05-27-2006, 11:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-28-2006, 07:04 AM by Mithrandir.)
Quote:Halle Berry just signed a multi million dollar deal to do a "Storm" movie.
And they are in preproduction on something called Savage Fury, well, the name keeps changing but word is there is going to be a multi part Wolverine flick. Part of it is set in the Civil War even.... They are using his long life to drag out all of the old costumes and really make an involved movie.:wacko:
I wonder if they will cover the angle of Wolverine being a Samurai.
One problem with going back that far... Wolverine had it claws, but they were still bone. Hollywood will probably gunk that up and make them metal. Ugh.
Are you sure about that Storm spin-off? I can't seem to find any info from Google searches and it doesn't seem to be mentioned on IMDB. Plus, I found this interview from May '06:
http://www.blackfilm.com/20060505/featur...erry.shtml
Quote:Did you ever go back to the comics to look at Storm’s history and the latest stage she’s at? Would you ever consider doing a spin-off to this with Storm?
HB: No. I think I like coming in and playing Storm, but there are so many things I want to do with my career that I don’t think I want to dedicate that much time to doing a spin-off character on Storm.
In addition to the Wolverine spin-off, they're going to do a Magneto prequel with Ian McKellen.
My original post came off pretty harsh (and rigthfully so), but I would like to throw out a couple things I like about the movie that I did not mention initially:
1) For the first time in the series, Professor X is not infallible - he makes decisions that some of the X-Men don't agree with and they call him out on it. Good touch and more believable I thought.
2) Shadowcat has some very cool fight scenes. It's pretty clear that they tried to make her the Nightcrawler of this movie. It is sort of akward how Shadowcat plays such a minor role in X2 but then is all of a sudden a full-fledged member of the team at the start of TLS however.
3) Halle Berry did a perfectly fine job as Storm, so don't hate on her too much. Her secondary leadership role that she had in the comics really shines through.
--Mith
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London