Lauren Shuler Donner, X-producer who is responsible for bringing all of the Marvel Mutants to the screen thus far, and all evidence points to her bringing many more in the future addressed the statement from young Cyclops (Tim Pocock) made via twitter, that we previously reported on.
Tim Pocock posted a tweet last week that announced:
currently shooting Australian TV series till February 2010…then X-men first class
Since then, he’s requested that everybody run a retraction:
victim of cruel prank.last tweet=NOT me.AM filming Aussie show till2010.no official word on XM:FC but am interested.please post retraction.
According to Shuler Donner, there’s no truth to the initial claim at all. She announced that the film has no scheduled start date and will definitely not be kicking off in February. What’s more, she confirmed that no actors have signed contracts to appear in the film.
When asked if they had signed the young mutants up for an option on future films, and she admitted that yes, everybody was under option.
As well as First Class (whenever it actually happens), Shuler Donner revealed that she has been cooking up plans for several other mutant films. The two she named? An X4, reuniting the X-Men and a big screen outing for The New Mutants. X4, she said, had yet to be pitched to the studio.
New Mutants were the very first X-Men spinoff title, crated by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod, introducing new, young characters joining the school, such as Cannonball, Karma, Moonstar, Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Magik, Warlock, Cypher, which told edgy, gritty, interpersonal X-stories, and eventually seeing the team turn into X-Force.
[Source] /film
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