Donner On “X-Men 3″ & “Wolverine”
Donner Reveals X-Men Plans
X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner told SCI FI Wire that she’s juggling several related projects, including the upcoming third X-Men movie and possible spinoffs centered on Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine character and Halle Berry’s Storm. She also confirmed spoiler speculation that the third film will deal in part with Famke Janssen’s Jean Grey and her apparent transformation into Dark Phoenix, which was foreshadowed at the end of the previous film, X2.
“Will Famke [return]? Yes,” Donner said in an interview on the Los Angeles set of her next film, Constantine. “And you know we have to [do the Dark Phoenix storyline]. We kind of left that out there. So we have to follow that thread, along with some other stories. Yeah.”
X2 writing partners Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty are drafting a script for X-Men 3, and Donner said that producers are trying to nail down deals with cast members and director Bryan Singer. “We’re also going to develop a Wolverine movie at the same time, but it won’t come out until after X3,” she said.
Oscar winner Berry has expressed reservations about returning to the franchise unless her Storm character has a lot more to do. “We have to just make sure that she’s used well,” Donner said. “We have a great, great, great storyline for her. Or maybe we’ll do a Storm movie. Who knows? I don’t know.”
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