Yeah but then you would just exhaust any new deal McAvoy and Hoult sign once Jlaw and Fassebender are ready to return. So unless you can sign McAvoy for another six films post Apocalypse, there is really not point brining him back in a couple of years only to let him go once everyone else resumes interest in their previous roles. If he has Jackman level commitment then maybe, but how can you reasonably expect that from anyone?
But honestly, Magneto and Xavier aren't meant to be played by young men. These actors are still mid thirties, which is still young. We will have completed a kind of/sort of prequel trilogy along with the OT. How many stories can they possibly do before overextending these characters and franchise? To me it makes a lot more sense to scale it back down with 80-100 million dollar films which will extend rights just the same as a 250 million dollar project. I would build up an expanded universe. If 15-20 years from now, these actors want to gear up again, then we can get that Episode 7-9 trilogy. These event films shouldn't materialize every three years. The market cannot sustain that, and the new Spidey reboot is starting to show that. Look at ASM2's overseas returns thus far. Movies are costing well north of 200 million and are not pulling in profit at the box office anymore.
But honestly, Magneto and Xavier aren't meant to be played by young men. These actors are still mid thirties, which is still young. We will have completed a kind of/sort of prequel trilogy along with the OT. How many stories can they possibly do before overextending these characters and franchise? To me it makes a lot more sense to scale it back down with 80-100 million dollar films which will extend rights just the same as a 250 million dollar project. I would build up an expanded universe. If 15-20 years from now, these actors want to gear up again, then we can get that Episode 7-9 trilogy. These event films shouldn't materialize every three years. The market cannot sustain that, and the new Spidey reboot is starting to show that. Look at ASM2's overseas returns thus far. Movies are costing well north of 200 million and are not pulling in profit at the box office anymore.
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