I'm about
fifty-fifty on the continued existence of the X-Men movies. On the
one hand, Logan was just about as perfect an ending as the
franchise could ever ask for. On the other hand, I know that Fox are
going to keep making these things until the heat death of the
universe so I might as well hope for the best.
Not that
hoping for the best is an entirely logical course of action here. Fox
do have a strong tendency towards ruining a good thing. Take X-Men:
First Class, a great reboot for
the franchise until Days Of Future Past
came along to reveal that it wasn't a reboot after all and, by the
way, every character from First Class
who wasn't in the opening trilogy is now dead. Brilliant move, Fox.
So
imagine my mix feelings when a New Mutants movie was announced. The
original New Mutants are, without a doubt, my favourite X-team ever
but you know what other characters I love in this franchise? Storm,
who in these films is a characterless cipher. Kitty Pryde, who
represents the most criminal waste of Ellen Page ever committed to
film even before she gets magic time travel powers from nowhere.
The
batting average is not high here.
Still,
they've just announced that Maisie Williams will be playing
Wolfsbane: a shy Scottish Catholic girl who turns into a wolf and has
abandonment issues like you wouldn't believe. It is (potentially) a
great role and Williams is a fantastic actress, even if she is a bit
wasted in Game Of Thrones
just by virtue of being part of such a large ensemble cast. Fox has
even made a big thing about how they're only auditioning “ethnically
appropriate” actors for Sunspot and Dani Moonstar which, given its
both Hollywood and Fox, is something of a minor miracle.
I
want to hope here but the simple fact is that we've had Deadpool
and Logan in rapid
succession and that's more quality than Fox has generally been able
to put out in so short a time. Now, either they've learnt that they
can make more money out of good films or its a fluke.
Please
let them have learnt. If they can learn then maybe Warner Bros can
take a stab at it.
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