X-Men 4 -- Whose Side are YOU on?
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This whole "will there be a fourth X-Men movie" is turning into a game. Someone really should collect all the quotes coming from everyone involved and stack them up against each other just to see who contradicts who. It can be like Civil War ... "whose side are you on?" A handful of prominent X-actors, including Patrick Stewart, are fully convinced another sequel will happen. Recent talk by Marvel bigwigs would seem to give weight to their argument, although nothing resembling a real plan has been discussed. A larger handful of prominent X-actors are fully convinced the series is finished, and talk from director Brett Ratner seems to give weight to the argument. And now, another mutant actor shares his thoughts on sequel possibilities.So, Iceman, whose side are you on? Shawn Ashmore, the man who is Iceman, says "there are rumors about an X-Men 4 but as far as I've been told X3 was going to be the last big ensemble X-Men movie. I would love if they made another one, but I'm not sure that they will." He is under contract for another film, though, just in case. Ashmore also addressed the "new mutants" rumors, saying he's heard of the idea, but only from the internet. As far as he knows, nobody official or important has talked about it.
If this franchise dies down, and the Spider-Man franchise finishes up after a third film, what do you suppose is the future of Marvel movies? They are gearing up for a big Avengers flick, but can they continue to carry box office momentum until 2009 or 2010 without their big bread winners?
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11-16-2006 @ 4:05PM
carg0 said...
"Whose Side are YOU on?"
Whichever side that's campaigning for a real director.
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11-16-2006 @ 6:05PM
Ed said...
I really hope they make a 4th to correct the horrible mistakes the last diector made. Killing off our comic book icons just to appease a test audience who probbly never read the comics but wanted more sexy poses of haley berry really sucked. I demand justice for my mutants.
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11-16-2006 @ 6:55PM
Geoff said...
They've got Patrick Stewart (I know what happened in the last film, but this is the X-Men!), Iceman and Wolverine. I imagine we haven't seen the last of the X-Men franchise.
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11-17-2006 @ 12:08AM
J. Vasquez said...
None of the films in the X-Men franchise will beat the second installment. It had its flaws, but it managed to keep its plot entertaining and emotional despite the many mutants that could have made it a character driven film. I enjoy Bret Ratner's work, but I felt that he tried to juggle too many things at once with X-Men 3 and failed. It was a dissapointment. If the rumors are true then Bryan Singer should get back in the directors chair and end it well. There's no hurry for it to be out on screen though.
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11-24-2006 @ 7:47AM
J. Retta said...
I'm a 47 year old Marvel freak who waited his whole life for these heroes to come to the big screen. Now that they finally have, I get the sense they are starting to fade away, and it's disturbing. I'm one of those that would like to see them "beat a dead horse", so to speak. I want to see Spiderman 15, or X-Men 24. To much is never enough. These types of movies will "always" do good boxoffice as long as they don't veer far from the original storylines. Believe it or not, I still want to see Daredevil 2 be made!
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