Hot on the heels of the announcement that he was the new Director for X-Men 3, Brett Ratner has been on MTV through Screen Rant to let everyone know where he stands with the story.
“I want to stay true to the franchise and true to the characters, but I think it’s elevated … I don’t want to be pompous and say I’m going to take it to the next level. I think the script that Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn wrote gives me a tremendous amount of confidence.”
One comment that does worry me a little is when he talks of why Bryan Singer left.
“Bryan Singer left [‘X-Men 3’] because he didn’t like the material,” Ratner insisted. “But I don’t think this movie is tainted; I think it is fantastic and the script is amazing.
Oh dear. That tells me that the script hasn’t changed since then. One last thing to make you a bit more worried.
He also said you can expect his X-Men to have an enhanced sense of humor. “Not jokes for the sake of jokes,” Ratner added, “jokes that come from character humor, that come from characters and that come from the situations.”
I’d be interested to hear what you think now.
