November 23, 2024

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Producer Simon Kinberg on the status of X-MEN & DEADPOOL film projects.

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After accepting the George Pal Memorial Award at the 42nd Annual Saturn Awards, writer/producer Simon Kinberg gave Collider a few details on the ever-growing X-MEN film franchise and where it currently sits.

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*20th Century Fox and crew weren’t surprised by the box office performance of APOCALYPSE when compared to DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, considering the previous film was an “event,” combining both casts.

*Director Josh Boone’s NEW MUTANTS is still very much in the works.

*Producers are “really, really serious about making a GAMBIT movie” with Channing Tatum.

*They’re still “figuring out what the next X-MEN movie will be.”

*Producers hope to have a script for the DEADPOOL sequel soon, with filming expected to begin early next year.

*Production on WOLVERINE: WEAPON X with director James Mangold is going “extremely well.”

*They’re still “trying to figure out” HELLFIRE, which is being developed for Fox TV.

*He calls FX Networks’ LEGION pilot “Extraordinary, unlike anything you will ever see in the genre.”