{"id":47619,"date":"2018-04-14T00:39:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T07:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=47619"},"modified":"2018-04-14T00:39:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T07:39:06","slug":"former-x-force-director-jeff-wadlow-on-why-his-x-men-spin-off-didnt-go-into-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=47619","title":{"rendered":"Former X-FORCE director Jeff Wadlow on why his X-Men spin-off didn’t go into production."},"content":{"rendered":"

Collider<\/a><\/strong> recently spoke with director Jeff Wadlow<\/strong>, who was originally set to direct 20th Century Fox’s X-FORCE<\/strong><\/a> film. While his planned film and screenplay fell through; later being picked up by director and writer Joe Carnahan, he opened up about what his plans were for his take on the team of mutants that hold a different mission from Professor Charles Xavier’s X-Men.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote a draft and they really liked it,” he said. “They just reached a critical moment, where they were deciding whether they were going to make Deadpool or X-Force. I\u2019ve always loved Deadpool and I tried to rehabilitate him in my X-Force movie because, like the rest of the fans, I felt like they totally screwed it up in X-Men: Origins. I had actually been talking to Ryan Reynolds about playing him in my X-Force movie, but my X-Force movie was much more focused on Cable and the New Mutants becoming this paramilitary unit. So, Fox was trying to decide whether they going to do the Deadpool solo movie or my X-Force movie. Fortunately, they picked the Deadpool solo movie because it\u2019s great. Fortunately for the world, I should say, but unfortunately for me. But, I have no complaints about the process. I\u2019m a huge fan of Ryan\u2019s and I loved the Deadpool solo movie. I\u2019m super excited for Deadpool 2. It\u2019s a little bit of a bummer, but that\u2019s life in the big leagues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wadlow said that his film would’ve showed a different side of the X-Men universe:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I pitched for it, I said, \u2018If X-Men is about the mutants that get to go to private school, I want to make a movie about the mutants that go to public school. They\u2019re the kids that don\u2019t have a jet swooping down to help them, with Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart. What\u2019s it like when you don\u2019t have those guys helping you out and you\u2019re forced to figure out who you are in this world?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read more from Wadlow’s interview.<\/p>\n

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Art inspired by the lineup from my friend @jeffwadlow<\/a> 's #xforce<\/a> script! Lets get the word out, we need the movie! pic.twitter.com\/37Z5RLzRP2<\/a><\/p>\n

— Greg Semkow (@gsemkow) July 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n