I <3 Nightcrawler.

That's upsetting.

6/19/2005 10:19:22 PM

I think Nightcrawler's served his purpose, I don't really see his character going anywhere in the movies, especially since they're adding so many people...so I can understand why he won't be in there.

6/19/2005 11:46:02 PM

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"X3 DP Films reports the role of Kitty Pride is being recast, which means it looks like "Lost" blond starlet Maggie Grace is out of the role of the girl who can walk through walls."

6/28/2005 3:27:10 PM

oh holy fuck

this movie is doomed

6/28/2005 3:54:04 PM

I think they should appropriately name this movie "X-Men 3: Wolverine And The Rest of Them Muties"

It's like the rest of the team doesnt exist.

6/28/2005 3:56:58 PM

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"Maggie Grace (Lost) is out as Kitty Pryde. The production team has just issued a casting notice for the role. Ratner and Co. are a smart bunch because they're using the script to The Astonishing X-Men comic-book as sides. Wanna know the irony? The comic-book is written by Joss Whedon, who every fanboy dreamed of having writing and directing X-Men 3."

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""The real story behind dropping Nightcrawler from the current script are two reasons: One being that the studio looked at the number of X-Men that were going to be in this new story and it was just too many to fit in.The producers really wanted new heroes like Beast to be given their own screen time as this is the first X-Men Movie they are in, and between the new heroes being added to the story and looking at how much the budget was going to be, something had to give. Nightcrawler's absense will not be explained, nor will the part be recasted." says scooper BA. "Also despite what you might have heard on the web, Not everyone has yet said "Yes" to a return for X3. The studio does want James Marsden to return as Cyclops and there have been talks of getting his Superman shoot over sooner so that he can get to Canada in time for shooting this August." "Also the part of Gambit has yet to be cast. Yes, he is still in the script, but no one has been cast in the part. I think they are close to signing someone for the part, but it is cutting things close to wire as there are barely two months left to get the movie ready both in casting and in readings so that everyone knows what the final script is all about." "

6/28/2005 4:01:13 PM

this
production
is
doomed

6/28/2005 4:08:06 PM

wait a second
i noticed this blurb:

Quote :

"The roles of Angel and his nefarious father remain uncast"

what is so "nefarious" about warren worthington junior?

6/29/2005 3:51:40 PM

Maybe they mean the "father" of Archangel.

FINGERS CROSSED

6/29/2005 3:55:03 PM

He's Bill Brasky

6/29/2005 3:56:48 PM

Did you read the reviews of the screenplay?



Spoilers below






Worthington spearheaded the research to develop a cure for the mutant gene.

6/29/2005 3:57:32 PM

wait
is the movie really gonna be based on the "Astonishing" storyline?

6/29/2005 4:19:38 PM

I hope it is (well I mean as much as they can), I LOOOOVE the Astonishing Storyline I read it and was like "dammit make this a movie!"


btw

Quote :

"X3: Sexy blond hunk Mike Vogel ("Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre") has been rumoured for Angel."

According to Dark Horizons

He actually isn't a bad choice, I could see him in that role.

[Edited on June 29, 2005 at 7:07 PM. Reason : angel]

6/29/2005 7:05:34 PM

did anyone think the first and second films weren't up to par?

i'm an x-fan too, but i was waiting to see something darker from the director. i think they should give it to burton, fincher, peter jackson, or ridley scott.

and i hate it when they get into the love-crush battle for jean between wolverine and cyclops. that stuff ruined the (mediocre) cartoon.

[Edited on June 29, 2005 at 7:35 PM. Reason : .]

6/29/2005 7:13:53 PM

^uhm
that "stuff" permeates the actual books
you know
the official source material
----------------------------------

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"I LOOOOVE the Astonishing Storyline I read it and was like "dammit make this a movie!""

yeah, but i never capped that with "AND BRETT RATNOR SHOULD DURRECT!!!1"

this production is doomed

and, now they're ruining a great storyline that could have really rocked if Whedon had ever given an X-movie a swing

[Edited on June 29, 2005 at 10:25 PM. Reason : `]

6/29/2005 10:24:16 PM

Fuck it, just go ahead and make the R rated Wolverine movie

6/29/2005 10:58:41 PM

i hate how they tried to do a real life depiction of wolverine's hair from the comics in the film.

just stupid.

6/29/2005 11:42:52 PM

what are you talking about?
it works well

i don't think you should be allowed to post in this thread

6/30/2005 12:57:19 AM

the job of film should be to improve the realness of the comic art, not bring it to the screen in the same detail.

fanpride shouldn't get in the way of one's criticism.

and there are movies that i like a great deal that do a good job a comic book adaptation. spiderman, for instance. batman (begins), hellboy, and ghost rider for some others.

(i'm going ahead and posting ghost rider b/c nicholas cage rarely ever picks a bad project.)

6/30/2005 1:04:42 AM

Quote :

"b/c nicholas cage rarely ever picks a bad project"

thats it
you're done
get out

Quote :

"the job of film should be to improve the realness of the comic art, not bring it to the screen in the same detail. fanpride shouldn't get in the way of one's criticism. "

if i was some fanboy spouting "fanpride" i would be railing jackman for being A FOOT TALLER than the comic book logan

who says the "job of film should be to improve the realness of the comic art"
thats how you wind up with superman wearing fucking baby blue and magenta

6/30/2005 1:10:00 AM

^or having a full spider mutation (i.e. web out of the wrists) instead of having to deal with the invention of web cartriges during a two hour film.

[Edited on June 30, 2005 at 1:15 AM. Reason : edit. thought you wrote spiderman, but still i think i make a good point]

6/30/2005 1:12:24 AM

^you get into the invention, then you have to get into peter's parents being secret agents
i don't think we needed that

p.s.
Matchstick Men
Windtalkers
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
The Family Man
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Bringing Out the Dead
City of Angels
Con Air
Kiss of Death
Trapped in Paradise
It Could Happen to You
Guarding Tess

nic cage can suck his uncles nuts for all i care
fucking inbred bitches
(note, i leave my homie jason schwartzman out of my criticism)

6/30/2005 1:17:06 AM

^most of the drama work in there is pretty good. bringing out the dead, matchstick men, and the upcoming "weather man" should make up for all the bad stuff he did with micheal bay.

and you forgot Raising Arizona.

and i had no idea about the comic plot behind spiderman, which is another reason i really like comic films. compression with high intensity.

6/30/2005 1:22:27 AM

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"and you forgot Raising Arizona."

THE FUCK I DID
RAISING ARIZONA IS A TRUE TREASURE

Quote :

"all the bad stuff he did with micheal bay"

THE ROCK IS A GREAT ACTION FILM
CON AIR IS TOTAL SHIT THOUGH

6/30/2005 1:27:27 AM

and gone in 60 needed a longer chase scene.

just checked out some of the cast for the x-film. vinnie jones is the jug. so guy richie should direct.

[Edited on June 30, 2005 at 1:32 AM. Reason : .]

6/30/2005 1:29:39 AM

thats the first post on page 3

6/30/2005 1:34:24 AM

and i hate history.

okay. i'm done now.

[Edited on June 30, 2005 at 1:35 AM. Reason : .]

6/30/2005 1:35:21 AM

Holy shit get Nic Cage OUTTA here...jeeeez

6/30/2005 11:00:51 AM

Quote :

"Writer/director Joss Whedon (the upcoming Wonder Woman) has commented on rumors that his "Firefly" and "Serenity" star Summer Glau is up for the role of Kitty Pryde in X-Men 3, now that "Lost" star Maggie Grace is no longer on board. Whedon posted the following on the "Serenity" official site's message board: Summer did read for Kitty in X3. I know because she called me and mentioned she was going to and did I know anything about the character (there were no 'sides' to study -- they had to get them when they came in). So the girl I turned into sort of a superhero in my movie was going to read for the character that most influenced ALL my girl-heroes, Kitty Pryde. Karmically funky. Anyhoo, she called me after and said it was very emotional and kind of like when she read for FIREFLY, she just got into a very intense groove. She started telling me about the scene she read and that's when I realized WHY it was kind of like she read for FIREFLY. 'Cause (as you may know) it was a scene I wrote for Astonishing X-Men issue #5. I assume they just didn't have sides ready and used that but this was like a karmic moebius strip, it was just too folded in on itself. In this time of odd, I turned to beer. (No I didn't. Stay in school.) I don't know what the X-peeps are looking for -- or even if that other girl has really dropped out -- but for my money, Summer would make a wonderful Kitty. (And I don't say that lightly.) As long as it doesn't interfere with SERENITY II: RICARDO MONTALBAN'S STILL PISSED -- or, much more importantly, SERENITY III: SO VERY NUDE."

6/30/2005 12:32:13 PM

8mm, Snake Eyes

After watching 8mm I wanted to die. Ugh, what a shitty film.

6/30/2005 3:48:27 PM

8mm is gripping

gripping and intense

snake eyes is better than any of the movies i listed

6/30/2005 4:03:52 PM

I'm adding "Face Off" to his list of bad movies too. That movie sucked ass too.

6/30/2005 4:55:47 PM

i enjoyed face/off

6/30/2005 4:56:08 PM

yes
face/off is quality

any problems with it are more john travoltas fault

7/1/2005 11:38:42 AM

snake eyes/bringing out the dead=tops

7/1/2005 11:43:41 AM

Quote :

"RED-blooded director Brett Ratner is having his dream character written into the new "X-Men 3" movie. The mutant is, according to an inside source, "an unbelievably hot and sexy hooker. Her super power is that she secretes a pheromone that helps her to seduce men. She can seduce anyone." The source added the character has not yet been cast but, "they are open to all ethnicities who are in their early-to-mid 20s." Unknowns Kate Nauta and Aya Sumika are apparently auditioning. A rep for Ratner didn't return calls."

Stacy X

7/1/2005 12:14:49 PM

Quote :

"oh holy fuck this movie is doomed"

7/1/2005 12:32:10 PM

i just heard they are replacing kelsey grammer with vin disel for the role of beast

7/1/2005 12:52:31 PM

and cyclops is gonna be jackie chan

7/1/2005 12:56:24 PM

and patrick stewart is getting the boot in favor of the six flags dancing old guy

7/1/2005 1:08:02 PM

Quote :

"for my money, Summer would make a wonderful Kitty. (And I don't say that lightly.) As long as it doesn't interfere with SERENITY II: RICARDO MONTALBAN'S STILL PISSED -- or, much more importantly, SERENITY III: SO VERY NUDE.""

ehe

[Edited on July 1, 2005 at 1:31 PM. Reason : with the funny]

7/1/2005 1:31:03 PM

Nick Stahl rumored to be playing Angel.

7/7/2005 10:06:49 AM

I just heard on PTI that Serena and Venus Williams are both competing for the same role in 3. Please tell me this is just a vicious rumor.

7/7/2005 6:01:23 PM

TEENAGE STORM???

7/7/2005 7:10:57 PM

NO Stacy X

7/9/2005 1:38:13 AM

Quote :

" The girls apparently both want to play the role of a bisexual hooker in the film, although Serena is likely to win out as Director Brett Ratner recently dated her. A source told the trade: "Brett fells either of the girls would be fantastic for the role, which is a superhero who oozes sex appeal. Her great power is the ability to seduce anyone." Hmmmm. In more solid news, principal photography begins at Hatley Castle (Royal Roads University) in Victoria, Canada at the end of this month according to X-Men Films. Fox Co-Chairman Tom Rothman talked about the film and other superhero flicks to IESB. Finally it looks pretty likely that "Carnivale" actor Nick Stahl will be playing the role of Angel. "

7/10/2005 11:17:56 PM

ok you know what?

just give this franchise over the Schumacher

i mean, fuck it

7/10/2005 11:27:40 PM

i'm pretttty sure ratnor is this decade's schumacher

he already fucked up the hannibal lecter series
now he's gonna kill the x-men

7/11/2005 10:37:35 AM

magneto, apocalypse, the hellfire club, the skrull empire, et al. all tried their damnedest to do it

and all it took was a shitty director



[Edited on July 11, 2005 at 11:49 AM. Reason : ]

7/11/2005 11:48:53 AM

I think the Rock should play both Colossus and Juggernaut. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!

7/11/2005 3:10:30 PM