No Point of Origin: X-Men Movies We Don’t Need
X-Men Origins: Wolverine kicked open the door to the summer movie season, raking in huge dollar amounts, but not necessarily rave critical reviews. With word of a Deadpool film in the supposed works, and an origin film of Magneto already in development, can it be safe that say that a wave of these origin films and spinoffs will follow?
Why A Deadpool Movie Is A Bad Idea
Now that X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a certified box office hit, despite mixed critical reviews, talk has quickly moved to a spin-off film, using Deadpool as the central character and focus. Ryan Reynolds has reportedly already signed on to reprise his role of Wade Wilson, the merc with a mouth, from Wolverine.
There are several reasons why the words above should never exist in their current order. One primary reason is his use in the Wolverine film. Given the amount of hype surrounding his big screen debut, Deadpool is only on screen, in fully realized Ryan Reynolds form, for perhaps ten minutes total. As the mouthless killer at the end, he has a few more scenes, although the name Deadpool in this case is used as a term for the “pool” of mutant powers he now possesses as a killing machine.
Midnight Mass: Droves Come Out for Wolverine
Even as I type this, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is being proclaimed as the weekend’s box office champion, taking in at least $87 million dollars, far ahead of its closest competitors. While this is certainly not shocking to many, as this film was expected to do as much, a large number of people who helped to contribute to this number were viewers who took advantage of local theaters showing the film at midnight on May 1st.
Talking with several people at a Durham, North Carolina theater gave a pretty clear indication as to what these viewers were hoping to see, even at a late hour during the traditional work week, and not in the middle of summer, no less.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Box Office Bonanza – The Curse Is Broken
X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been plagued by both pirates and swine flu. Many wondered in the movie might be cursed. Well, if there was a X-Men Origins: Wolverine curse, then the curse appears to have been lifted. On Friday, May 1, X-Men Origins: Wolverine had thirty-five million reasons to believe the film’s spell of bad luck is over.
By most estimates, X-Men Origins: Wolverine opened to a $35 million box office on Friday, boosted by strong midnight showings on Thursday night. While the opening day didn’t break any records, it was a very solid opening day in the face of swine flu concerns that might have led some in affected states to avoid crowded movie studios.
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Wolverine’s Muddled Origin: A Review of X-Men Origins Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Buildup for X-Men Origins: Wolverine probably started with the first X-Men film, long before any official plans were announced a few years ago. After seeing Hugh Jackman’s convincing portrayal of the widely popular Marvel loner, who could blame people for wanting a film centered around this enigmatic figure with the adamantium claws? All the trailers promising appearances by several major and supporting characters in the X-Men universe has led up to May 1, 2009, Wolverine’s official release date. That being said, how does it perform?
Ryan Reynolds Discusses The Possiblity Of A Deadpool Spin-off
On the eve of the Wolverine movie’s debut in theatres, actor Ryan Reynolds talked with MTV News to discuss the possibility of a Deadpool movie. According to the star, if he had his way, the Deadpool movie would be an R-rated musical with very crude undertones.
Though Reynolds’ tongue is firmly in cheek with his analogy, when it comes to the Merc with a Mouth, the actor may be on to something. “You definitely have to break the fourth wall and you have to find a way to make that make sense, which is no small feat. So it would involve a really talented writer, an amazing visionary director and I think a great collaboration between everybody passionate about this character,” Reynolds told MTV.
Is X-Men Origins: Wolverine Cursed?
With a widely publicized pirating incident and a swine flu shutdown, many in the press are starting to wonder if the gods are conspiring against the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie. Well, the recent trouble with a mutant pig flu is just one of a long line of incidents that seem to indicate that X-Men Origins: Wolverine might indeed be cursed. Just take a look at this list of things that have haunted the release of the film.
Legal Issues – Twentieth Century Fox, the studio behind X-Men Origins: Wolverine, got into a little bit of a legal tussle with Warner Bros. It wasn’t over the Wolverine movie, but it was over another highly anticipated comic book movie known as The Watchmen. An unbelievable good trailer for The Watchmen movie had whipped fanboys into a frenzy, so when Twentieth Century Fox’s lawsuit against Warner Bros. threatened to delay the premiere date of The Watchmen, some comic book fans threatened to show their displeasure by boycotting Twentieth Century Fox and not supporting the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie.
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Who Else is in The Movie? Part Two
In my previous article, I covered four characters appearing in X-Men Origins: Wolverine who may or may not be readily familiar to those used to seeing four-color adventures play out only on the big screen. In our attempts to always be a servant of the public, here are four more characters and their portrayers from this spring’s sure-to-be blockbuster film.
Deadpool - Another graduate of the Weapon X school, Wade Wilson became the wise-cracking Deadpool, a mercenary with accelerated healing, super-strength, hyper fighting ability and teleportation to boot. He began in the pages of The New Mutants and quickly found himself at odds with Cable, but eventually joined him on several missions. Since then he’s made various appearances across the Marvel universe, and has become one of the most popular anti-heroes that exist. How he will be shown in the film remains to be seen. Deadpool will be played by Ryan Reynolds.
Jackman Discusses His Training Regimen For Playing Wolverine
In a recent USA Today article, Australian actor Hugh Jackman discussed the training routine he underwent to play the lead role in the upcoming Wolverine movie. Not only did the actor have to bulk up for the role of the mutant Wolverine, Jackman also had to prepare himself mentally to be a rough and tumble Canadian with anger issues.
In order to bulk up for the role, Jackman had to force himself to eat at least every 3 hours. That meant lots of late night snacks. The role also called for Jackman, who is over 6 feet tall, to shrink himself down to Wolverine’s 5 ft. 3in. frame as he appears in the pages of X-Men. To achieve the mutant’s stocky frame, Jackman had to spread his legs wide apart and slouch.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Who Else is in the Movie?
With the highly-anticipated release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine on May 1st, many fans will be flocking to see plenty of ass-kicking and claw-slashing from the hero of the piece, but they’re also going to be seeing several well-known and not-so-well-known members of the X-Men universe, some of which will hit the screen for the first time ever.
In this two-part series, we will give you a Cliff’s Notes origins for several characters in the movie, based on their Marvel universe roots.
