ROTTEN TOMATOES: Update on the "X-Men" Spinoffs

Update on the "X-Men" Spinoffs

by Scott Weinberg | May 29, 2007

Wondering what's up with the "Wolverine" and "Magneto" movies? So were the guys at the "X-Men" Films blog, so they got in touch with producer Tom Rothman...

...and here's what he had to say: "It's really soon to tell ... The most important thing is to get the movies right! If I had to guess, I'd say Wolvie in '08 and Mag in '09, but it could change."

So there you have it. Although ... "Magneto" already seems to have a director (David S. Goyer), whereas "Wolverine" doesn't. At least none that's been announced just yet. (One rumor mentioned Brett Ratner's name, but that's just a rumor. Calm down.)

Source: XMenFilms.net

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Merlin235 writes:
on May 29 2007 07:01 AM

Personally, I don't think Ratner would do a horrible job on a Wolverine spin-off. He can't really screw up the character at this point, can he?

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the-russian writes:
on May 29 2007 07:50 AM

Wouldn't it be cool to see an R rated Wolverine movie? It would never happen, but it would be cool...

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Matanuki writes:
on May 29 2007 08:02 AM

In reply to this comment (#867162)
I'd rather see Ratner do em both than Goyer do either. Because as bad as X:3 was, it was nowhere near as bad as Blade 3.

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Merlin235 writes:
on May 29 2007 08:08 AM

In reply to this comment (#867164)
word. Goyer should stick to writting. He did a great job on Begins.

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JackHorner1979 writes:
on May 29 2007 09:10 AM

[b]But I thought Ratner was knee deep....[/b]
in On the Lot, where he's shared such wonderful moments on how a proper film is made.
Now if he heads off to do Wolvie, who will all those new potential filmmakers look to for guidance?

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wolfgang8565 writes:
on May 29 2007 09:17 AM

x3 wasnt bad, it was the best of the three films. watch it again maybe you were asleep when u saw it

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Vitamin M writes:
on May 29 2007 10:05 AM

Ratner would be fine, I liked X3, but I would also prefer a good and gritty R rated wolverine. Bring in some up and comer with some talent and a fresh look.

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Warheart1188 writes:
on May 29 2007 11:06 AM

Yea, Goyer did great w/ Batman Begins but directing is definitely not for him. Im not too savvy with the Magneto movie though. I don't think it'll translate well into film. It'd bore people. Wolverine on the other hand would be great. X3 wasn't as terrible as people made it out to be, but it wasn't what I had hoped for either but i think Ratner could pull off Wolverine.

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bigbrother writes:
on May 29 2007 11:30 AM

X3 was the worst of the trilogy for me because they did the same thing that Spiderman 3 and Pirates 3 did. They were so busy trying to "take it up a notch" that they sacrificed a good plot and interesting characters for a ton of empty action and 1001 uniteresting characters. Really I can't think of one character that Ratner introduced who was interesting in the least, plus the characters that were already established from the first two either regressed and made more 1 dimensional or were killed off with little or no emotional impact. Seriously Cyclops and Professor X's deaths should have been tragic poinent moments instead it was like oops these vital characters are now dead, lets have a funeral and move on James, Pat thanks for comin out, we'll mail your checks out after we pay the other extra's.

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screwhead100 writes:
on May 29 2007 12:50 PM

Cyclops's death had so little emotion that i didnt believe that it happened......i thought it was a dream sequence or somthin..................

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BrokenDreamer writes:
on May 29 2007 01:41 PM

Did anyone read David Goyer's original draft of Batman Begins? Maybe I am mistaken, but the impression I had was that the best dialogue in the film (and there were stand out lines in this movie) was contributed by Christopher Nolan, who has shown excellent writing skills in the past (see: Memento). The assumption I had was that Nolan contributed a great deal to the story and was very much responsible for the elements that were properly executed (he does have a story credit as well). The most notable of Goyer's dialogue contributions I found (and again, I might be wrong) were lines such as "I think you need to lighten up" and other corny phrases. I mean, seriously, considering Goyer's history and Nolan's writing abilities, I have trouble believing his writing could excell to the level of Batman Begins without help from Nolan. Then again, I might be wrong, and a original draft by David Goyer could prove this.

ANd speaking of Nolan, why can't Fox take a risk on such a talented director for a franchise film like Wolverine?

(Also, I am excited to see what Jonathan Nolan, Chris' brother who is primarily a writer, could do with this story.)

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RexLaboro writes:
on May 29 2007 06:37 PM

The spin-offs are bad ideas- especially the Magneto one. Marvel has many properties to pull from for movies. Poor DC =(

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Product_of_You writes:
on May 30 2007 02:41 AM

I really liked the first two X-Men films, but X3 was complete trash, so honestly I don't care about any future craptastular X-Men related movies. I've never been a Wolverine fan and a Magneto movie already sounds kind of boring, but without Ian McKellen it seems like an awful idea.

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I Am Remote writes:
on May 30 2007 02:03 PM

In reply to this comment (#867172)
I was just going to say...

I recently heard that most of Goyer's contributions to Begins were broad strokes at best, and that the Nolan brothers were the real wizards behind the script.

What i heard, anyway. Blade 3 sucked.

As for X-Men, I've been a die hard fan since my earliest memories, and the way I see it, Ratner took a crap heap of already poorly adapted and politically neutered characters and storylines and leaned it down to the only thing worth getting out of it: action (with a satisfactory dose of politics and heart). Singer's films are a joke. A radiation machine? A "mad scientist" villain? Oh yeah, we're all on the edge of our seats Brian.

F*ck a Wolverine movie. We've already had 3 of them. I'm still waiting for an genuine X-Men film.

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Merlin235 writes:
on May 30 2007 03:06 PM

In reply to this comment (#867176)
And what would a 'genuine' X-Men film look like to you?

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Paul_Is_Drunk writes:
on May 30 2007 03:21 PM

I'm guessing it would actually involve the X-men working as a team and Wolverine being relegated to a supporting character like he was in the broadly influental Clairmont run of 16 years that made the X-men the legendary comic they are today.

But maybe that's just me.

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SnakesOnAZombie writes:
on May 30 2007 09:34 PM

wolverine has such a dark past a R rating wouldnt be that far out..

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cgcbooks writes:
on May 31 2007 09:15 AM

In reply to this comment (#867173)
Marvel really only has 3 big franchises. X-men, Spider-man and Fantastic Four. After that it is pretty much slim pickens. DC just announced a Teen Titans film in development. DC has many properties that will work very well on film. Metal Men, The Creeper, Justice League, Green Lantern, Flash, Wonder Woman, Secret Six, New Gods, Mr. Miracle, Forever People, and the list goes on and on. I prefer DC to Marvel anyway. Marvel's characters are much too serious for me. After all, they are based on comic books.

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BooneSkeeter writes:
on May 31 2007 02:18 PM

A-list property like the X-Men has been systematically turned into a grade Z cash cow for the studio...they don't give a squat about the franchise (except for a profit) so why should we?

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