There was a period when Hollywood shunned comic properties like the plague. With average interpretations of masterpiece characters like the Punisher, Captain America, and even the Fantastic Four – the last two being so bad that they wind up as straight-to-video issues – Hollywood has grasped the notion that comic properties do not command a following that is large enough to ensure a hit.
In 2000, a comic-adapted flick altered such a perception.
Bryan Singer took comic book’s main franchise, the X-Men, and created a great film out of the same. The outcome is a trilogy that raked in billions of dollars in profit.
The X-Men flicks are greatly recognized as the films that broke open the gates of Hollywood for highly booming superhero films that came after – Spider-Man, Blade, Daredevil, the two Fantastic Four flicks, and even the remake of Batman and the come back of Superman to the wide screen.
The X-Men trilogy, nevertheless, has completed its run.
Nonetheless, followers should not worry as Marvel Comics and 20th Century Fox are planning a series of films focusing on the genesis of the transformed creatures we have grown to like.
First of these films is X-Men Origins: Wolverine, scheduled for a May 1, 2009 showing. Hugh Jackman will reprise his character as the titular persona, though, the film will be adjusted some 17 years before the occurrences of the first X-men movie.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine tells the tale of Logan’s unearthing of his mutant abilities, his addition to the Weapon X program, his transactions with William Stryker, and his falling out with the stated institution.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine will feature a slew of new mutants direct from the comic series, like the motor mouth killer, Dead Pool – played by the highly-recognized Ryan Reynolds – and the raging Cajun, Gambit – played by Taylor Kitsch. Sabretooth, surely, will perform a crucial role in the flick, being a central figure in the Wolverine mythos.
One of the things to see in the flick is the surprise that the Weapon X code doesn’t mean the letter X, rather, it refers to the number “ten,” with Wolverine being the tenth government project made for mass destruction. The ending of X-Men Origins will pit Wolverine against the new edition of the program, Weapon XI.
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By Reuben davis.
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