WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: THE "X-MEN" SERIES

In honor of the new movie.

X-MEN (2000)

>In 1989, Carolco Pictures approached Kathryn Bigelow to direct the movie, with James Cameron as executive producer, a script by Andrew Kevin Walker and Bob Hoskin in advanced talks to play Wolverine, but the project was scrapped when Carolco went bankrupt, and the rights were eventually acquired by 20th Century Fox in 1992.

>Walker's script was scrapped, and 28 drafts were submitted by multiple writers between 1992 and 1996, among them Joss Whedon and Michael Chabon. The final script was written by Ed Solomon based on a story by Bryan Singer and producer Tom DeSanto, with uncredited revisions by Christopher McQuarrie and David Hayter.

>Richard Donner was Fox's original choice to direct the movie, but he declined. Robert Rodriguez and Tim Burton were also approached, and Brett Ratner, John McTiernan, Irvin Kershner, Stephen Hopkins, Danny Boyle and Joel Schumacher were also considered before Bryan Singer was hired.

>Early drafts included Beast as a member of the X-Men and Pyro and Blob as members of the Brotherhood of Mutants, in addition to the Danger Room, but all of these elements had to be scrapped due to budget conflicts.

>In early drafts, Cyclops' and Storm's backstories are revealed: Cyclops' mutation manifested during his high school prom, when he destroyed the bathroom with his optic blasts, while Storm's manifested when she was surrounded and pelted with rocks by other children in her village in Kenya, accidentally summoning a blizzard that nearly swept the villagers.

>In early drafts, Magneto was indeed after Wolverine, as Adamantium was needed to power the machine that turned humans into mutants. Singer later decided to have Magneto be targeting Rogue instead.

>Russell Crowe was Singer's first choice to play Wolverine, but declined due to salary issues. The studio's top choices were Keannu Reeves and Gary Sinise. Edward Norton, Kiefer Sutherland, Aaron Eckhart and Viggo Mortensen were also considered before Dougray Scott was cast. However, he was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with last-minute additional photography for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II and was replaced by Hugh Jackman at Crowe's behest. Jackman was cast three weeks into filming.

>Thomas Jane was Singer's first choice to play Cyclops, but declined. Edward Burns and D.B. Sweeney auditioned for the role before James Caviezel was cast, but he also had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with FREQUENCY and was replaced by James Marsden.

>Maria Bello, Peta Wilson and Lucy Lawless auditoned for the role of Jean Grey before Famke Janssen was cast.

>Angela Bassett and Jada Pinkett-Smith were approached to play Storm before Halle Berry was cast.

>Natalie Portman, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci were approached to play Rogue, but declined. Rachael Leigh Cook and Katherine Isabelle auditioned for the role before Anna Paquin was cast.

>Terence Stamp and Christopher Lee were considered for the role of Magneto before Ian McKellen was cast.

>Jeri Ryan auditioned for the role of Mystique before Rebecca Romjin was cast.

>Triple H auditioned for the role of Sabretooth before Tyler Mane was cast.

>At one point, the studio considered giving the X-Men their classic colorful uniforms from the comics, but Singer and studio both believed that black leather uniforms would be easier to producer, and more realistic and aesthetically pleasing.

>Production was fraught with issues including script rewrites, unexpected delays and budget issues. Fox notoriously postponed the movie from Christmas 1999 to July 2000 and the rescheduled shooting caused several actors and crew members to drop out due to conflicts with other commitments.

>Fox was skeptical of the movie's potential and enforced several last-minute cuts to shorten the running time, almost completely deleting a subplot about Storm.

>Fox didn't account for the possibility of sequels, but Singer believed something should be set up to explore in potential future installments and instructed Famke Janssen to react to being exposed to Magneto's machine. Singer pinpoints that moment as the awakening of the Phoenix.

X2: X-MEN UNITED (2003)

>David Hayter and Zak Penn wrote two different scripts, both centered on the Legacy Virus, which were later combined and revised by Singer, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. Singer decided to not use the Legacy Virus in favor of an adaptation of "God Loves, Man Kills".

>In early drafts, William Stryker had several brainwashed mutant enforcers, including Sabretooth, Toad and Archangel, who would have Adamantium wings. Sabretooth and Archangel were removed due to budget issues, but Toad remained part of the script during multiple rewrites. Ray Park was even approached to reprise the role, and plans had already been made for a fight between him and Nightcrawler before the character was scrapped as well.

>In early drafts, Stryker's enforcer is Anne Reynolds, a human loyal to his cause. When the other enforcers were removed, she was made into Lady Deathstrike to inject more action in the third act of the movie.

>In early drafts, Wolverine would have a training session in the Danger Room. The sets were already being built and it was even included in the first teaser trailer before it was cut due to budget issues.

>In early drafts, Stryker would have a Sentinel at his disposal to target the X-Men at Alkali Lake, but the idea was scrapped both due to budget issues and because producer Tom Rothman thought giant robots were "stupid".

>In early drafts, Stryker's attack on the X-Mansion was longer and would've feature several students fighting back, including Colossus helping Wolverine throughout the fight, but this was scrapped due to budger issues.

>In early drafts, Kitty Pryde would escape the X-Mansion alongside Wolverine, Rogue, Iceman and Pyro, but was deleted for feeling superfluous to the narrative.

who in their right mind would cast BOB HOSKINS as wolverine???

>In early drafts, Dark Cerebro would cause mutants across the globe to lose control of their powers, but this was cut due to budget issues. The scene included cameo appearances by Beast, becoming blue and furry as his colleagues watched in horror; and Gambit, who accidentally caused a deck of cards to explode at a bar in New Orleans. Steve Bacic would've played McCoy, and stuntman James Bamford had been lined up to play Gambit before the idea was scrapped.

>In early drafts, Wolverine's claws are revealed to be artifically implanted onto him by Weapon X, but this was changed at Marvel's behest, to not conflict with the comics, where Wolverine has bone claws.

>Anthony Hopkins was approached to play William Stryker before Brian Cox was cast.

>Steve Buscemi was Singer's original choice to play Nightcrawler, but declined. Neil Patrick Harris and Etham Embry also auditioned for the role before Alan Cumming was cast.

>Following her Oscar win, Halle Berry demanded a larger role, and the script was revised to make her the pilot of the X-Jet and later further revised to include a romantic subplot with Nightcrawler.

>muh comic books!
Type of guys

The same faggots they think the next Wolverine will be either short or ugly. And want Marvel to regain the rights because they believe Marvel would make logan short and ugly.

Aka completely delusional people

>Fox was skeptical of the movie's potential and enforced several last-minute cuts to shorten the running time
Were they filmed? I kinda want more of the old cast. They should make X-men 4 right after DoFP good ending. Just a small story, nothing world breaking.

>Sigourney Weaver as Emma Frost

X-MEN: THE LAST STAND (2006)


>Singer, Dougherty and Harris drafted a script in which Jean returns at the Phoenix and attempts to end conflicts between humans and mutants in her own terms, with the X-Men trying to protect her, the Brotherhood of Mutants attempting to control her, and the United States government hellbent on destroying her.

>Singer's draft featured Emma Frost as Xavier's old flame who can control people's emotions and is recruited by Magneto to brainwash Jean; Gambit as a young thief who joins the Brotherhood, but later defects to the X-Men due to his attraction to Rogue; the Juggernaut as Magneto's new enforcer; and Bolivar Trask as the anti-mutant U.S. Secretary of Defense, in addition to larger roles for Kitty Pryde and Colossus.

>Singer planned to cast Channing Tatum as Gambit and Sigourney Weaver as Emma Frost, but plans were scrapped when he left to direct SUPERMAN RETURNS for Warner Bros Pictures and Fox decided to move on without him.

>Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn wrote a new draft based on Singer's ideas and added the mutant cure storyline to the narrative to give Magneto a stronger motivation to declare war on Humanity. Rothman was notoriously against the more outlandish aspects of the mythos and demanded that the cure receive major focus rather the the Phoenix, which was also made into Jean's malevolent split personality at his behest.

>Fox rushed the movie into production, leading to scheduling conflicts with several actors including James Marsden, Rebecca Romjin and Anna Paquin, which caused their characters to receive minor roles. Cyclops was nearly killed off-screen in-between movies due to Marsden's commitments with SUPERMAN RETURNS.

>The script was rewritten throughout production.

>In early drafts, Wolverine and Storm developed a romantic relationship, but this was cut as it underscored Wolverine's relationship with Jean. At one point, a love triangle between Wolverine, Storm and Beast was discussed.

>In early drafts, Cyclops would return during the final battle.

>In early drafts, Mystique would still be in league with Magneto, providing his location to the military to lead them into a trap, and would be by his side after he lost his powers.

>In early drafts, Rogue would seemingly defect to the Brotherhood in order to secretly spy on them for the X-Men.

>In early drafts, Beast, Iceman and Kitty Pryde would infiltrate Worthington Labs to investigate the cure, and Iceman and Kitty would later rescue Warren Worthington Sr. from Magneto's enforcers during a high-speed car chase.

>In early drafts, Angel would join the battle against the Brotherhood after rescuing his father, but get taken down when Magneto slashes one of his wings with a piece of shrapnel.

>In early drafts, Gambit would be one of Magneto's recruits, but later defect during the final battle while the X-Men and the Brotherhood are fighting.

>Early drafts featured several scrapped fights including Colossus VS. Juggernaut, Rogue VS. Juggernaut, Wolverine VS. Multiple Man, Storm VS. Phoenix, among others.

>In early drafts, the Sentinels would've been sent to stop Magneto during the battle at Alcatraz Island, but the idea was scrapped for budget issues.

>In early drafts, Alcatraz Island would be a maximum-security mutant prison which Magneto attacks halfway through the movie in order to recruit his army. The final battle would take place outside the White House in Washington, D.C., during which Iceman would freeze the Potomac River.

>In early drafts, Jean would destroy the entire city of San Francisco before Wolverine manages to kill her.

>Singer planned to cast Channing Tatum
And so Tatum saved the integrity of his rectum. Good for him I guess.

TOM ROTHMAN STRIKES AGAIN

Could you imagine Hopkins being like fuck man a general in a comic book movie that's dumb as shit! And now he's fucking Odin, what a time to live in

>Matthew Vaughn was set to direct the movie and cast Kelsey Grammer and Vinnie Jones as Beast and Juggernaut, but dropped out due to the troubled production. Joss Whedon and Alex Proyas were briefly considered before Brett Ratner was hired to replace him.

>Alan Cumming was approached to return as Nightcrawler, but declined as he was unwilling to undergo the laborous make-up process for such a minor role. He was then removed from the script, which Fox justified by claiming the audience would have trouble following three different blue characters.

>Sienna Grace was originally cast by Vaughn to play Kitty Pryde before Ratner replaced her with Ellen Foster. Summer Glau and Eliza Dushku also auditioned for the role.

>Mike Vogel was approached by Vaughn to play Angel before Ratner replaced him with Ben Foster. Nick Stahl also auditoned for the role.

>Several alternative endings were shot, including Beast staying the the Xavier Institute to become a teacher and Storm welcoming human students into the school; and Wolverine leaving the X-Men to mourn Jean's death, returning to the bar where he met Rogue in X-MEN for one last drink.

>The movie's troubled production, coupled with Fox's belief that the superhero movie genre wouldn't last much longer, led to them regarding X-MEN: THE LAST STAND as the last movie in the main X-MEN film series, and investing in their spin-off series, X-MEN ORIGINS.

>Alan Cumming was approached to return as Nightcrawler, but declined as he was unwilling to undergo the laborous make-up process for such a minor role. He was then removed from the script, which Fox justified by claiming the audience would have trouble following three different blue characters.
Wait so which one is he ? the blue chick ? the hairy one? the one with the tail ? This is so confusing !

At least we avoided Glau

where is this info coming from?
Ellen Foster isn't the actress' name, and the only info on a "Sienna Grace" is a tranny pornstar...

>tfw googled sienna grace and now hoping nobody sees my history
Maybe he meant sienna miller?

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (2009)

>David Benioff wrote a R-rated script, which was later revised by Skip Woods and made into PG-13. David Ayer, James Vanderbilt and Scott Silver performed uncredited revisions.

>In Benioff's script, Logan is a feral young man from an impoverished family who lives in the Canadian wilderness in the 1950's and joins the military to avoid prosecution after slaughtering a group of local boys who had attacked him. He is assigned to William Stryker's unit in Vietnam and embraces his violent, animalistic side, but eventually regains his humanity and returns to Canada, prompting Stryker to set in motion a conspiracy to conscript him to Weapon X.

>In Benioff's draft, Sabretooth is not Wolverine's brother and is Stryker's enforcer.

>In Benioff's draft, Silverfox is one of Stryker's enforcers, although she develops genuine feelings for Wolverine and ultimately betrays Stryker.

>In Benioff's draft, rather than an elderly couple, Wolverine is rescued by a young couple, James and Heather Hudson, who are later murdered by Agent Zero at Stryker's behest.

>Team X, Deadpool and Gambit are not present in Benioff's draft, although the Blob appears as a former associate of Sabretooth's and John Wraith appears as Logan's old human army buddy. Beak is also featured as a young mutant murdered by Sabretooth, as well as two original characters, mutant mobsters Barbarus and Pantera.

>In Benioff's draft, Weapon XI is an army of clones of Sabretooth artifically infused with Wolverine's healing factor so they can survive the Adamantium bonding procedure. Wolverine proceeds to decapitate Sabretooth and slaughter his clones, but one of them escapes and goes on to become the Sabretooth that is later recruited by Magneto and featured in X-MEN.

Sienna Miller was reportedly approached too, but OP means Maggie Grace. She was cast as Kitty for like two weeks in-between Vaughn leaving and Ratner coming up.

>Weapon XI is an army of clones of Sabretooth artifically infused with Wolverine's healing factor so they can survive the Adamantium bonding procedure. Wolverine proceeds to decapitate Sabretooth and slaughter his clones, but one of them escapes and goes on to become the Sabretooth that is later recruited by Magneto and featured in X-MEN.
Clone saga
Now with X Men flavor

>guy who revised this movie's script is writing/directing Skwad
worry

>Deadpool, Gambit and Cyclops were added to the script to build interest for their own movies.

>Weapon XI would originally be Garrison Kane, a human operative from Team X, but Rothman decided to merge the character with Deadpool.

>Zack Snyder and Len Wiseman were approached to direct the movie before Gavin Hood was hired at Jackman's behest.

>Hood had a notoriously contentious relationship with Rothman due to Rothman's executive meddling, and nearly dropped out of production after Rothman ilegally rebuilt and recolored the Weapon X sets behind his back for make them brighter and more cleaner.

>Gerard Butler was approached to play Sabretooth, but declined.

>Liev Schreiber was originally approached to play William Stryker, but Jackman advocated that he be cast as Sabretooth. Once he was, Michael C. Hall was offered the role of Stryker, but declined, and Danny Huston was cast.

>Michelle Monaghan was originally cast as Silverfox, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. After negotiations with Maggie Q fell throught, Lynn Collins was cast.

>Ryan Reynolds was notoriously coherced into playing Deadpool despite disagreeing with the movie's creative choices.

>Scott Adkins was originally cast as Garrison Kane. When Deadpool and Weapon XI were made into one character, Reynolds reshot close-up shots of Weapon XI in last-minute additional photography, while Adkins' fight scenes and faraway shots were kept, and he was credited as Reynolds' stuntman.

>Dominic Monaghan was originally approached to play Beak, but after the character was scrapped in rewrites, he was instead offered the role of Bolt, a minor character added to fill up the roster of Team X.

>A young Storm would originally appear in the scene where Team X slaughters a village in Africa in search of Adamantium, summoning a thunderstorm out of grief, but her scenes were cut from the movie.

>The young mutants featured in the movie were added as a potential backdoor into a YOUNG X-MEN spin-off.

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (2011)

>The project was originally envisioned as a spin-off centered on Rogue, Iceman, Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Angel and Jubilee.

>Josh Schwartz wrote a script centered on Professor Charles Xavier recruiting Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm and Beast to fight the government, but it was rejected by Fox for focusing too much on interpersonal drama at the expense of action.

>Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz wrote an alternative version centered on Xavier and Magneto building the X-Men during the Cold War, borrowing elements from Sheldon Turner's recently scrapped X-MEN ORIGINS: MAGNETO, which would've been directed by David S. Goyer. Their draft was later revised by Jane Goldman.

>Bryan Singer was approached to return, but declined due to scheduling conflicts, and Matthew Vaughn was hired instead.

>In early drafts, there was a love triangle between Xavier, Magneto and Moira McTaggert.

>In early drafts, Sunspot was a member of the Hellfire Club.

>In early drafts, the final battle in Cuba was much more elaborate, with Havok using his powers to creative a massive maelstrom, but this was scrapped due to budget issues;.

>Amber Heard auditioned for Mystique before Jennifer Lawrence was cast.

>Rosamund Pike auditioned for Moira McTaggert before Rose Byrne was cast.

>Benjamin Walker was originally cast as Beast, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Although Singer initially approached Taylor Lautner, Walker was ultimately replaced by Nicholas Hoult.

>Alice Eve was originally cast as Emma Frost, but dropped out due to creative differences and was replaced by January Jones.

THE WOLVERINE (2013)

>Christopher McQuarrie wrote an R-rated draft more faithful to the story arc, set in 1982, in which a directionless Logan is recruited by the Hand and becomes an enforcer for the Yashida Crime Family in Japan, but falls in love with Mariko Yashida, daughter of mobster Shingen Yashida, and must fight for her love. Other characters included Yukio, Logan's bodyguard and lover; Zen, Logan's master in the Hand; Elvis, an American mobster and Shingen's rival; Harada, Shingen's illegitimate son who wants to kill Wolverine to earn his father's love; Viper, an assassin and Harada's lover; and corrupt Chief of Justice Noburo.

>Darren Aronofsky was hired to revise the script and direct the movie, but ultimately dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by James Mangold.

>Matt Bombach and Scott Frank revised the script, and although the final movie was rated R, Fox re-editied it to release it as PG-13.

>Mangold considered including Rogue as Wolverine's companion, but the idea was ultimately scrapped.

>Jessica Biel was approached to play Viper, but declined, and Svetlana Khodchenkova was cast instead.

>He was then removed from the script, which Fox justified by claiming the audience would have trouble following three different blue characters
I don't understand how studios can say bullshit like this with a straight face.

But its true. The comic book fan is not the average movie goer.

For example when I was watching Apocalypse an old woman said to her friend (I already told this experience before here inb4 copypasta)..

>He couldnt have died (talking about Havok), he is Gambit and he was later at the casino scene in X-men 3

There are literally 3 wrong things in the same sentence. This is the average movie goer. Actual people expect Batman to show in Avengers and wonder when are they going to finally include it.

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (2014)

>Matthew Vaugh was originally set to direct the sequel, set in 1963 and centered on the X-Men - Professor X, Havok, Polaris, Beast and Banshee - racing against time to prevent the Magneto and the Brotherhood - Mystique, Emma Frost, Azazel, Tempest and Riptide - from assassinating President John Kennedy for supressing mutants' roles in preventing the Cuban missile crisis.

>Singer returned after Vaughn left to direct KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE and decided to adapt the "Days of Future Past" storyline to bridge the two series, bringing back the original cast for one last movie.

>In early drafts, Jubilee was a member of the X-Men in the future.

>In early drafts, Havok was captured by Trask Industries and murdered by the Sentinels during a test run.

>In early drafts, Wolverine, Xavier and Beast would recruit Juggernaut to help them break Magneto out of the Pentagon. He'd be a dim-witted former student from the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters and be dropped into the Pentagon from a helicopter, tearing a hole through each floor under he reaches the underground section where Magneto is detained. He was later replaced by Quicksilver.

>In early drafts, Mystique would reunite with Xavier and Beast after in the end and being seen as a member of the X-Men in 2023.

>Early drafts included a post-credits scene where a meteorite crash-lands outside Magneto's hideout in Mexico and Apocalypse emerges from the crater and possesses Magneto, who then becomes Apocalypse.

>An entire subplot about rescuing Rogue from the X-Mansion overrun by Sentinels so she can replace Kitty as Wolverine's tether to the future was cut and later reintegrated to the movie in the "Rogue Cut", which also reinserted a subplot about Mystique returning to the X-Mansion after Paris and later deciding to leave again.

>Josh Helman was originally hired to play the Juggernaut. When the character was replaced with Quicksilver, Helman was instead cast as William Stryker.

>Early drafts included a post-credits scene where a meteorite crash-lands outside Magneto's hideout in Mexico and Apocalypse emerges from the crater and possesses Magneto, who then becomes Apocalypse.
Say what you will about the new movie, but we dodged a bullet

DEADPOOL (2014)

>In early drafts, Wade is much more violent and unpredictable, and assassinates people rather than just volunteering his services as a bodyguard.

>In early drafts, Ajax's enforcers were Garrison Kane, Wyre and Sluggo.

>Negasonic Teenage Warhead in not included in early drafts, and Colossus is sent to arrest Deadpool rather than recruit him to the X-Men. He also volunteers to help Deadpool rescue Vanessa rather than being enlisted by Deadpool.

>Further rewrites added a trainee for Colossus. Originally, it was intended to be Cannonball, but the writers learned about Negasonic Teenage Warhead from a catalog of Marvel characters available to use and felt the need to include her.

>In early drafts, Deadpool becomes a mercenary after escaping from the Workshop and only finds out about Ajax two years later, after which he attempts to enact revenge. He doesn't believe Ajax can cure his condition.

>In early drafts, Weasel is Deadpool's weapons dealer, and they frequent a bar for mercenaries run by Patch.

>In early drafts, the final battle takes place at the derelict Workshop facility.

>Early drafts included Cable, but this was scrapped due to budget issues and to focus on Deadpool.

>Olivia Munn was approached to play Vanessa, but declined in favor of playing Psylocke in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE and Morena Baccarin was cast.

>In early drafts, Wolverine was recruited to be the young X-Men's drill sergeant and field leader and had a sizeable role, but this was scrapped to give Mystique more prominence.

>In early drafts, Xavier would be kidnapped by Apocalypse, who'd use his psychic powers to prepare the world for domination. This would effectively make Xavier the fourth Horseman, with Magneto, Storm and Angel as Apocalypse's other enforcers. Bryan Singer eventually felt the concept was not coming across and added Psylocke as a last-minute "official" fourth Horseman.

>Taron Egerton was offered the role of Cyclops, but declined. Jamie Blackley, Charlie Rowe, Timothee Chalamet and Ben Hardy auditioned before Tye Sheridan was cast. Hardy was later cast as Archangel.

>Chloe Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld and Elle Fanning auditioned for the role of Jean Grey before Sophie Turner was cast.

>Amber Stevens and Zendaya Coleman auditioned for Storm before Alexandra Shipp was cast.

>Tom Hardy and Idris Elba were approached to play Apocalypse before Oscar Isaac was cast.

>Olivia Munn was originally offered the role of Vanessa Carslyle in "Deadpool", but declined in favor of playing Psylocke.

>Although the Weapon X segment was always part of the script, Wolverine's breakout was added in post-production reshoots.

>Several scenes were deleted, notably a long segment of Cyclops, Jean, Nightcrawler and Jubilee going to the mall and getting into shenanigans.

>The ending of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" with Mystique rescuing Wolverine from Weapon X was added in reshoots based on notes from test-screenings. Singer effectively ignored, rationalizing that although Mystique let Wolverine go at that particular occasion in 1973, he was eventually captured in the ten year gap between the two movies.

Jesus rothman

>In early drafts, Wolverine was recruited to be the young X-Men's drill sergeant and field leader and had a sizeable role, but this was scrapped to give Mystique more prominence.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

And now we will never get interactions between the new x-men and Logan who is retiring. And for what? Mystique barely appears in the movie anyways...

I don't care what anyone says, X1 was a good X-men story. It was clearly intended as a one off movie, not the seed of a franchise and that (and Rothamn/Fox's bizzare decisions) is the cause of a lot of problems facing the franchise right now.

...

Pretty cool.

>>In early drafts, Wolverine was recruited to be the young X-Men's drill sergeant and field leader and had a sizeable role, but this was scrapped to give Mystique more prominence.
Of course.

People complained about Wolverine being the main focus of the X films. Now there is too much Mystique. Well at least R rated Old Man Logan will be good.

>Rothman

>>Steve Buscemi was Singer's original choice to play Nightcrawler
I want this so much for some reason.

It was 1989, Roger Rabbit had just come out and made a bundle.

>In early drafts, Wolverine, Xavier and Beast would recruit Juggernaut to help them break Magneto out of the Pentagon. He'd be a dim-witted former student from the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters and be dropped into the Pentagon from a helicopter, tearing a hole through each floor under he reaches the underground section where Magneto is detained. He was later replaced by Quicksilver.

I WANT TO SEE THIS VERSION FUCK

bump

>In early drafts, Wolverine was recruited to be the young X-Men's drill sergeant and field leader and had a sizeable role, but this was scrapped to give Mystique more prominence.

This is bullshit. Are people even attracted to her?

>Walker's script was scrapped, and 28 drafts were submitted by multiple writers between 1992 and 1996, among them Joss Whedon
You just know there was hilarious amount of Kittywank.

There was more Jubilee wank, actually.

>budget issues
>budget issues
>budget issues
>budget issues

meanwhile at Fox

>Amber Heard auditioned for Mystique before Jennifer Lawrence was cast.

>In early drafts, there was a love triangle between Xavier, Magneto and Moira McTaggert.
>implying there wasn't one in the film

Fassbender and MacAvoy have mentioned how they wanted to make the relationship between Magneto and Xavier much gayer, but the studio basically dropped the hammer and said absolutely not.

I mean both of them competing for Moira's affections.

>Hating on Weaver
Faggot

She's better off blonde, tbqh.

>In early drafts, Stryker's enforcer is Anne Reynolds, a human loyal to his cause. When the other enforcers were removed, she was made into Lady Deathstrike to inject more action in the third act of the movie.
So, she's supposed to be a literal nobody OC? No wonder she has no personality whatsoever.

>Anthony Hopkins was approached to play William Stryker before Brian Cox was cast.
Gee, they were really trying to get a Hannibal Lecter actor as Stryker for some reason.

I like Sigourney Weaver but she would have been like 60 when that movie came out.

Fox really needs to return this franchise back to Marvel

We have given fuck more than enough chances to fox to fix things and the have completely and utterly failed it gets worst and worst every new movie

>Thomas Jane as Cyclops

Holy fuck that would have been great.

Amber Heard is just a pretty piece of ass. JLaw may have gotten bored with the role by now but she's twice the actress Amber Heard is.

I thought so too but then i realized he would've just been wasted anyway. Cyke gets no love

53. Around the rime when she was in Holes.

Literally weird.

Anne Reynolds is from "God Loves, Man Kills".

>Toad remained part of the script during multiple rewrites. Ray Park was even approached to reprise the role, and plans had already been made for a fight between him and Nightcrawler before the character was scrapped as well.

Dang, that sounded pretty cool

>>Following her Oscar win, Halle Berry demanded a larger role, and the script was revised to make her the pilot of the X-Jet and later further revised to include a romantic subplot with Nightcrawler.

hue hue hue

>Wolverine VS. Multiple Man,

>tfw want

>Fox justified by claiming the audience would have trouble following three different blue characters.

top kek

He combined the two then?

Seems like it.

The scene sounded cool.

>Toad's tongue is full of scabs and bruises from when Storm electrocuted him.

>The young mutants kidnapped by Stryker are being kept in suspended cages, and Toad is guarding them.

>When Storm and Nightcrawler arrive to rescue them, Toad begins jumping from cage to cage, unscrewing the bolts so it'll plummet to the floor and kill the mutant therein.

>Nightcrawler teleports from cage to cage rescuing the captive mutant before the cage hits the ground.

>Toad tackles him and they trade blows.

>Nightcrawler teleports Toad inside one of the cages and unscrews the bolts. Toad dies when the cage hits the floor.

>>In early drafts, Stryker would have a Sentinel at his disposal to target the X-Men at Alkali Lake, but the idea was scrapped both due to budget issues and because producer Tom Rothman thought giant robots were "stupid".

lol

>>Weapon XI would originally be Garrison Kane, a human operative from Team X, but Rothman decided to merge the character with Deadpool.

ROTHMAN!!!!

>Fox's belief that the superhero movie genre wouldn't last much longer


Oh, Fox.

>>Olivia Munn was approached to play Vanessa, but declined in favor of playing Psylocke in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE and Morena Baccarin was cast.

Hue hue hue

>>In early drafts, Wolverine was recruited to be the young X-Men's drill sergeant and field leader and had a sizeable role, but this was scrapped to give Mystique more prominence.

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>Several scenes were deleted, notably a long segment of Cyclops, Jean, Nightcrawler and Jubilee going to the mall and getting into shenanigans.

>Hey lets go to the mall
>Several photos of that cast shooting in the mall
>Gets deleted

>Alice Eve could've played Emma Frost


Now my dick is sad

Yes totally, I mean look what they did to Thor. Treated him with so much respect.


>MOONNEEEYYY, MONNEEYYYY insert quote about how much Thor toys sell

Is the Rogue Cut any good?

This. Sup Forums's hateboner for Jennifer Lawrence can get pretty ridiculous sometimes.

That was likely Perlmutter and his toadies, hopefully Ragnarok will be much better.

I like it. Also it makes more sense as to how the sentinels find them because as theyre leaving x mansion a sentinel jumps on the plane and they just fly fast so it falls off, but its hand is still gripping it when they land and uses it as a tracking device. its only really that 10 minutes it adds to and then the rest is just rogue doing the mind thing while kitty sits in the background for the rest of it

Cool, will check it out then, even though the adds are so few.

>Olivia Munn was approached to play Vanessa, but declined in favor of playing Psylocke in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE and Morena Baccarin was cast.
I love it when random accidents cause things to better than they otherwise would be.

It also restores a lot of awkwardly cut dialogue from the beginning, basically most conversations that involve Kitty or Bobby. They don't stand out too much in the theatrical cut, but they're pretty stilted, and after seeing the Rogue Cut they're pretty obvious on a rewatch of the theatrical.

> Tom Rothman thinks no one wants to see giant robots
and then later that summer or next, Transformers sold like gangbusters

Spider-Man next.

> Rothman
> stop this

They did.
He left Fox.
He is now at Sony working on Spider-man.

>but this was scrapped to give Mystique more prominence.
>>In early drafts, Xavier would be kidnapped by Apocalypse, who'd use his psychic powers to prepare the world for domination. This would effectively make Xavier the fourth Horseman, with Magneto, Storm and Angel as Apocalypse's other enforcers. Bryan Singer eventually felt the concept was not coming across and added Psylocke as a last-minute "official" fourth Horseman.
>>Several scenes were deleted, notably a long segment of Cyclops, Jean, Nightcrawler and Jubilee going to the mall and getting into shenanigans.
>>The ending of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" with Mystique rescuing Wolverine from Weapon X was added in reshoots based on notes from test-screenings. Singer effectively ignored, rationalizing that although Mystique let Wolverine go at that particular occasion in 1973, he was eventually captured in the ten year gap between the two movies.
>>Although the Weapon X segment was always part of the script, Wolverine's breakout was added in post-production reshoots.
god damn this movie was a train wreck