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Patrick Stewart Is Not In X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST... Yet, But He'd Like To Be!!
The Kidd here...
Bryan Singer may have gottten a bit overzealous with his tweeting last week when he announced that Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart had signed on to reprise their roles as Magneto and Professor X for the time-bending X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. As it stands right now, Patrick Stewart doesn't know anything about that... but, from the sounds of it, he'd sure like to.
In talking to Entertainment Weekly, Stewart relayed that he hasn't signed on any lines that are dotted:
"Bryan let the cat out of the bag on Twitter, and it included announcing that Sir Ian and myself were going to be in this movie. We are, you know, under contractual oath with 20th Century Fox to say nothing about any prospective X-Men movie including the old team. I use 'old' advisedly."
"So it’s a kind of awkward position, because lovely Bryan Singer just blurted it all out there. For me the big thrill is knowing that Bryan Singer is attached to this movie, because not only is he a brilliant director, but also I adore him and hope that it might be true and that we do work together at some point in the future. But I’m not being coy. I know nothing about this project. And I’m hoping that might change in the future.""I don’t know that we’re doing it. I have not signed a contract yet. I know there is a project in development, but we have no dates. No detailed casting. Thrilled to hear that my dear friend and colleague Ian McKellen is on board, but I’m sorry, you know, you need to understand, I’m not being cute. I know nothing."
All the ducks aren't in a row just yet, but it sounds like Stewart is game if approached properly, especially with McKellen and almost certainly Hugh Jackman (who's already talking deal with Fox on the matter) returning at the very least.
-Billy Donnelly
"The Infamous Billy The Kidd"
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There, I did it.
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And by French, I mean gay.
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Whatever happened to Toad? Will we be getting his back story? I guess he died when Storm electrocuted him. www.nonipplesonthesuit.com
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Dec. 6, 2012, 9:28 a.m. CST
STAR TREK : INTO THE DAYS OF FUTURE PAST DARKNESS will be nothing without Patrick Stewart . . .
by JMoe
whatever
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Since then its been a muddled disasterous mess. Give it back to Marvel, PLEASE!
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Dec. 6, 2012, 9:37 a.m. CST
How long before Harry deletes this and writes up his own article?
by Transhuman
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Just like Sir Ian. Why keep disregarding that?
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His name's been on Imdb page a while now?
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just do it
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Dec. 6, 2012, 9:58 a.m. CST
Watch out KIDD, Harry already deleted a BEAKS story too, right?
by D.Vader
Sounds like a great boss.
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Didn't he die, in like, the last stand?!?!?
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If I'm ever First, I'm going to say Second.
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What a lovie.
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I want confirmation that BIG FUCKING SENTINELS will FINALLY be in an X-MEN FUCKING MOVIE FOR FUCKING SAKES!
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And Picard should know; he's been not being cute for about a month now.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 10:47 a.m. CST
Billy, did you ask for permission before you posted this.
by Deceased Fan
Stay on your toes.
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And still the high point to this day.
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If you want to be a "Sir" be a Sir in England.
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since it's going to involve time travel, we could be dealing with Stewart's Prof X at any point BEFORE his death
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...but he's seen everything.
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...then Professor X and the rest of the gang could all be alive
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if he wants to be in it, and they want him to be in it - then what's the problem. Id like to see Cycke back. Or an alternate future, cooler Cyclops.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 12:15 p.m. CST
I hope Marvel doesn't wanna get it back, I don't wanna see the X-Men in the Avengers movies.
by Randy
I feel like X-Men works better in it's own universe because they have so many characters. If Marvel got it, they would make a thousand X-Men movies and have them all fight in the Avengers.
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Thank Jebus The Kidd can write a coherent article. Better save it to my HD fast, before Harry deletes it for context reasons.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 12:39 p.m. CST
Can we re-cast Halle Berry and the fucking awful Janury Jones?
by Judge Briggs
She was an awful, fucking awful Emma Frost. Why isn't she in porn? She should be ... no acting skillz whatsoever.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 12:54 p.m. CST
Gandolf was on Live Kelly & Michael and said Singer's tweet was the first he heard of it.
by Carl
Kelly Ripa is so hot.
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Ahh ... love this talkback system from 1997.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 1:39 p.m. CST
I thought the last bit in X3 was Professor X's voice returning from the grave?
by Smerdyakov
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Dec. 6, 2012, 1:45 p.m. CST
I wanna see him and McAvoy bump into each other and turn into TimeCop goo.
by FuckinAmateurMan
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Sounds like he's holding
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Ok, what's the betting we'll see some BTTF 2 style of film where our younger characters whiz to the future, see the end of say X men 1, the Statue of Liberty shit, then carry on from there. After all, it's all Singers shit. He can do whatever he wants!! Not that it makes any sense, as X men 2 carets on from 1 and 3 from 2. Fuck me my head hurts
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Dec. 6, 2012, 2:04 p.m. CST
First Harry deletes Kidd's post (no love lost) but then he deletes Beaks???
by kindofabigdeal
What a dick.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 2:15 p.m. CST
This film is called X-MEN and after you see it, you’ll know the name and what it stands for.
by The_Cellarrat
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Keep up the good work, sir.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 2:59 p.m. CST
The 'old team' had there shot. It's pathetic they're all attached to something new (and good).
by Kevin Van Natter
They all might not have been responsible for X3, but they were complicit in it. It's like the fact they fucked up the franchise has no consequences. I can't give Patrick Stewart a pass and Ian McKellan sucked in X3 too. There was something off about their characters and it wasn't just the script, it was the way they played the roles. All of a sudden, this feels like Bryan Singer using the success of First Class to go and make another film that is more a part of the original trilogy than a new series. The Wolverine cameo was cute, but I was afraid it might lead to this. They shouldn't have had any link to the original films. They should have started fresh. This idea of bridging the old and new is spiraling out of control and I'm not liking it one bit. I don't like the presumption by these actors that there should be a role for them. First Class earned back a ton of goodwill and now its like they don't even get why it was so good. I liked Singer's two entries, but you can't change the fact that X3 exists. I'd prefer two things to happen. First, that the roles of the original cast be limited and the majority of the script should focus on the new cast. And second, that X3 be looked at as one of MANY potential alternate realities that may or may not exist in the prime timeline.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 2:59 p.m. CST
Is he in Jack Reacher?...coz i've seen it for about a month now..
by cameron
Derp..... Seriously though i hope Singer is replaced, he hasn't made a good movie since X2, Days of Future Past is a classic & needs to be as awesome as possible. Matt Reeves or beg Vaughn to return.
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Through AICN, and such.
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How is that posssible?
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Singer looked stoned. The set was deadly quiet, no chemistry, nothing. Singer was texting on his cell phone while the shots were running! In a few shots he looked visibly pissed off at someone. I think the end product came out great but it's amazing how unenthusiastic he looks.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 5:51 p.m. CST
Bryan Singer wouldn't have tweeted if he wasn't actually on board
by pikazerox
Don't listen to Picard's lies. While I'm here, I'd like to put in my request for Cyclops to be resurrected and given an actual role.
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And I visit like 1 other movie news related site.
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Singer let the cat out of the bag too early and spoiled the surprise. Now Stewart has to cover for him.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 8:01 p.m. CST
Time bending... wow, that's.. really... origina... yawn...
by fauns_bass_1
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Dec. 6, 2012, 8:05 p.m. CST
huuaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrawwwwwwwwwww... even my cat is yawning now
by fauns_bass_1
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I could have sworn that happened in X3.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 8:56 p.m. CST
Uh oh, Bryan Singer doesn't know dick about his own movie and probably tweeted this on a coke binge.
by thecomedian
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Dec. 6, 2012, 9:52 p.m. CST
I bet you're the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to...
by BD Mahony
seen Jack Reacher for a month now.
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Dec. 6, 2012, 11:23 p.m. CST
but it sounds like Stewart is game if approached properly
by Toruk_Makto
Hmm...approached from the back you mean. Oh! Bum-bah-bum...One shot for ya Patrick baby, you know I love ya bud.....but not in that way ; ).
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Dec. 6, 2012, 11:37 p.m. CST
I'd just like to further my petition for casting Christine Adams as Storm
by Phategod2
She has the perfect look, accent, and gravitas.
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Dec. 7, 2012, 12:10 a.m. CST
This is because he's in Star Trek: Into Darkness
by Hardboiled Wonderland
Sorry JJ, did I spoil it?
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Okay, that was weak. I've got nothin'.
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Dec. 7, 2012, 2:10 a.m. CST
Was initially excited about Singer coming back to X-Men, but...
by eveelcapitalist
...Then this weekend I re-watched the original X-Men trilogy for the first time in a few years. Now I wish Matthew Vaughn never bailed. Singer's X-Men movies are...how can I put this...passable? Good enough? They certainly proved you could do a halfway decent superhero flick and definitely paved the way for better comic book movies but...okay, they kinda suck and don't stand the test of time all that well. Is that harsh? It's bad enough that Singer's action scenes were tepid and weak even back then (it's like Singer just told everyone to stand around and grimace because everything else would be added post-production), but the scripts are just atrocious! Does anything in those films happen organically? The Logan/Grey/Summers love triangle? Wolverine and Rogue joining the X-Men? Does anyone have any motivation for doing anything? And X2 doesn't fare much better. The biggest flaw of Singer's X-Men films is that he takes the comic's subtext and makes it text. Character building? Drama? Fuck that, instead it's straight to the preachy bullshit. Blah blah, hate and feared, yada yada yada...okay, Singer, we get it. You're gay! You're here, you're queer, and honestly and truly I'm fucking used to it. But, seriously, can you just make a good X-Men story? Jesus H. Christ, even Brett Ratner remembered to include some of the angst filled romance the comics were known for in their prime. And I'm going to now say something which will result in my being relentlessly mocked, but Brett Ratner's X-Men: The Last Stand was probably the better of the original trilogy. No, really. It's better spectacle, has better action, the subtext is still there but there's also included some actual human drama. Romance, jealousy, betrayal...angst! X-Men comics used to have angst coming out the ass. But I think what really strikes me is the fact that none of the X-Men films are really that good. Singer's X-Men doesn't hold up under its heavy preachy facade, Ratner's X-Men is shot full of holes, Gavin Hood's Wolverine film is a relentless piece of shit and Vaughn's X-Men film? Had he been given real time to make it (it was, what nine months between start of principal photography and its theatrical release?), had he had more time to draft a better script, frame better action sequences, craft a proper score, etc etc etc...had Fox not tried to actively ruin the film to spite Disney it probably would have been among the best comic movies since this whole wave of comic movies began. So new X-Men helmed by Bryan Singer? I am now officially not caring much at all. It will be middling at best.
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X3 could have been the epic drag down fight between all the mutants and the xmen and the pyro vs iceman fight. omfg how pathetic was that. iceman omega level mutant potential squandered away for like 2 mins... are you serious!?!? That movie was potiential wasted if i ever saw one. the only thing redeemable about it is kelsey grammar as the beast, which was an awesome addition and he looked and sounded the part too... and can act his ass off...
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Dec. 7, 2012, 8:07 a.m. CST
Met Stewart and his wife at a restaurant. He's straight but you'd never know it from this post.
by UltraTron
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they'll make it work. nobody remembers X3 anyway. plus, alt timelines and shit ...they'll make it work
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He was the James Purefoy of his day.
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For FUCK sake! it's clearly obvious at this point what the plan (If Singer has his way) will be... start off in present(past) day with the First Class bunch sitting pretty doing what they do since the end of the last movie... then BAM Kitty Pryde/Mystique/whoever they choose to be the time traveling future persona sent back will tell of disturbing things to come, a ''Change in the past that has altered the future into a horrible anti-mutant future with no hope... we must stop it!'' they goto magneto to try and get his help, he doesn't believe them, so through one way or another, they get transported to this bleak alternate future... THAT'S where we see Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellan, and the rest of the X1 and X2 bunch.... and wwe'll see them for 20 minutes of screen time TOPS... maybe even less, just enough to sell the bleak future to the audience, get some winks and nods for the old cast being brought back, and to have one scene for McKellan and Fassbender, and McAvoy and Stewart, and maybe a wolverine badass scene(i hope they give him gray Reed Richards streaks) then it'll be back to the present (past) where Magneto and Xavier and respective mutants are united to save their future.... for this story to work they NEED to show us the bleak alternate future with the future older versions of the cast.... and we've already seen the older versions of these characters so if they recast we rage! THIS IS NEEDED AND FOR THE SHORT AMOUNT OF SCREENTIME IT WILL NO DOUBT BE LIMITED TO,for the chance to see a McKellan/Fassbender and McAvoy/Stewart scene
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Post-traumatic neurotic stunt casting at its finest.
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Seriously? Where did you hear/read/learn this info? Hey btw do you know what happens to a toad when it gets hit by lightning? You get the worst line in the entire movie. This particular line is like a bullet that got lodged in my brain and can't be removed.
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Fuccccckkkkkkk!!! Please be so, though I'm sure he'll be underutilized as always, it's nice that he'll be alive. Halle Berry? I don't vehemently hate her Storm like everyone else, so fine with me.
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...following to the THR write-up, it looks as if it's the writer just stating that there hasn't been any word on the other Xmen cast from the prior Singer films returning. I think Marsden deserves the role and that they need to have him do more than knock down some guards at Magneto's plastic prison and then get his ass handed to him with one single blow by Yuriko/Lady-Deathstrike (uhh one punch?...wtf?!!?!?)
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The final reel was terrible. Pretty good up 'til that point, though.
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