By Ryan Parsons | Image property of 20th Century Fox
Beast
After posting the latest pictures for X-Men 3: The Last Stand we thought the mutant updates couldn't have gotten any better for this Wednesday. What we didn't know is that THR recently caught up with producer Lauren Shuler Donner and got her to break out a can of X-Men details that stretch from beginning to future.
X-Men 3 Details from Donner
X-Men 3 producer Shuler Donner recently sat down with THR and discussed the past, present and future of the X-Men movie franchise. Within the discussion comes elements from the story, the 'cure', possible spin-offs and so much more.
"We have the trilogy aspect in our favor in that we had set up in the first two movies a few storylines that were paid off in the third. So that worked in our favor. Plus, there were a couple characters that we always wanted to do that were too expensive to do -- and the storylines were never woven intrinsically into the movie -- that we decided we would do in 'X-Men 3.' For example, the character of Beast that Kelsey Grammer plays."
Shuler Donner is particularly happy about having added new characters like Grammer's Beast to the franchise with "X3." "It infuses new blood into the series when you don't use just your cast, but are bringing in new characters with new storylines," she said.
Fans of the "X-Men" franchise will certainly be happy to know there's lots more material that can be developed for future episodes: "I hope there's a fourth and an eighth and a tenth. I mean, look, there's 40 years of 'X-Men' comics, so why not? There's a huge world (of back issues and the comic book is still ongoing). There's so smart (at Marvel). Not only do they have comic book artists and writers, but they've now drafted filmmakers. Joss Whedon (who wrote and directed episodes of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and is now writing and will direct the feature film 'Wonder Woman' for Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures) wrote an entire series of 'X-Men' comics as did Bryan Singer. They're very smart (because) they've also involved a lot of filmmakers in their ongoing comic books."
To check out all the details from Shuler Donner head on over to the HollywoodReporter.
X-Men 3: The Last Stand comes to theatres on May 26th.
For the trailer, movie stills, posters, synopsis and movie info, go to the X-Men 3 Movie Page.
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