Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Gossip Girl Creator to Reboot X-men Movie Franchise???

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Variety is reporting that Josh Schwartz, creator of the teen fad of the moment, Gossip Girl, has been chosen to reboot the X-men movie franchise in a film to be titled X-men: First Class. The title is the same as the current Marvel comic that also focuses on the x-men as teenagers in the early stages of learning about their powers.

The film is scheduled to drop some time in 2010. No word on who will be starring, but you can probably expect a bunch of CW types.

Can I just say that this is a completely unnecessary reboot? The last X-men film, directed by the awful Bret Ratner, was craptastic to say the least. The logical next time, in my opinion, would have been to continue on with a new batch of X-men that we haven't had the chance to see. Perhaps taking a bit darker tone, maybe pushing more towards X-force than Uncanny X-men. Instead we're getting teeny-bopper X-men, probably fighting against a Magneto who just graduated from college and is upset at having to pay student loans.



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2 comments:

  1. ScotusNovember 20, 2008 at 5:17 PM

    While I'm generally against the Hollywood reboot trend, this one doesn't bother me too much. X-Men 3 wasn't the franchise-killer that Batman & Robin was, but it did enough damage that starting over again probably isn't a bad idea.

    Besides, I always thought the first X-Men film should have featured the main characters as teenagers. So assuming they find some decent actors, this could be pretty good.

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  2. TravNovember 21, 2008 at 5:02 AM

    But do you really want an O.C. X-men movie? After the third film, the majority of the adult cast had been eliminated in some way. They could've continued with the same cast, starring the remainder of the more youthful team. Rogue, Iceman, a young Gambit, Angel...they already have a teen-centric cast. Why go this route and turn it into Westchester 90210?

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