X-MEN 3 news: Cyclops out?
March 22nd, 2005 by Cinema EyeFox confirmed today that Guy Ritchie producer Matthew Vaughn (LAYER CAKE) will be directing X-MEN 3. Other confirmations: Hugh Jackman is IN. Negotations are under way for Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan and Halle Berry. New mutants will include Gambit, Beast and Angel.
No mention is made of James Marsden or Cyclops which indicates that his character may be written out of the film or recast. Rumors indicate that the studio was not happy at all with Marsden’s decision to take a role in X-director Bryan Singer’s SUPERMAN RETURNS. In my opinion, Marsden is an embarassingly weak part of the cast and they would be better of without him.
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Well, considering talk that they’ll be doing the Dark Phoenix storyline, it would be odd to not have Cyclops in it at all. To be honest, though, they could put anyone behind that visor and chances are they’d be able to make more of an impact than the über-bland Marsden.