It's official the X-Men franchise to have its first spinoff movie! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 07-05-2006, 07:14 PM

It's been rumored for some time but now it's official. Twentieth Century Fox will be releasing a Wolverine spin-off of its popular X-Men movie franchise some time next year. Hugh Jackman will once again don the Adamantium-plated claws of Wolverine.

The announcement came at the international exhibitors conference Cine Expo in Holland. The presentation included a taped message from Jackman backing-up Fox's promise.

Here's hoping it does better than Fox's other solo superhero spin-off -- Elektra, a spin-off from 2003's Daredevil. The Jennifer Garner starrer only managed $24 million at the box office.

No word on an exact release date for Wolverine but one could surmise that it'll take some time to get this surely FX-laden film in theaters.

Dr. Thong · 07-05-2006, 07:31 PM

This is no surprise, really - it had been rumored for quite a while. Hopefully they'll have a good director and storyline.

X-Men III was done as a "final" movie, but they left loopholes so that a fourth movie could happen. Probably won't, but you never know.

They could also do X-Force and X-Factor movies, as they were X-Men spinoffs and had some of the same characters.

TJL · 07-05-2006, 07:34 PM

What? No Rogue spinoff movie?

Damn!

Karen* · 07-06-2006, 04:20 AM

I hope it's AWESOME. Not something like...Catwoman.

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Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	It's official the X-Men franchise to have its first spinoff movie! It's been rumored for some time but now it's official. Twentieth Century Fox will be releasing a Wolverine spin-off of its popular X-Men movie franchise some time next year. Hugh Jackman will once again don the Adamantium-plated claws of Wolverine. The announcement came at the international exhibitors conference Cine Expo in Holland. The presentation included a taped message from Jackman backing-up Fox's promise. Here's hoping it does better than Fox's other solo superhero spin-off -- Elektra, a spin-off from 2003's Daredevil. The Jennifer Garner starrer only managed $24 million at the box office. No word on an exact release date for Wolverine but one could surmise that it'll take some time to get this surely FX-laden film in theaters. Attached Images
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