third X-Men film in the role of the villainous mutant Psylocke, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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[Cassie Hughes]

Secrecy was the theme when it came to products tied to Fox's upcoming third X-Men movie, The Last Stand, when they debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York earlier this month. But there were plenty of licensees willing to share some of what is coming to stores in time for the movie's release in May.

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[Cassie Hughes]

Brett Ratner, director of the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that he feels a responsibility to maintain the tone and the story arcs of the first two X-Men films as he takes over directing the series from Bryan Singer.

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[prydain]

Good, because I was worried the movie would be nothing like the first two.

[Cassie Hughes]

Halle Berry, the Oscar winner who reprises the role of Storm in the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that she's happy with the way her character comes into her own in the franchise's third installment?and even gets to fly!

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[Cassie Hughes]

Kelsey Grammer, who takes on the role of the blue-furred Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire he had some initial concerns about how people would react to his casting.

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[Cassie Hughes]

The cast of the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand said that the film raised issues that struck close to home, so much so that actors Ian McKellen, Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman ended up arguing about the film's central dilemma during a roundtable interview from the Vancouver, Canada, set last December.

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[prydain]

They don't need to get so...worked up, lol.

[Cassie Hughes]

Aaron Stanford, who reprises the role of the mutant Pyro in the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that his character has lost all ambivalence about which side he's on.

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[Cassie Hughes]

Brett Ratner, director of the upcoming SF sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that the third installment in the hit comic franchise is loaded with both huge set pieces and quieter, more reflective character moments.

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[Cassie Hughes]

Kelsey Grammer, who plays Beast in the upcoming sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, acknowledged to SCI FI Wire that he may seem like an unlikely choice for the role of the blue-furred mutant.

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[Cassie Hughes]

Ian McKellen, who again plays Magneto in the upcoming SF sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that director Brett Ratner had his work cut out for him coming in at the 11th hour to helm the big-budget, F/X-heavy film.

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[Cassie Hughes]

NEW YORK--Hugh Jackman, who reprises his role as Logan/Wolverine in the upcoming sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that a second draft of the propsed Wolverine prequel movie has already been completed.

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[Cassie Hughes]

NEW YORK--Kelsey Grammer, who plays Hank McCoy/Beast in the upcoming SF sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that he knew very little about the character or the X-Men comic books before signing on for the film.

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[Black Eye Guy]

I'm looking forward to the X-men movie, but I just don't understand why this character is loved and why they want a spin-off, Out of all the characters I think he would be my least favourite for a spin-off!

[Bored of the Dead]

I'm looking forward to the X-men movie, but I just don't understand why this character is loved and why they want a spin-off, Out of all the characters I think he would be my least favourite for a spin-off!

Gotta agree to an extent here.
I love Wolverines character, and should the spin-off be set after 'Last Stand' i probably will like it, but to me, the X-Men movies have hurt the stuff that happened before for him, so to write a movie based before he gets to the X-Men isn't going to tally much with whats happened in the comics.

I personally feel that one of the Lesser Mains should get a spin off, someone who has not been a dominant character in each of the movies but is still there and loved.

I AM however, liking the proposed Young Magneto prequel set between 1939 and 1955, the Erik 'Magnus' Lehnsherr character has not tainted the back story with these movies, infact with the exception of the first scene of movie 1 they have steered cleer of his past, so seeking the story behind one of the two(in my humble opinion) of the greatest Mutant characters, other being Xavier, is awesome.
Greater still is the fact that it would show the Xavier/Magnus friendship(that part-a big part actually- of me still believes exists) in its glory.

I also want a Storm spin off cause i really like Storm.

[goldenboy]

Yeah, Magneto movie! I wanna see the first really successful comic book period piece.

There was Dick Tracy, The Shadow, The Phantom...I guess DT was the biggest, but he's not a superhero...

[Bored of the Dead]

well, i've just been reading up on Magneto history on Wikipedia, and he alone could hold several hugh movies....i'm wanting this more and more


And yeah BEG, Storm - give her something to do, i mean she did run the X-Men for a while

[Black Eye Guy]

It's really interesting though I mean almost each character could have a spin off because their is an endless amount of stuff yo could do, Like each one would have a different expierience to another, of having these powers!

[prydain]

Wolverine is DULL. How about Iceman and Rogue? Or Storm? Or anyone! Anyone except Magneto or Wolverine.

[Bored of the Dead]

Erm, do you even know the full story behind Magneto, its not only huge, its possibly the most interesting.
During his time at Auschwitz, he met a woman, named Magda, they fell in love and he saved her twice from execution.
They married and had a child, Anya, after the war and moved to Russia, Moscow i think.
All this time he had tried to surpress his powers but one day, his boss pissed him off and he used his powers to throw some mall tool at the guy.
Leaving work to be with his family, he saw smoke coming from his home, but just before he could do anything, a group of people jumped him and held him down while he watched as his daughter fell from the building, and died.
This in turn forced Magneto to get abit angry, and he killed the guys on him, the people that were watching and destroyed the street he was on.
Magda, scared by this, feld, leaving him alone in the world, but what she didn't tell him was that she was pregnant again with twins.
This begins his struggle between whats right and wrong as he changes his name TO Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, thanks to an expert forger, and begins doing good by searching for Nazi War Criminals.
This however is not viewed as a good thing by certain people, who stop him.
That in itself is a movie worth watching and thats before he meets Xavier, before he is forced to watch his Girlfriend murdered, before he has to nearly kill the children he didnt know he had because they try to thwart his plans, and before he is regenerated, rejuvenated, gone mad, disappeared, reappeared, and ruler of genosha......personally, i think Magneto is not dull..

[prydain]

You know? I really don't care how interesting his story is, in the new movies he is not interesting to me.

[Cassie Hughes]

NEW YORK--Halle Berry, who reprises the role of weather-controlling mutant Storm in the upcoming sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that it was vitally important to her that the audience learn more about her character.

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[Bored of the Dead]

But it wouldn't be Magneto from the film.
But i suppose there is no hope for someone that believes Iceman as we see him would make a good film, i mean his only contribution so far has been the Whiny Boyfriend of Rogue, yeah great call on him holding a Spin-Off.

[goldenboy]

You kinda just have to imagine Magneto as a young, relatable character. Imagine if Christian Bale was Magneto...I dunno. Probably more compelling than Anakin morphing into Vader...

[prydain]

I was being sarcastic...

[Bored of the Dead]

I was being sarcastic...

See if you have to explain sarcasm, you arent doing it right.
In your 'sarcastic' comment, you gave alternatives including one very real possibility in Storm, Even Rogue is a contender as she has been prominent in two of the movies so far, and if the new one stays somewhat faithful to the Cure story in the comics, then she will have a prominent role in this one, so your comment is really losing any semblance of sarcasm.

[prydain]

Oh well. Sue me.

[Bored of the Dead]

Oh well. Sue me.

See, there is hope, you can use sarcasm;)

[prydain]

Well I don't need hope, I am usually a very sarcastic person in real life anyway.

[Bored of the Dead]

Well I don't need hope, I am usually a very sarcastic person in real life anyway.

Just because one is very sarcastic, doesnt mean they are good at it:)

[prydain]

So...you're judging my SARCASM skills based on one little post ONLINE? In case you've forgotten, half of sarcasm is tone and voice...and just because I don't feel like making my sarcasm more obvious online - which was mainly just for my benefit anyway - doesn't mean you should make a big deal out of it.

And even if you did think I was being serious you still don't have a right to insult what you thought was my honest opinion.

[Bored of the Dead]

haha ;);) haha :ewhip: :ewhip:

[Bored of the Dead]

prydain17 agrees: uh...what? lol
You get annoyed(or visibky irritated at least) by the simplistic of comments, seriously, remember, to you i'm no one, my opinion means 'dick', what do I know about anything concerning your opinion. Yes, sometimes i get a bit grrrrd by online comments that attack a belief or a serious issue thats affected me, but on other stuff, i have a CASE load of 'Chill Pills' and i recommend you along with everyone else get some...lol
Peace Out dude;)


Ohh and the Whip one, i thought it looked cool:happy46:

[Black Eye Guy]

Ok guys back on topic, please :)

[prydain]

You get annoyed(or visibky irritated at least) by the simplistic of comments, seriously, remember, to you i'm no one, my opinion means 'dick', what do I know about anything concerning your opinion. Yes, sometimes i get a bit grrrrd by online comments that attack a belief or a serious issue thats affected me, but on other stuff, i have a CASE load of 'Chill Pills' and i recommend you along with everyone else get some...lol
Peace Out dude;)


Ohh and the Whip one, i thought it looked cool:happy46:

Well I wasn't as annoyed or irritated as I probably sounded, I just don't like it when people try to judge other people by little posts on a message board...lol.

ANYWAY...back on topic now...I would like to see a movie based on the angel dude character...don't know much about him but he looks awesome. If he's not interesting enough, they could make up their own stories for him.

[Bored of the Dead]

Angels best story comes from possibly the one that can't be filmed, it involves Apocalypse and coincidently the Cure.
Angel becomes Death, works with Apocalypse and the other three Horsemen.
Rogue is a big player as are all the big ones of the movies, a sparkle of a romance forms in Death/Angel and Rogue which ultimately saves him....and that is a very very very small break down, trust me its far more involved.
But the idea of Apocalypse is just too great to do outside of actual comic book.
Infact i think in 'Last Stand' they have turned Apocalypse from an actual character to an event.

Though i omce read a book, it was one of the most interesting ones i've read, the character list is this
Storm as the leader
Arch Angel(Angels resurrection after his time as 'Death')
Shadow Cat
NightCrawler
Collosus
Wolverine
Banshee
But here is that greatest of twists to the list
Captain Picard
Commander Riker
Dr Crusher
Clr Troi
Lt Com Data
Lt Com La Forge
Lt Com Worf
The Watchers(from the marvel verse)
Q

i know it sounds like either the worst story ever, or the best but believe me, its one of the greatest crossovers EVER
and there is a moment involving Troi, Wolverine, Collosus and an Alien party that will make you look at the Counsellor very differently, god bless her:)

infact THATS the movie i want next - Ohh and this was written way before Stewart was Xavier.

[teentitan]

Hey Pry17 if you want to really get a good shot in on BotD just tell him an American actor can play James Bond...LOL
Good times eh BotD? Good times...

A Magneto movie would make a great drama movie that morphs into the sci-fi realm. I don't think there has ever been an attempt to do a movie like that. It would ofcourse be for the hard core fans and you have to ask yourself is there enough of these fans to justify the cost to make it because the casual fan of the X-Men would be leary to watch it because there would be too much drama and the movie fan who likes drama's might have a hard time accepting the sci-fi part. It would be a hard movie to write.
IMO the Wolverine movie is being made because he was created by man to be the Ultimate Soldier for the side of good during WW2. It ofcourse got out of hand and there is endless storylines to follow. His age is a mystery, his background is a mystery, his battles are a mystery all of these "mystery's" add up to endless possibilities for movies. But then again I am biased towards Wolverine because he is Canadian.

[Cassie Hughes]

NEW YORK--Patrick Stewart, who reprises his role as mutant leader Professor Charles Xavier in the upcoming sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that cinema magic shaved decades off his character for an early flashback sequence.

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[Cassie Hughes]

NEW YORK--Patrick Stewart, who reprises his role as mutant leader Professor Charles Xavier in the upcoming sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that cinema magic shaved decades off his character for an early flashback sequence.

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[Cassie Hughes]

NEW YORK--Anna Paquin, who reprises the role of Rogue in the upcoming sequel film X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that she's pleased her character figures prominently in the story. In the third installment in the hit comic-book franchise, Rogue faces a crucial decision.

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[prydain]

I love Anna Paquin, I'm glad she plays a bigger part in this movie.

[Cassie Hughes]

NEW YORK--Brett Ratner, director of the upcoming sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that he shot a scene featuring an Osama bin Laden-like Magneto (Ian McKellen) making threats in a tape recorded in an underground lair, but that the scene was deleted from the film's final cut.

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[Cassie Hughes]

NEW YORK--Hugh Jackman, who reprises the role of Logan/Wolverine in the upcoming sequel X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that he engages in more fights and kills more people in this installment than in the previous films--so many, in fact, that some of his victims got edited out of the final film.

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[prydain]

Wolverine gets too much attention, IMO.

[Cassie Hughes]

NEW YORK--Famke Janssen, who reprises the role of Jean Grey in X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that her character undergoes a transformation with digital visual effects, rather than makeup or prosthetics. Janssen's Grey, the powerful telepathic mutant who appeared to perish at the end of X2.

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[Cassie Hughes]

X-Men: The Last Stand topped the Memorial Day box office in its premiere, taking in about $120.1 million, the biggest opening ever for the holiday weekend, the Associated Press reported. Preliminary estimates also gave the latest installment of the comic-book franchise the fourth-best three-day opening ever.

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[Cassie Hughes]

X-Men: The Official Game offers gamers a prelude to the current hit film X-Men: The Last Stand with a story that bridges the events of the last film, X2, and the current movie. The game also sheds light on key elements of the story, answering such questions as "why is Nightcrawler missing from the new movie?"

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[Cassie Hughes]

NEW YORK--Ben Foster, who co-stars as the new mutant Angel in the hit X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire that he loved wearing the character's white feathered wings. "It was really cool," Foster said in an interview here.

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[Black Eye Guy]

Cool, That's pretty impressive, They should make a fourth one!

[prydain]

I'm betting FOX will go back on their word and do just that now, there's no way they can ignore those numbers. So let's keep our fingers crossed!

[goldenboy]

Yeah, I wonder. I bet they've already invested a fair amount in developing that Wolverine movie. Hmm. Maybe they'll change course, or just reboot the franchise eventually.

$196 Million Worldwide, But Still No X4 Plans?

Despite the fact that X-Men: The Last Stand pulled in about $196 million in just four days worldwide (it cost approximately $210 million to make), Marvel Studios' Avi Arad tells Variety that they are going to move forward with the two spin-off movies instead of X-Men 4:

A big second frame decline is thus likely. But with nearly $200 million in domestic grosses by next weekend a virtual lock, Fox execs won't be shedding too many tears.

More likely, they'll be talking to their partners at Marvel about the next step for the franchise, since "Last Stand" was supposed to be the final film in a trilogy.

"The first reaction, which we should discard, is here comes 'X-Men 4,'" said Marvel Studios topper Avi Arad. "We're working on 'Wolverine,' which is definitely a continuation, and we have a very interesting script about a young Magneto."

We wouldn't be surprised if Fox does indeed talk to Marvel Studios about a fourth movie considering the phenomenal numbers the third installment has already brought in.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/x-mennews.php?id=4310

[Angel's vision]

well after seeing the very brilliant film , lets see a Magneto spin off i mean the end was suggesting his powers were not all together gone....plus i'd love to see a magneto prequal after reading his back story all but brief from BoTD, it is worth making, i'd also like to see explored in it the fall-out with Xavier.
P.S Wolverine spin-off Yes please!