Seems like somebody over at 20th Century Fox wasn’t happy with the quality of X-Men 3 despite it outgrossing the previous two movies in the franchise. X-Men 1 and 2 director Bryan Singer is claiming that he has been offered the chance to return to the franchise to direct the fourth installment of the series, replacing X3 director Brett Ratner.
According to The Honolulu Advertiser, he has turned the offer down to focus on directing the sequel to this summer’s Superman Returns but he might be interested in helming the Wolverine spin off, and is wanting to read the script.
Wow, this is quite unexpected then. There’s no doubt that X-Men 3 is the worst of the X-Men franchise but the movie was WAY better than I was expecting from Brett Ratner and in all honesty, was so much better than Singer’s Superman Returns. This just show’s though how much faith the studio have in Ratner, to run back to Singer even after he switched alliegences from Fox to Warner Brothers, from Marvel to DC and taking James Marsden along with him.
Singer is a guy under pressure right now, if his next installment of Superman is as lackluster as this summer’s outing then there isn’t much doubt that the franchise will yet again be dead…..something that would really hamper Singer’s career.
Also what now for Ratner, does this mean he has been axed for X-Men 4 or is he the first choice now that Singer has turned them down.
source – cinematical, the honolulu advertiser
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Singer is the better director, and he is a perfect fit for X-Men.
Ratner, on the other hand, does not understand that a day shot and a night shot cannot occur within the same scene (the climax, when the bridge lands on the island, it’s day, and then the characters step off the bridge, it’s night – Filmmaking 101)
However, I will say that Ratner did a better job than I thought he would. They just need to stop the X-Men franchise now that Mystique is gone…hubba hubba
Ratner shat all over X-men.
Mystique ain’t gone…..
SPOILERS…….
The cure wore off. Magneto moved the chess piece in the last scene. They can easily and probably will bring her back for X-Men 4 as the cure was only temporary.
Well, except for the fact that Rebecca Romijn requested to be removed from the X-Men series because she was tired of the makeup process.
And I do not want someone else in that role. She was sooooo good in it.
(I DON’T SPEACK ENGLISH) IT IS TRUE? BECAUSE IS VERRY GOOOOOOOOD
Well, except for the fact that Rebecca Romijn requested to be removed from the X-Men series because she was tired of the makeup process.
And I do not want someone else in that role. She was sooooo good in it.