After its tepid summer, notable for a lack of superhero movies, 20th Century Fox may go back to the well for more X-Men spinoffs and a revival of Daredevil.
In its analysis of what went wrong with Fox’s summer, Variety reports the studio has scheduled a strategy meeting to assess its superhero properties. Executives are expected to consider Deadpool, featuring the character played by Ryan Reynolds in next year’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a young X-Men project, and even a return to Daredevil.
Rumors of a young X-Men movie have circulated since at least May, when Gossip Girl producer Josh Schwartz was said to be writing a prequel to the successful franchise. That report was quickly retracted. However, in July new speculation began when Production Weekly included a listing for X-Men: First Class.
The first X-Men spinoff, Wolverine, initially was targeted for this summer, but production delays led it to be moved to May 1, 2009. (Fox moved The X-Files movie into Wolverine‘s intended slot, and we know how that went.)
A second spinoff, focusing on Magneto, initially was planned for release next year. However, as of last month, director/screenwriter David S. Goyer was trying to decide whether to bump it in favor of The Invisible Man. So, theater-goers won’t see the tale of a young Master of Magnetism until at least 2010.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:10 am
I know I am the minority, but I absolutely loved the Daredevil movie.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Me too, Aron.
September 10th, 2008 at 10:15 am
I liked Daredevil though I somehow own the original and the director’s cut so maybe I secretly love it, or maybe I’m a masochist. Most of the action scenes sucked though. Another DD movie would have to be great for me to be interested in the slightest.
Could care less about a Magneto picture. A good X-Men movie focused on young students would really get me stoked. Hopefully that happens.
September 10th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Wait, Fox intended to release Wolverine a week after The Dark Knight? That doesn’t seem right. Or did the X-Files just take its spot as a summer movie?
Daredevil seems like it would be tough to redo, since the 2003 version used the best Daredevil bits.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
X-Men First Class would be cool. As long as it is seperate from the establised X-Men movies (so Iceman and Angel can be in it). And it keeps with the original comic in terms of tone. With Daredevil there are a lot of good stories left to tell, so it CAN be saved with a new cast.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
I taught a week long course for grade eights on super hero cinema, and of the five movies we watched that week, the voted the directors cut of Daredevil as their second favourite, behind Spidey 2.
There are a lot of people, included me, who love that directors cut of DD.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
More awful Marvel movies,Yeah.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Methinks Fox is a bit desperate here. If there was any movie more screwed up than Spidey 3 it was X-Men 3. And for all the ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’ that the teaser provided at SDCC, I’m not sold on this Wolverine film.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Daredevil with Guy Pearce in an adaptation of Bendis and Maleev’s “Out” storyline please thanx. Or why not do that mArvel Knights movie they talked about a few years back, with Doctor Strange, Punisher, Electra and Daredevil? Or are the rights divided up impossibly?
October 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I wanna see the Magneto one, if well done. Meaning little or no Goyer please…