Zak Penn on the Future of "Hulk" and Young "X-Men" Spin-off
Next to David Goyer, the next comic-book-geekiest screenwriter in line is probably Zak Penn. He's writing "The Incredible Hulk" for Marvel ... and there's a chance he might have another "X-Men" project somewhere down the line, too.
My pal Erik Davis was able to chat with Mr. Penn during the Tribeca Film Festival (where he has a movie called "The Grand" premiering, "he" being Zak and not Erik) and the busy screenwriter had some long-off (but still juicy) potential plans for the "X-Men" series...
"I had been attached to direct one of the [X-Men] spin-offs; in fact, I'm in discussions about that now ... the original idea was to have me do a young X-Men spin-off, a spin-off of the young X-Men characters. But someone came up with a pretty interesting idea which I can't discuss. I was pretty taken by it, as was the studio. I have to give him credit, it was this guy who worked with me named Mike Chamoy -- he worked a lot with me on X3. He came up with how to do a young X-Men movie which is not what you'd expect."
Interesting. Oh, and it turns out that I (and Erik) was teasing about the latest "Hulk" news. Mr. Penn simply debunks the silly "grey Hulk" rumor, but that's old news by now. Mr. Davis promises more from Zak Penn later in the week, including some "Hulk 2" casting news.
Source: Cinematical
My pal Erik Davis was able to chat with Mr. Penn during the Tribeca Film Festival (where he has a movie called "The Grand" premiering, "he" being Zak and not Erik) and the busy screenwriter had some long-off (but still juicy) potential plans for the "X-Men" series...
"I had been attached to direct one of the [X-Men] spin-offs; in fact, I'm in discussions about that now ... the original idea was to have me do a young X-Men spin-off, a spin-off of the young X-Men characters. But someone came up with a pretty interesting idea which I can't discuss. I was pretty taken by it, as was the studio. I have to give him credit, it was this guy who worked with me named Mike Chamoy -- he worked a lot with me on X3. He came up with how to do a young X-Men movie which is not what you'd expect."
Interesting. Oh, and it turns out that I (and Erik) was teasing about the latest "Hulk" news. Mr. Penn simply debunks the silly "grey Hulk" rumor, but that's old news by now. Mr. Davis promises more from Zak Penn later in the week, including some "Hulk 2" casting news.
Source: Cinematical
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on May 03 2007 04:25 AM I'm a huge fan of the comics and movies (except X3) and for some reason I am not one bit excited about a young X-Men movie. ZZZzzzzZzZzZzzz. (Reply to this) |
on May 03 2007 04:58 AM Well at least the Hulk won't be gray. (Reply to this) |
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on May 03 2007 05:56 AM In reply to this comment (#863601) Young X-Men would be awesome and would be a natural place for the series to go while the older characters did their own films. I think it would be quite good, same level of effects and story, but cheaper b/c not an expensive cast. Also, don't hate the Grey hulk idea. Hulk goes grey in the comics, when Banner starts fooling around trying to fix himself, and the Hulk becomes an amalgamation of Banner and the Hulk (intelligent like Banner, and a smaller but still strong Hulk). If I was Marvel, at some point I'd go in this direction with the character. (Reply to this) |
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on May 03 2007 06:46 AM The only good news from Penn about the future of either of these franchises would be if he said he will be resigning permanently. (Reply to this) |
on May 03 2007 09:23 AM Penn is easily one of the worst writers around. (Reply to this) |
on May 03 2007 10:45 AM I wish they'd have gone with the grey Hulk. Just to be old-school and to piss off the fanboys. :) (Reply to this) |
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on May 03 2007 10:50 AM In reply to this comment (#863600) I agree, I think the kids were by far the weakest portion of all the X-men movies. (Reply to this) |
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on May 03 2007 02:49 PM In reply to this comment (#863601) [b]Gray![/b] They should totally make the Hulk gray to prove no one gives a shit (Reply to this) |
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on May 03 2007 06:13 PM He was gray first. (Reply to this) |
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on May 05 2007 06:46 AM In reply to this comment (#863602) Me too. And I know the story. But they gotta get the green Hulk right first before they can be trusted with taking the story into, shall we say, the grey area. (Reply to this) |
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on May 05 2007 06:48 AM In reply to this comment (#863605) Deliberately pissing off the fanboys is bad business sense and.... Wait. Did I say "bad business..?" Sorry. What I meant to say was "business as usual." (Reply to this) |
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