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The movie famed on these forums for proving Fassbender could be Bond now has its very own sequel in the works.
So far the only people attached are Matthew Vaugn, veteran director of the first film, and scribe Simon Kinberg.
The movie deal was made under a new contract with 20th Century Fox's Production President Emma Watt's deal for a few more years at the helm.
Excited? I am. Hopefully everybody's now busy schedule clears up enough space for the likes of Fassbender, McAvoy, Hoult, and the rest of the gang to make a return.
So far the only people attached are Matthew Vaugn, veteran director of the first film, and scribe Simon Kinberg.
The movie deal was made under a new contract with 20th Century Fox's Production President Emma Watt's deal for a few more years at the helm.
Excited? I am. Hopefully everybody's now busy schedule clears up enough space for the likes of Fassbender, McAvoy, Hoult, and the rest of the gang to make a return.
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I'm also really happy that Matthew Vaughn is back - definitely one of my favourite directors working today!!
Well Mad Men season 5 starts in 2 months so you'll get plenty of her there too ! ;)
About damn time! I've sure missed that show; it's shows like that which make me long for a new Bond film set in the 60's. Fassbender would be great for that BTW
Eon might want to consider such an idea as a side film project, or even a decent-budget, cable tv series.
As for First Class 2 (or whatever it will be called), GREAT news. Although if Vaughn didn't return, they could always have asked Singer to direct it. I was upset when he stepped back as director for First Class but everything worked out great with Vaughn. And I'm just glad this is being made at all with FIrst Class doing only ok at the box office. I'll be following this film very closely
You mean keep the movies contemporary while at the same time have a Bond TV show that's set in the 60's?
LOVE IT
The more Bond the merrier!
There is supposedly an 8-minute test footage clip to see how good the film would turn out. Supposedly the original writer of Deadpool came out and said it kicked ass so, if all is true, they will probably move forward with it.
Empire joked it would be called 'XMEN: Second Class' and I lol'd.
But a Bond-retro cable series might work, and not compete with the bigger budget film series.
Only hiccup would be, if I were TV Bond, I'd be jealous of Movie Bond, and possibly vice versa. You'd have people constantly comparing the two actors and it'd be kind of really annoying and stressful. You also couldn't get the same actor to do both in this day and age, especially someone like Craig, who enjoys mixing up his projects.
It would be nice though if post Craig, if one actor would just commit to playing both gigs. (cable and big feature films) There are worse ways to make a living. ;)
Might be possible though if you get the right actor. Trick is to find a young actor, like 28-30, whose happy to work now, and would put off the "need "for other projects, until he's fat, fortyish and financially comfortable.
2014.. 2015?
http://blastr.com/2011/03/producer-reveals-there-wi.php
That article is from last March but with the success of First Class, you gotta think that FOX is all for this
would love to see me some sentinels as well.
X1 and X2 are terrific, X2 being my personal favorite..
X3 - meh... it has some good fighting scenes, in particular one that takes place at a house is probably the best part of the entire movie - but you can feel the rush job all over this one.
X-Men Origins : Wolverine - pretty much a waste of time for me... most the dialog is horrendous, and the CGI effects are equally as bad a times.
DC007-- you might have a unique opportunity, since you haven't seen any of them yet:
try watching First Class FIRST!
When I saw that in the theatre, I watched the first X-Men that weekend and enjoyed it in a whole new light (particularly the Erik/Charles relationship)
no, you shouldn't.... but that is my opinion - i fell asleep during it in theater, and didn't rewatch it until it came to DVD - so i was able to catch up on all the stuff i fell asleep during.............. which still didn't do much to sway my opinion of the film lol..... if you want a better Wolverine experience, go rent the video game based on the movie - it royally urinates all over the film lol.
you really wouldn't hurt yourself starting with either First Class or X1 - it's just preference.... like someone new into Star Wars deciding to either watch EP4 or EP1 first.... it doesn't matter in the end, but I always tend to go for what was released first lol.
in all fairness to the prequel trilogy, only 1 of them was horrible - and it was for varying reasons..... and that is the one currently being rereleased in 3D..... EP2 i thought was okay... but i think EP3 is the only one that truly deserves to be put aside the originals..
my one problem is that I think they made Anakin/Vader too young in EP1, and throughout the entire trilogy - in the end, it's George's vision, but I always pictured Anakin when he turned darkside to be in his mid 30s, not mid 20s.. as it would help explain a lot more of what Obi Wan describes of him in the original trilogy...... but i could go on forever with this topic... much like any debate on Indiana Jones or James Bond - as Star Wars makes out 3rd piece in my holy trinity of films lol.
* lose 'Phantom Menace'
* Attack of the Clones becomes Episode I (with some changes obviously-- most importantly, Anakin is 'good' the whole movie- he and Obi-Wan are much closer friends, etc )
* Revenge of the Sith becomes Episode II (again, with some minor changes)
* A totally new Episode III that's FULL of Darth Vader!!
Episode I could have easily never happened as far as I'm concerned. I used to be a HUGE Star Wars fan before it came out and ruined everything
agreed.... Phantom Menace had some good stuff in it.... but where it jumped the shark - nuked the fridge if you will... is when it described the force, as essentially bacteria with super powers.... couldn't have been one thing left to be a mystery? - if he wants to explain the origins of everything else, that is fine.... but that was one thing that I thought wasn't needed, and ruins the whole mystique...
but one thing is, I would not have killed Darth Maul in EP1.. he should've killed Qui-Gon, made an escape - and had been brought back for EP2 and then EP3 where he gets killed - in essence, taking over the parts that Count Dooku essentially had - Plus a Maul/Yoda fight would've been much more bad ass! lol..... i love Christopher Lee - but I truly felt like there were just too many Sith running around - especially after Yoda says "only 2 there are, no more, no less."
but i do agree with your relignment of the prequels... maybe age Anakin up a bit too, then we'd be all set.. and it draw nice parallels to the original trilogy and the sequence of events as well.
i am trying not to say too much, so i dont spoil anything for DC007
In my opinion, watch X1-X3 first because one of the many joys of First Class is seeing nods to that trilogy. Just keep in mind that First Class ignores a lot of things in X3, so it is really a prequel to the first two Bryan Singer films in my opinion.
And yes don't bother watching X Men Origins Wolverine because it's just a mess of a film and you get enough of Wolverine's backstory in X2 to understand everything.