Murr Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Fox Confirms Development Of X-MEN: FIRST CLASS 2, DAREDEVIL And FANTASTIC FOUR Tom Rothman confirms that work is ongoing with X-Men: First Class 2 and Daredevil, as well as a reboot of Fantastic Four. Read on for details on that as well as their plans to raise the standard of their comic book movies. "We're trying like hell," Fox Chairman Tom Rothman told MTV Splash Page in a recent interview when asked about the status of a sequel to X-Men: First Class. "We're trying as hard as we can. We really want to do it. We're planning to do it." He also made it clear that its success has made the studio reevaluate how they handle comic book movies. "The reason, in addition to those two guys and Matthew Vaughn, that it was as good as it was that the script was really good. The key to making a great continuing franchise is to have a great script, so we're working hard on it." While we already know that David Slade is hard at work on Daredevil, Rothman confirmed that they still hold the rights to the Fantastic Four and the studio are prioritising both of those projects. "'Daredevil' is still with David Slade. It's in development now. We're working on it and 'Fantastic Four.'" He added: "I think for all of us, the bar has been raised, so we've got to aim high now. Marvel's done a terrific job with their films. Where our Marvel movies are concerned or other movies like that. It's like what we had with 'Planet of the Apes' this summer. I think it's important for us to really aim high and deliver an A-level experience to the audience." Source - Comicbookmovie So always assumed that there would be an X-MenFC2, Good to see they acknowledge that they need to re-imagine Fantastic 4.
Retro_Link Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 They should have treated First Class as a reboot too IMO. I don't mind the original Daredevil, wouldn't mind seeing how they differentiate the reboot, but it's not a film I'd be desperate to see. Spidey cameo? Fantastic Four... meh! I think those characters alone are pretty weak, and for it to work there should be other Marvel characters involved in those films. Just a shame they don't really own any of them! :p *give them all back to Marvel you bastards!* ... Oh and it's good to read that they are only just now realising that a great script is behind having a good movie?
Mokong Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 *give them all back to Marvel you bastards!* indeed anything that a non-Marvel studio thinks needs a reboot they should just give the rights back to Marvel so they could be aded to the Marvel Movie Universe Daredevil and the FF would make great additions to the overal Universe marvel have created, and the FF have been part of the Avengers in the comics too so it would make sense... don't know if DD had any involvement with the Avengers though?
Daft Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 The Marvel-verse would be so much more compelling with Spiderman and X-men (and if they didn't all look the same). What are the rights going to revert back?
Happenstance Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 The rights revert back if companies dont use them within a certain amount of time. Thats pretty much why these movies have been announced.
Daft Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Well, that's just terrible. I thought that was just a Superman thing...but at least it's WB who make all the films. Although it isn't a movie-verse anyway so it wouldn't really matter as much.
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