The Last Stand my ass. We’ve been saying for ages around here that X-Men 3 was NOT going to be the last X-Men film, and it looks like a report out of the LA Daily News confirms that today:
Exec producer Lauren Shuler Donner reports that renegotiations will be in order for the fourth installment of the big-screen sagas. “The newer cast members are signed, and the older cast members are not.” Considering the older names involved — Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Romijn, Famke Janssen and Anna Paquin — that could run into a huge chunk of money.
Good grief… they certainly didn’t wait long. The thing is, if they do indeed go forward with X-Men 4, and I believe they are, I think we’re going to see some major cast changes. Especially with Halle Berry and Hurgh Jackman.
What will probably happen is a slightly smaller budget X-Men 4 WITHOUT Storm or Wolverine (since a spinn-off Wolverine project is already in the works). The X-Men universe is filled with some amazing characters that could be explored, and I think an X-Men 4 without Storm or Wolverine (although I LOVE Jackman) would probably be a healthy thing to see where the whole thing could go.
