While Marvel Studios is currently dominating in the superhero genre, theX-Menmovies looks like they’re about to break out in a big way. While the mainX-Menfranchise may have stagnated a bit, the spinoffs are redefining the superhero genre in a big way.Deadpoolwas a massive hit that proved an R-rated superhero movie could be a hit, andLoganis outstanding.
Steve Weintraub recently spoke with producerSimon KinbergforLoganand learned about what’s coming up when it comes toDeadpool 2andNew Mutants:
SIMON KINBERG: We’re gearing up to make both of them this year.New Mutantswe’re waiting on a new draft of the script, which we’re all very excited about. Josh Boone has been prepping that movie. Josh is someone who is a lifelong, hardcore fan ofNew Mutants, and the plan is to make that movie late spring, early summer of this year, and have it come out next year.
Similarly withDeadpool 2, Ryan and the guys have been working hard on the script. We have a really good script for that movie, and we’re into the casting process right now for some of the new characters. There aren’t a lot of new characters, but there are some big ones, as I’m sure you can imagine. And the plan would be to shoot that movie this year as well and have it come out next year. So potentially next year you will have a surfeit ofX-MenandX-Men-related movies in theaters.
As far as if the studio is looking at long-term plans with theX-Menfranchise or if they’re just going one film at a time, Kinberg replied:
KINBERG: There’s a long-term plan. There’s a long-term plan for what to do with each of these movies, and how these movies could potentially interact or come together in the future. And yet, within each of these films, there’s the freedom for the filmmaker to make whatever movie they want to make. So we don’t want to hamstring—it’s not an episode of a television show. We want to give filmmakers the opportunity to be creative and bold and provocative the way Jim Mangold was withLogan; the way Tim Miller and Ryan Reynolds were withDeadpool. We’ve seen that pay off creatively and commercially withDeadpooland hopefully withLogan, so we want to keep it within the larger timeline and larger sort of architecture, but give people an opportunity to play.
You can take the “it’s not an episode of a television show” as a subtle dig at what Marvel Studios is doing, but the fact of the matter is that 20th Century Fox is doing some really interesting things with their superhero movies. They’re taking risks that are paying off, and hopefully things will come together soon forDeadpool 2andNew Mutants.
Click herefor what Kinberg had to say about plans for aFantastic Foursequel.
