X-Men 3 in Planung

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Auf diese Nachricht wartet die X-Nation: Jetzt haben die Gespräche zwischen Regisseur Bryan Singer und 20th Century Fox über einen weiteren Teil der Saga, um die Mannen rund um Professor X, begonnen. Dies berichtet jetzt zumindest Variety. Singer unterschrieb außerdem einen Vertrag darüber, dass er bei allen Projekten, die er für das Studio entwickeln wird, auch Produzieren und Regieführen wird.

Hutch Parker, der Präsendent des Fox-Production-Departments erklärte gegenüber the Trade Paper, dass die Bemühungen, dem Franchise einen weiteren Film hinzuzufügen, jedoch noch am Anfang stünden.

Die Weichen für einen weiteren Film zu stellen, könnte für Fox allerdings recht teuer werden, da die Cast bisher nur Verträge für den ersten Teil mit einer Option für ein Sequel hatte. Also müssen mit den Darstellern neue Verträge seitens des Studios verhandelt werden.

Geklaut von SF-Radio

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Sci Fi Wire reports that X-Men 3 begins filming in Vancouver next June for a May 2, 2006 release date. X2: X-Men United screenwriters Dan Harris & Mike Dougherty will pen the film.


The site quotes producer Lauren Shuler Donner as saying that she and director Bryan Singer "just started to talk about what the possibilities are. We're pretty sure Wolverine's going to come back."

However, Hugh Jackman said this week while promoting Van Helsing that, while he'd "find it very, very hard to watch someone else play the role of Wolverine," the thesp cautioned fans that "I don't know what the script's going to be like" and that the filmmakers "may want to move it in different directions, so we'll see what happens in it."

So who which mutants might appear in X-Men 3? "I'm really dying to get Beast in," says Shuler Donner, "and I'd love to get Gambit in, because he's such a cool guy. And there's some really good casting ideas for Gambit."

As for rumors that the next film will follow the comic's "Dark Phoenix" story arc, Shuler Donner says the filmmakers "will follow it through in some respect, absolutely, yes."

For more of what she had to say (especially about whether Halle Berry will return) check out Sci Fi Wire!

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