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Covers a lot of subjects, including X-3, Wolverine and Magneto. The X-3/Wolverine parts: See the link for the whole story.
http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_d4j_ezine&task=read&page=1&category=featured&article=462&Itemid=27
IESB: Why do you think that X-Men outperformed Superman Returns?
TR: You know, I dont know that answer to that, I really dont know. I liked Superman Returns I thought that it was extremely well done. I thought Bryan did an excellent job on it and that it was really a first class picture. Why X-Men outperformed it worldwide? I dont know, maybe X-Men is a little more current thematically. Ive always felt that one of the great strengths of X-Men and one of the keys to its enduring success is its the relatibility of the characters that everybody deals with feelings of alienation and separateness. I think that thematically X-Men is very relevant and I think in particular story of X-Men 3, if you could choose to change who you were to fit in, if given the choice to not be what separates you but also causes you pain, would you take that choice? I think that is a very contemporarily relevant and relatable subject. So I think thats part of the reason why it [X-Men] succeeded and X-3 is very unusual in franchise pictures in that each one in the series has done more than the one before.
IESB: Going back to the X-Men properties, Wolverine, there was a script review online, has the script changed much since then?
TR: I dont know, what was the review?
IESB: I dont know, I didnt read that review, I try to stay away from script reviews.
TR: You should. Theres a David Benioff script, all weve ever had is a first draft so its being worked on right now, so if there was a script review it could only have been entirely premature.
IESB: I do know it was a positive review
TR: Even if its positive, I am glad its positive and were optimistic the first draft was good but thats all that could have possibly been. We are no where near a finished script on that.
IESB: And when could we expect any movement on that, sometime next year?
TR: Our hope would be that Hugh Jackman after he does Baz Luhrmanns film in Australia next year, the first half of next year, our hope would be that he would do it in the second half of next year. That really ultimately will be up to him.
IESB: And Magneto, how are we doing on that end?
TR: People are quite optimistic but I havent yet been given a script from that one.
IESB: I know youve said X3 was the last of those stories, but stockholders, you know, the company always wants to make more money
TR: Heres the answer, thats my story and Im sticking to it.
IESB: Oh come on Tom, there are going to be more ensemble X-Men films right?
TR: I think, this is what I have always said, this is the truth, X-Men is a very well populated universe and I am sure that we will see those and many other characters from the X-Men universe again, Ive always said that. I do not believe we will see that exact grouping of characters again. The story arc on those characters, in that incarnation, was completed with those three films.
IESB: That I accept, but we havent seen Gambit.
TR: Correct. And I am sure that you will. Lots of characters that weve either not seen or glimpsed only briefly, have a huge and rich future. Thats the advantage of having had the third one of the trilogy be so successful and it goes back to your first question, where one of the satisfactions of having that movie being so successful, $450 million dollars worldwide its the third biggest film of the whole year, is that it provides a fabulous basis for doing lots of other X films, but what were not gonna do is just repeat the same thing. Because we believe that the audience wants more, that they just dont want the same story told over again and thats where I think sequelitis comes from. Thats why, to tell you the truth, the decision was made on Fantastic Four, which was extremely successful for us, Fantastic Four is well over $300 million worldwide, $154 million here in box office. And we could have just made another one. But, to make it fresh and new and take it up a level, we took basically the greatest and yet unrealized character, part of their universe, so its true to the comics and we bring him to life with the Fantastic Four in a new film. So you get the elements that people love but there is a freshness to it. We just dont want to repeat and repeat.
http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_d4j_ezine&task=read&page=1&category=featured&article=462&Itemid=27
IESB: Why do you think that X-Men outperformed Superman Returns?
TR: You know, I dont know that answer to that, I really dont know. I liked Superman Returns I thought that it was extremely well done. I thought Bryan did an excellent job on it and that it was really a first class picture. Why X-Men outperformed it worldwide? I dont know, maybe X-Men is a little more current thematically. Ive always felt that one of the great strengths of X-Men and one of the keys to its enduring success is its the relatibility of the characters that everybody deals with feelings of alienation and separateness. I think that thematically X-Men is very relevant and I think in particular story of X-Men 3, if you could choose to change who you were to fit in, if given the choice to not be what separates you but also causes you pain, would you take that choice? I think that is a very contemporarily relevant and relatable subject. So I think thats part of the reason why it [X-Men] succeeded and X-3 is very unusual in franchise pictures in that each one in the series has done more than the one before.
IESB: Going back to the X-Men properties, Wolverine, there was a script review online, has the script changed much since then?
TR: I dont know, what was the review?
IESB: I dont know, I didnt read that review, I try to stay away from script reviews.
TR: You should. Theres a David Benioff script, all weve ever had is a first draft so its being worked on right now, so if there was a script review it could only have been entirely premature.
IESB: I do know it was a positive review
TR: Even if its positive, I am glad its positive and were optimistic the first draft was good but thats all that could have possibly been. We are no where near a finished script on that.
IESB: And when could we expect any movement on that, sometime next year?
TR: Our hope would be that Hugh Jackman after he does Baz Luhrmanns film in Australia next year, the first half of next year, our hope would be that he would do it in the second half of next year. That really ultimately will be up to him.
IESB: And Magneto, how are we doing on that end?
TR: People are quite optimistic but I havent yet been given a script from that one.
IESB: I know youve said X3 was the last of those stories, but stockholders, you know, the company always wants to make more money
TR: Heres the answer, thats my story and Im sticking to it.
IESB: Oh come on Tom, there are going to be more ensemble X-Men films right?
TR: I think, this is what I have always said, this is the truth, X-Men is a very well populated universe and I am sure that we will see those and many other characters from the X-Men universe again, Ive always said that. I do not believe we will see that exact grouping of characters again. The story arc on those characters, in that incarnation, was completed with those three films.
IESB: That I accept, but we havent seen Gambit.
TR: Correct. And I am sure that you will. Lots of characters that weve either not seen or glimpsed only briefly, have a huge and rich future. Thats the advantage of having had the third one of the trilogy be so successful and it goes back to your first question, where one of the satisfactions of having that movie being so successful, $450 million dollars worldwide its the third biggest film of the whole year, is that it provides a fabulous basis for doing lots of other X films, but what were not gonna do is just repeat the same thing. Because we believe that the audience wants more, that they just dont want the same story told over again and thats where I think sequelitis comes from. Thats why, to tell you the truth, the decision was made on Fantastic Four, which was extremely successful for us, Fantastic Four is well over $300 million worldwide, $154 million here in box office. And we could have just made another one. But, to make it fresh and new and take it up a level, we took basically the greatest and yet unrealized character, part of their universe, so its true to the comics and we bring him to life with the Fantastic Four in a new film. So you get the elements that people love but there is a freshness to it. We just dont want to repeat and repeat.
Have I become too harsh now? Hey. Remember, when I saw the movie, I was quiet and kept ALOT of my opinions to myself...So..what now? Is it too late to let it out now?
