Date: June 17, 2005
Source: IESB
The X-Men 3 script, was it really reviewed?
Author: Robert Sanchez
The X-Men 3 script, was it really reviewed? Yes and no, a script for X-Men 3 was reviewed but it was NOT the current script that is currently being prepped by Kinberg and Penn. The script that has made the internet rounds and into the hands of a few “spies” is at least 4 months old according to multiple sources.
I hardly ever post my own opinions or point of views on the site but after we posted our video interviews that we had with both Kinberg and Rothman some of our readers and viewers have been wanting to know if we could find out some accurate information regarding the validity of the content of the review that has been making some X-Men fans squirm.
Yes the old script had plenty of controversial scenes but it was a rough draft and since then there have been plenty of re-writes. So complaining about the old script should be a moot point by now, there is nothing to bitch about at this time.
A few of you might still believe that Fox should wait for Bryan Singer to finish Superman and let him do the third film. There is a problem with that reasoning, Bryan Singer will be working on Logan's Run next and would push X-Men 3 many more years down the road. Any businessman would tell you that it would be a big mistake to wait on the production of this third film.
Speaking of businessmen, Tom Rothman who is probably one of the best in Hollywood has been nothing but a friend to this genre. He has made sure to keep plenty of great films coming our way.
A few of you believe that he wanted to derail the first X-Men film. But I ask you, how? Didn't Fox hire Singer to direct X-Men? What blockbuster did Bryan have under his belt before X-Men? Didn't Rothman give Singer enough elbow room to make X-Men a great franchise?
Any person in Rothmans position will have plenty of pressure coming from many different areas. Stockholders, production heads and yes even fans. So even though it may be true that the studio at first was not quite sure about the franchise it still shelled out 100 million dollars for a genre that hadn't yet proven itself. Regardless what relationship Rothman and Singer have today, they both deserve credit in helping launch the wave of comic book movies that Hollywood is currently working on.
The claim that Fox was trying to derail the production by moving up the date from winter of 2000 to summer of 2000 is untrue. Tom DeSanto said that he was “walking on air” after the decision of moving up the release date and that they “were pushing for it all along.” Fox had to find a replacement movie for the summer because Minority Report was pushed back, so X-Men got a new release date, which in all reality pushed production forward by only two to three weeks. Trying to derail a project would be what Warner Bros. did to The Iron Giant not what Fox did to X-Men.
Brett Ratner is the man who will helm the next project and what a relief that it isn't Matthew Vaughn. Let me explain, journalists that covered the Layer Cake press events in New York and Los Angeles know that Mr. Vaughn was not very optimistic nor did he have respect for the great work that Bryan Singer had accomplished in the first two films.
He said that he was going to “toughen up the X-Men,” what the hell? I have an idea Matthew, how about first directing a commercially successful film before you take cheap shots at other directors with proven track records!
Brett Ratner on the other hand has been very respectful to Bryan and the franchise. He has also been able to helm commercially successful films such as the two Rush Hour films. But the most important thing to me is that he is a comic book fan, he loves the genre. I have confidence that he won't ruin this franchise; a new director will add his own distinctive flavor but still can remain faithful to the Mutants.
I know that plenty of fans will still continue to bitch and moan about the direction that X-Men 3 will be headed. Studios can never keep all of the fans happy, but if you really dislike the way films are being made I have a few suggestions to all you bitter fans. Get out of your mom's basement and go to film school, besides learning some filmmaking skills you will have a chance to socialize with a real person instead of a computer. You also just might learn some manners so that you can stop this childish behavior of “let's kick someone in the balls” or that “someone must die” and “I want to punch him in the face.” Those statements really show great intelligence and high level of maturity. Has that type of attitude ever get you anywhere in life?
Do you really want to know who the villain of X-Men 3 is? It's all the bitter little people who are trying to derail a project that still hasn't gone into production.
Ratner has a good track record and fans need to give him a chance just like the one Singer got. Good news is that according to a poll that SHH! has been running it appears that the silent majority is either okay or think it's great that Ratner is directing the third film.
Lets me make a few quick points, I have no beef with any other website or anything to gain from 20 th Century Fox. I don't have any ad contracts with Fox nor do I have any hopes of selling a script to the studio. I just felt that this outdated and outrageous script review was getting a little out of hand and is a great disservice to fans worldwide.
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Bra artikel det här. Jag har fortfarande svårt att tro att FOX skulle vara så himla omöjliga att arbeta med. Jag struntade också i att posta den länken på AICN där de recenserade manuset just för att 1. De är inte särskilt snälla mot Tom Rothman, och jag har ingen direkt åsikt om honom alls. 2. Det kom upp kommentarer om att det var ett gammalt utkast, det här "manuset".
Men, Swedishsuperhero, var hittade du den här artikeln?
Kanske var det så att Matthew Vaughn lämnade för att han inte skulle få så stor kreativ frihet som han hade hoppats på? Av just den anledningen har jag alltid trott att de skulle ha svårt att hitta en ny regissör, och få nöja sig med en "B-regissör". Nu verkar inte Brett Ratner vara en urusel regissör, och knappast en "hack" som han redan beskylls för att vara på diverse forum, men han är knappast i klass med Bryan Singer heller.
Det här kommer inte att bli X-Mens "Batman & Robin", det känns mer som en Terminator 3. Alltså en mer urvattnad och trött upprepning av den superba andra delen. Hoppas jag har fel där. (Tyckte inte direkt om T3)
En annan tråkig nyhet är att Nightcrawler inte kommer att vara med.