X-Men 3 Spin offs news

[Karea07]

http://www.superherohype.com/news/x-mennews.php?id=4329

It mentions spinoffs Wolverine, Magneto, X-kids and a spin off on Emma Frost? Didn't the person who first announced Ashley Hartman as Emma say she would be in X3 or future spin off as Emma Frost? :up: :D

[Mar420x]

throws up** why these BS movies and not X4? damn u marvel.

[WorthyStevens]

Now there's a rumor of an Emma spin-off now?

Well if she's rumored...

Where the hell are my rumors of an Angel spin-off?! :p

[Crimson Warrior]

What I thought I heard a Colossus spin off?

You back at lake Bikail and the Udst Odinisky

[Mar420x]

yea i kno an emma spin off. wow! who really wants 2 see this? come on marvel. put your thinking caps back on. X4!!!!!!!!!!

[Specter313]

That's random.

[Iceman]

This will go the same way as the comics. Only the core X-Men will do well and possibly Wolverine. Even as a massive X-Men fan these spin offs are not really grabbing my imagination.

[Karea07]

I don't think Magneto will be successfull... Emma Frost -- maybe. If they do something for girls, but that wont even be a safe bet.

[Mr. Vice]

:mad: How in the hell are they gonna do an Emma Frost movie? Mainstream viewers probably wouldn't even know who she is because she was never in any of the other movies. DAMN YOU FOX!!!

[Mar420x]

yea i dont think there gonna b able 2 get me in the movie theaters for them spin offs movies. mayb the wolverine and thats it. thats if its rated R. peace.

[Variant]

Good lord, if they are going to do a Emma Frost spin-off it better not star Ashley Hartman as the white queen. Yes, she's nice to look at, I agree, but quite frankly she's a terrible actress. Fox must've truly lost they're marbles if they give the go-ahead on said project.

I'm still not sure how I feel about the new spin-off projects, I like the idea of a Wolverine and the possible Magneto film, there's so much to the rich history of the X-universe to be covered. However, comic movie based spin-offs usually don't have a good track record.

[TNC9852002]

Hmmm...I'd like a spin-off with the little kids...Get Siryn, Hellion, Jones, Artie, Jubilee, and a couple of others on a little mission.. :p

If they want a spin-off on new character, I think it would be better if they used someone like Gambit...Only because it'll give the Gambit fans something to shut up about.. :p :D But seriously, they can't possibly think that a Emma Frost movie would make that much..

-TNC

[Manic]

I'm hoping this was all a miscommunication, and the Emma Frost spin-off is the same spin-off as the X-kids. Seriously, they'd have to be complete idiots to give her a solo movie out of the blue. She's not even that interesting unless she's teaching a class.

[TNC9852002]

Heh...I remember when they were talking about a Mystique spin-off... :p Pfft!...

If they want to do another spin-off with a pre-established character, it should be on someone like Iceman or somethin..

-TNC

[PWN3R]

What I thought I heard a Colossus spin off?

You back at lake Bikail and the Udst Odinisky

If Emma Frost has a spin off, then dang it I want my Colossus: The Movie.

:mad: :up:

[Specter313]

Heh...I remember when they were talking about a Mystique spin-off... :p Pfft!...

If they want to do another spin-off with a pre-established character, it should be on someone like Iceman or somethin..

-TNC

At least she is established in the films. :p And she had a very successful comic for a couple years on her own.

[LittleMissVixen]

Thumb down to Emma Frost.....her solo comic book was a dud, and a Emma Movie doesnt sound much better. Don't get me wrong...I like the character...but not as a solo player. She works better as a villain or a snubby beeotch in the team books.

[PWN3R]

I don't think Magneto will be successfull... Emma Frost -- maybe. If they do something for girls, but that wont even be a safe bet.

I bet Magneto will be better than Wolverine and X3. :o :up:

[LittleMissVixen]

Heh...I remember when they were talking about a Mystique spin-off... :p Pfft!...

If they want to do another spin-off with a pre-established character, it should be on someone like Iceman or somethin..

-TNC

If any female X-character gets a spinn-off, it should be Mystique...Repowered, Spy, espionage, sex and danger….good stuff.

[spark627]

emma frost would be a horrible movie

[AmazinUncleBen]

I think the Magneto and Wolverine movie have the possibility of being great whereas I don't have much hope for an Emma Frost or X-Kids movie.

[PWN3R]

If by Young X-Men Spin Off they mean, Iceman, Kitty, Colossus, Rogue, etc. Then yes, bring that on first! Colossus! :o

[LittleMissVixen]

If by Young X-Men Spin Off they mean, Iceman, Kitty, Colossus, Rogue, etc. Then yes, bring that on first! Colossus! :o

Don't forget Angel ;)

[WorthyStevens]

If Emma gets a movie, I want an Angel movie...! :p

*grabs knife and fork and bangs on table with said dinnerware*

Oh yes, it would be a very successful movie... I'd make sure of it. :cool:

[PWN3R]

Don't forget Angel ;)

:eek: How could I?! Whats wrong with me. *slaps*

Angel finally having a role, Colossus finally having a role, I'd love to see that.

[Anthony05]

I'm all for new mutants in a spin-off. Like Generation X but not... because i'd still like Bobby, Kitty and Rogue. But EMMA? Lord they might as well do a Dazzler and Polaris spin-off...

[WorthyStevens]

Don't forget Angel ;)

That's the way to think. ;)

[Karea07]

what happened to a1ant or the xverse guys?

[LittleMissVixen]

If Emma gets a movie, I want an Angel movie...! :p

*grabs knife and fork and bangs on table with said dinnerware*

Oh yes, it would be a very successful movie... I'd make sure of it. :cool:


yeah, and he can hit on a 14 year old Husk/Paige ;)

[WorthyStevens]

yeah, and he can hit on a 14 year old Husk/Paige ;)

Warren's a ladies' man. Or in this case, a girls' man? :eek: ;)

[Iceman]

Heh...I remember when they were talking about a Mystique spin-off... :p Pfft!...

If they want to do another spin-off with a pre-established character, it should be on someone like Iceman or somethin..

-TNC

Now you're talkin' :up:

[LittleMissVixen]

I think it would be kool if they brought in Scott's younger brother, Havok.

[Manic]

Rogue, Iceman, Shadowcat (let's see some codenames, damnit!), Colossus, Angel, Jubilee, and Havok. It could work. Give them a teacher like Emma Frost, Banshee, or Dani Moonstar, and we're in business.

[Iceman]

I think it would be kool if they brought in Scott's younger brother, Havok.

I'd love to see that (especially if Cyke one day comes back).

Also Lorna would be interesting. The X-Men would probably treat her with suspicion after Mageto's actions.

[Bishop2]

I LOVE EMMA.

That news excites me more than you can imagine. I never in a million years would've expected them to do this... hey, if they do it, maybe they can even bring Cyke back so he can nail her. :up: ;)

[fallenAngel]

I think everyone has come up as a potential spin off it seems at one point or another........ remember they even talked about Storm. It's kind of ridiculous.

[Manic]

we already had a x-kids movie made for tv with Finola Hughes as the White Queen.

:D
Right. It had a terrible budget, and took some inspiration from Batman Forever. Time for a re-boot.

[Cyke82]

An Emma Frost spin-off? Can that even be categorized as a "spin-off" since she didn't appear in the trilogy at all? Usually when I think of spin-off projects, the basis is to focus on an aspect of the original source material. Yet Emma isn't part of the original material. Ugh.

Honestly, I don't think any non-team spin off project is going to do well besides a Wolverine movie. It sounds as if McKellan would have a limited role in a Magneto solo film, which is bad to begin with because he's a great actor who owns that role, but even so I'm not sure there would be enough general audience interest in a film on that character alone.

[Feyd Rautha]

They shouldn't waste Emma Frost on a solo film, I don't think she has enough material to carry one. I'd prefer her as a supporting character or a member of the Hellfire Club in an X-Men movie.

They should do X4 instead of Young X-Men.

[Octoberist]

Why do an Emma Frost movie? It's the dumbest thing ever. And how would see be related to the X-Men besides being in the same 'movieverse'.

Screw that and give me Gambit. I would damn surprised if Gambit doesn't show up any of the spin-offs...

[phoenix_force]

Emma frost?Hmmm i doubt emma frost is for x men fans i'm sure its for uh X fans i'm betting it's rating is X

[Fanticon]

oh this is so stupid...an emma frost movie...i don't even want to see a magneto movie...what are they doing? I don't care if Ian is in it, it'll be a mistake...if one spin off bombs then it kills the entire franchise...an X-kids type movie sounds like X4 to me...without them saying it. Emma Frost...I laugh at all X spin offs. hmph! They were talkin about a Wolverine spin off after X2...that one doesn't surprise me...but who knows whats gonna happen with that.

[GoldGoblin]

I hope the spin off of the kids is Colossus,Iceman,Angel,Kitty,Rogue,and Gambit.

[intensity]

I read online that according to Wizard's April magazine, Arad mentioned that the plans for spin-off movies at that point were:

Wolverine
Magneto
and Rogue, which is in fact the current name for the X-Kids film.

Wolverine will deal with flashbacks in Logan's life from before he had adamantium, and up to the point where he met Rogue in X-Men 1. Hugh Jackman is signed up for this role.

Magneto obviously deals with the villain's past, and dealings with the early X-Men possibly. Ian McKellan is supposedly signed on for this.

Rogue's movie will feature Rogue, Gambit, Iceman, Kitty, Jubilee :) , and Colossus... and will deal with these younger X-Men and their daily lives... there will be battles and fight scenes, but not on epic proportions like the other X-Men films. It will set up for the next X-Men series of sequels.

hopefully Arad's statement about these films will come true- I'd love to see the Rogue movie be made, for the fact that Rogue will probably get her real powers, and Gambit and Jubilee are scheduled to co-star in it. Awesome if it comes true.

[spark627]

I read online that according to Wizard's April magazine, Arad mentioned that the plans for spin-off movies at that point were:

Wolverine
Magneto
and Rogue, which is in fact the current name for the X-Kids film.

Wolverine will deal with flashbacks in Logan's life from before he had adamantium, and up to the point where he met Rogue in X-Men 1. Hugh Jackman is signed up for this role.

Magneto obviously deals with the villain's past, and dealings with the early X-Men possibly. Ian McKellan is supposedly signed on for this.

Rogue's movie will feature Rogue, Gambit, Iceman, Kitty, Jubilee :) , and Colossus... and will deal with these younger X-Men and their daily lives... there will be battles and fight scenes, but not on epic proportions like the other X-Men films. It will set up for the next X-Men series of sequels.

hopefully Arad's statement about these films will come true- I'd love to see the Rogue movie be made, for the fact that Rogue will probably get her real powers, and Gambit and Jubilee are scheduled to co-star in it. Awesome if it comes true.

im not sure how much truth is behind that... any links? i have a hard time believing that rogue would get a spin off considering x3

[Tron5000]

An X-Kids movie is basically X4. That's who is left. Jean's gone, Scott's gone, Professor's (kinda) gone...The only 2 senior X-Men left are Wolverine and Storm. I'm sure Storm would have a role in an X-Kids movie, even if she's just a teacher. Halle will be the only high-dollar cast member and she would add some legitimacy to the movie. Logan might even pop in for a quick second, but he's got his own movie, so it's not like we're being deprived of Wolverine. X-Kids will show how the youngsters are growing into adults and learning how to use their powers better. With Iceman, Rogue, Kitty, Colossus, Angel, maybe a young Gambit and Jubilee, an X-Kids film will be just fine. It'll just set up the next series. If that film does well, we'll get a whole new batch of X-Films for years.

[Manic]

You know what we need? A movie starring Hugh Jackman and Ellen Page. Let's send Wolverine & Kitty to Japan!

[Rac]

Eh, I don't think Emma can carry a film alone. Unless it's softporn. Though it could work if it concentrates on Hellfire Club.

I'm not interest in the x-kids movie because of Zak Penn. Wolverine and Magneto might be good, but after X3 I'm not expecting anything.

[intensity]

here's a link to where I found out about the Rogue: and Iceman, Gambit, Jubilee, Colossus, Kitty movie...

www.countingdown.com/movi...st=3871781 (http://www.countingdown.com/movi...st=3871781)

I guess we'd need to see the April issue of Wizard magazine to be absolutely sure about it.... we already know that they are planning an X-Kids film, so this could possibly be it.

[Manic]

Eh, I don't think Emma can carry a film alone. Unless it's softporn. Though it could work if it concentrates on Hellfire Club.
Emma: "I just completed a company merger."
Sebastian: "I have a merger of my own."

*Cue cheesy Casio music as the entire Hellfire Club strips naked and engages in a massive orgy*

[cardslinger]

Emma should not get her own movie. That is simply asinine. How can they have a "spinoff" of a character that wasn't in any of the original story?

I don't like the idea of a X-kids movie either. I know that an X4 would pretty much be a X-kids movie, but I don't think the focus should be on the young character. They should show how the once young characters have grown up. The characters like Rogue, Iceman, Colossus, Shadowcat etc. should no longer be thought of as students. They should be X-Men. I don't want the writers bringing in new characters and having them all be younger than their comic book counterpart just so they would fit in with the rest of the characters. For example, Gambit should not be an "X-Kid". His character would not work as a teenager. He needs to be at least in his early 20s. That is the youngest I want him. Any younger would make him seem less experienced and more of a juvenile punk who thinks he is "all that."

[Feyd Rautha]

here's a link to where I found out about the Rogue: and Iceman, Gambit, Jubilee, Colossus, Kitty movie...

www.countingdown.com/movi...st=3871781 (http://www.countingdown.com/movi...st=3871781)

I guess we'd need to see the April issue of Wizard magazine to be absolutely sure about it.... we already know that they are planning an X-Kids film, so this could possibly be it.

Is this what you're talking about? (scroll down through the link)

http://www.countingdown.com/movies/2756437/board?viewpost=3871781

This 'Rogue' thing is news to me...I wonder if there's further proof of this. So this from the April edition from Wizard? Has anyone got a copy of it?

[Image]

I agree with you cardslinger.

[Xplicit Content]

Emma's become one of my favorites...I dunno if she'll be able to carry a movie on her name, but I'd like to see it happen. Looks like all the casting speculations can begin again...I have high hopes for the actress...she's gotta be a dime. Problem is there aren't that many great actresses with Playboy bodies.

[snuunuu]

Emma's become one of my favorites...I dunno if she'll be able to carry a movie on her name, but I'd like to see it happen. Looks like all the casting speculations can begin again...I have high hopes for the actress...she's gotta be a dime. Problem is there aren't that many great actresses with Playboy bodies.
Yeah, the problem is whether she can carry a movie entirely on her own or not. She isn't like Wolverine, who is able to do just that. Even if she is a strong character, she needs others to really be Emma Frost. Who can she manipulate if she's the only lead? Who can she be a snappy psycho ***** to if she's the only lead? Granted, if they use her Emma Frost spinnoff comic as a base they can quite naturally make her the sole focus of the movie, making the movie about her growing up. But even then that's a bit shallow. The audiences would be asking "wait, who is this Emma and why do I need to see a movie about her?" So her childhood couldn't take up the whole movie. And if it can't do that, where to next? Hellfire Club? Maybe skip straight to her and X-Men? Either way, it has to be done really well and with great care to make it work.

That is, if they're even making it.

They should've established her character in the very first X-Men movie and maybe then they could pull it off. Now it's a bit too big of a slippery slope to go along with.

[Intheknow101]

I'd rather watch a Leech spin off than an Emma one. She's a biatch character used to create forced friciton and generate one liners. There's not much of a movie around that. :/

[Cyke82]

I'm sure Storm would have a role in an X-Kids movie, even if she's just a teacher. Halle will be the only high-dollar cast member and she would add some legitimacy to the movie. Logan might even pop in for a quick second, but he's got his own movie, so it's not like we're being deprived of Wolverine.

I disagree. I think if the Wolverine and Storm characters make an appearance, it's going to have to be big appearances with a lot of screen time to justify the amount they'd be spending on the actors. I seriously doubt Halle Berry would agree to do an X4 if all she does is appear in some classroom scenes while the younger students take center stage.

[Kaboom]

i think an x-factor...with val cooper and the havok-wolfsbane-multiple man-polaris-strong guy-quiksilver type storyline would be cool, though not neccessarily with those characters.

[Bishop2]

Emma should not get her own movie. That is simply asinine. How can they have a "spinoff" of a character that wasn't in any of the original story?

If they included ANY other character from the X-Men movies in a support capacity, or deal with similar "people hate mutants" themes, it would automatically be a spinoff. So that's how.

I must the only person on the whole board who likes this idea. Emma rules and deserves to be in the sun for a while. How about a Cyke & Emma movie? He died off-screen, after all.

[snuunuu]

If they included ANY other character from the X-Men movies in a support capacity, or deal with similar "people hate mutants" themes, it would automatically be a spinoff. So that's how.

I must the only person on the whole board who likes this idea. Emma rules and deserves to be in the sun for a while. How about a Cyke & Emma movie? He died off-screen, after all.
I'm with you, totally, but I'm afraid it might come off as a bloody cardinal cockup of international proportions. :\

They need to be very thorough with the movie if they want it to be a success, or even your everyday average fun movie. :O

[Intheknow101]

Emma with a bunch of relatively unknown x-kids? Done already with Banshee in the generation X movie. Let's never mention it again.

Emma growing up and wanting to be more than she is, while working her way to the top along with snarky comments, cat fights, porn-esque costumes and stripping to get there only to find she has a heart of gold? Done already. It was called Showgirls. :p

Joking aside, she doesn't warrrant a whole movie.:down

[GoldGoblin]

Emma should not get her own movie. That is simply asinine. How can they have a "spinoff" of a character that wasn't in any of the original story?

I don't like the idea of a X-kids movie either. I know that an X4 would pretty much be a X-kids movie, but I don't think the focus should be on the young character. They should show how the once young characters have grown up. The characters like Rogue, Iceman, Colossus, Shadowcat etc. should no longer be thought of as students. They should be X-Men. I don't want the writers bringing in new characters and having them all be younger than their comic book counterpart just so they would fit in with the rest of the characters. For example, Gambit should not be an "X-Kid". His character would not work as a teenager. He needs to be at least in his early 20s. That is the youngest I want him. Any younger would make him seem less experienced and more of a juvenile punk who thinks he is "all that."

^:up: :up:

[GNR]

The Wolvie spin-off is the only one I can see carrying itself.This is overkill.

[cardslinger]

Are we sure this wasn't an April fools?

[snuunuu]

Are we sure this wasn't an April fools?
In June?

[cardslinger]

Didn't someone say that it was posted in a magazine that came out in April, or am I mistaking that for something else?

[Tron5000]

I disagree. I think if the Wolverine and Storm characters make an appearance, it's going to have to be big appearances with a lot of screen time to justify the amount they'd be spending on the actors. I seriously doubt Halle Berry would agree to do an X4 if all she does is appear in some classroom scenes while the younger students take center stage.

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. When I said Storm may be in it just as a teacher, I didn't mean that she would just be in a couple of classroom scenes. I just meant that there probably wouldn't be as many action scenes for her as in X3, but she would have a large and very important role, much like the Professor in the first 3 films (who didn't have any action-type scenes, really). Notice I said she would add some legitimacy to the film. I don't think you do that with 2 watered-down scenes. Storm would most likely have a big part (we all know Berry isn't accepting a low-budget Storm role).

As for Wolverine, with Jackman making a whole Wolverine movie, I doubt he would have a huge part in an X-Kids film, but I'm sure he would strap on the claws and show up in a scene and not ask Fox for an insane amount of money. I'm sure he'll he paid quite handsomely for the Wolverine flick. The man does musical theater (which don't exactly pay X-Men-type money). I bet he'd do a scene in the film for a couple bucks and a sandwich.

[ShadowBoxing]

Arad just said "Wolverin is Obviously our number 1 X-Man" as justification for yet another Wolverine centric spinoff. Spoken like a true non X-reader. Wolverine is a great character don't get me wrong, but it is that kind of bullsh** logic that leads to both his overexposure in the comics and his leading role at the expense of other great X-stories in all three x-movies. People DON'T read X-Men for Wolverine, they read it because of the X-MEN, ya know THE TEAM. Make X4, and for christ sake make it about someone who is not WOLVERINE.

[GL's Light]

Young X-Men would be a de facto X-Men 4 - an X4 that Fox can bring in at a substantially reduced cost. It's a film I'd really like to see if done right: Bring back Rogue, Iceman, Kitty Pryde, Collosus, and Angel. Introduce Gambit. Bring in Emma Frost as the new headmistress of the Xavier School. Have Beast in the mix as a mentor to the kids. Yeah, it could definitely work. :xmen:

The same goes for a Wolverine spinoff. It should be a stylish, hard-edged action film. I'd be there with bells on. :wolverine

While I'd prefer Emma Frost to be introduced in the Young X-Men film, a solo outing could work if it was some rendition of a Hellfire Club storyline.

I'll see the Magneto film if it gets made, but it doesn't interest me that much. Magneto was a great villain for the X trilogy, but I've seen enough of him at this point.

[Bishop2]

Last I heard, the Magneto spinoff was going to be the story of him growing into the man we know today. Now THAT intrigues me. Could make a great drama. Not exactly a typical Hollywood piece, though... so I'm sure they'll screw it up.

[cardslinger]

Of the spinoffs, the Magneto movie intorests me the most. If done right, it could bring more depth to all the X-Men movies. Showing how it all began. Going even deeper into the character that is Magneto. He is a villain that people can actually relate to. I love it.

[GreatWhiteWhale]

So.. Wolverine pleases the action-orientate audience and showcases this much loved character.

Magneto possibly explores issues of tolerance and self-destruction, and showcases the history of this character and his world.

X-Kids continues on into the future and is an oppurtunity to introduce fan-favourites not yet showcased, (and, as stated, would likely be internal and not global)

Emma Frost? Hmm... Sex Sells? Hellfire? Perhaps Fox thinks a strong heroine is important to the franchise (see Storm and Mystique unrealized spinoffs) Perhaps the pitch is based on the 'Emma Frost' comic series, where, in a very mature realm, Emma learns to deal with her telepathic powers and the moral dilemma's they present, as well as slowly learning about the morally 'grey' worls she lives in.
But if this is the case ... um, where is the direct connection to X-Men movies, and really, would people watch this? (I would, but would 'people'?)

[GoldGoblin]

Arad just said "Wolverin is Obviously our number 1 X-Man" as justification for yet another Wolverine centric spinoff. Spoken like a true non X-reader. Wolverine is a great character don't get me wrong, but it is that kind of bullsh** logic that leads to both his overexposure in the comics and his leading role at the expense of other great X-stories in all three x-movies. People DON'T read X-Men for Wolverine, they read it because of the X-MEN, ya know THE TEAM. Make X4, and for christ sake make it about someone who is not WOLVERINE.

^I couldn't of said it any better:up: :up:

[Manic]

You know what just hit me? We're idiots.

They can't use Angel in a movie about the X-students. He's too old. His scene at the beginning of X3 took place 10 years ago. That places him in his early 20s by the end of the movie. The actor is roughly the same age as the rest actors who play teenagers, but the character is older.

[Artistsean]

I think they should make a Buffy style hour long TV series using the X-kids. It would be Buffy styled in the amount of effects used, and be taken from the X-films world in style and how serious the series would be. it could fallow the X-kids and mutants day to day and show storylines that they couldn't put in the films like Sinister, Apocalypse, Legacy Virus, Genosha, Protius, the love story between Colossus and Kitty Pride, and so on. Maybe Kesly Grammer would even make a few guest apearences as Beast.
It could use Ice Man, Rogue, Kitty Pride, Colossus, Gambit, Emma Frost, Banshee, and many many other mutant kids from the pages of X-Men.

Then I also want a Wolverine movie, it would be really cool.

[L0ngsh0t]

throws up** why these BS movies and not X4? damn u marvel.

I have a feeling X-kids, is going to end up being X4, just like...

Storm, Wolverine, Cyclops, and Jean, may all play significant parts, but i don't see any of those four (especially jean, cause i think she is dead for good, unless they bring famke back to play madyllene prior) getting more then 10 minutes of screen time, with Storm getting the most

i think (and am hoping for) X-kids to just end up being X-Men the Next generation

[Mother_Askani]

An Emma Frost film is utterly pointless. It will be a flop and death to the X-franchise.

The Generation X tv movie didn't work. Why bother with a feature film version?

If they want a new headmaster at Xavier's, then do Magneto and the New Mutants. That's a classic, and it works in relation to the X-Men films.

Magneto's backstory is interesting, but it really isn't going to be a box-office draw. And I have a hunch it will be retconned to the point that X-fans are angry and the general public probably won't be that interested.

It would be a far better idea to combine Magneto and the New Mutants, and have film with him taking over the school that contains flashbacks to his past.

[ord0g]

It would be a far better idea to combine Magneto and the New Mutants, and have film with him taking over the school that contains flashbacks to his past.
Agreed. That's the sort of direction that I would prefer the next X-Men movie to take. I think the only true character that could hold his own weight in a spin off movie is Wolverine. I just can't see all these spin-offs being successful in any way.