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It Must Be Bizarro Day - Fox Is Making Smart Decisions

By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (15)

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I… I feel weird. Like something’s not right. Like things are just a little off, gravity’s messing with me somehow. As if… the balance of the universe is somehow off-kilter.

Is… is Fox actually making good decisions about their next X-Men film?

Hold me. I’m… I’m scared.

Seriously though. 20th Century Fox has brought us one good movie (X-Men), one very good movie (X-Men II), one brain-rapingly bad abomination in the eyes of God (X-Men III: The Ratnerfucking), and one nightmare personified (X-Men Origins: Wolverine). They’ve come out and said that the next film will be X-Men: First Class, which is an origin story of sorts — here’s a quick synopsis for you:

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

Eh. The concept doesn’t blow me away, but I loves me some superheroes, so my curiosity was piqued. Then, Fox did something weird. They went back to their old X-Men ideas and hired a good director — Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, Stardust, Kick-Ass). Now, they’re apparently rewriting the script, and have hired Jane Goldman to do it. Goldman has worked closely with Vaughn before, writing the screenplays for both Kick-Ass and Stardust, both of which I quite enjoyed. It’s promising, I tell you. Plus, I dig a writer with pink hair:

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Could Fox still fuck this up? Yes, absolutely. They appear to be making a run at early years/origin stories between this and the Spider-Man reborquel, which is odd… but interesting. So far, I’d say they might actually be on the right track. We’ll see if they end up casting someone from High School Musical as a young Magneto. Fuckers.

(Source: Slashfilm)









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Comments

That photo of Jane Goldman caught me quite off guard. Cute.

How about that.

Posted by: Thurgod at May 12, 2010 10:18 AM

Cute and there is some major boobage going on there too.

Posted by: p at May 12, 2010 10:24 AM

Well, now my hopes are up. Don't crush them, Fox, I beg of you. Just let them stay there in their little balloon of hopiness until the movie comes out. I realize there's a chance that they'll eventually become the "this movie SUCKS" doldrums, but there's also a chance they'll end up as "it was AWESOME" elation, right? Right?

Posted by: esme at May 12, 2010 10:25 AM

Casting call (the list is still a wip, so please excuse)

Professor X:
- Zac Efron
- Taylor Lautner
- ...

Magneto:
- Ed Westwick
- Rob Pattinson
- (possibility under consideration) Lucy Liu, and then we'll take care of the whole gender thing by introducing a plot twist (Magneto undergoes gender reassignment surgery which Prof X is not supportive of, which is the final straw that breaks their friendship's back.)
- ...

Posted by: SB at May 12, 2010 10:29 AM

Ooh, her husband is a major comic book geek, so she better get it right! Although some seem to think she did ok with Kick-Ass, I wasn't that bothered by it.

Posted by: Carrie (Teabelly) at May 12, 2010 10:30 AM

x-men 2 was NOT a very good movie
It was the same as the first

Posted by: greg at May 12, 2010 10:31 AM

P mentioned "major boobage" earlier, but the photo doesn't go that low. However, I am shameless in the pursuit of new boobs, so I googled her and HOLY GOD the woman is stacked. Stacked like pancakes. Stacked like a deck of cards. Stacked like pancakes.

You'd have to aircraft carrier her (y'know, instead of motorboating her -- oh go fuck yourself).

Posted by: superasente at May 12, 2010 10:41 AM

Ohhh, right, Wossy's wife. Yeah, he knows his stuff pretty well.

Posted by: Jay at May 12, 2010 10:51 AM

Oh my Jehovah. You are certainly correct about the stackage good sir. Stacked indeed.

TK seems to have found the only photo which fails to display her epic sweater fillage. For shame.

Posted by: Thurgod at May 12, 2010 10:58 AM

So, they've basically resurrected X-Men Origins: Magneto with a new title that distances it from the awful Wolverine film? I support that decision. If it's cast properly, it will be good.

Of course, we're talking about Fox here. The studio that allowed Will.I.Am to be added to X-Men universe with the powers of 8,000 characters to appease him. I rest my case.

Posted by: Robert at May 12, 2010 11:04 AM

HERE. So people can be lazy and not have to search for themselves. Its because I love you.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at May 12, 2010 11:28 AM

Wikiedia also reports tha Jane Goldman used to be a lingerie model.

Posted by: KV at May 12, 2010 11:54 AM

Sorry, "that."

Posted by: KV at May 12, 2010 11:54 AM

It's too late they've already screwed things up. Unless they're planning to retcon the history of the X-men as it's been portrayed in the movies so far.

The original X-men were Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast, and Iceman.

In the movie only Cyclops and Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) were X-men in the first movie. Beast and Angel weren't even introduced until the third movie. And Iceman is just a teen in the first movie.

If they had took their time and done the third movie right then they wouldn't need to "reboot" the series.

But as they say, there's never enough time to do things right but there's always enough time to do things over.

Posted by: John W at May 12, 2010 12:50 PM

This does not inspire me with any confidence. The last 30 minutes of Stardust were as big an insult to its source material as X3 and Origins were to theirs.

A training montage? Really? In the middle of a fairy tale?

Posted by: Raspywolf at July 16, 2010 9:09 PM