Post by baj2 on Apr 24, 2017 12:50:29 GMT
He is not blasting the XMen movies ( LOGAN and DEADPOOL in particular) -- he is actually expressing a nuanced appreciation of why those two films succeeded!
Btw, Kevin Feige started working on superhero movies with "X:MEN". Yes, the very first XMen movie released in 2000! He was the assistant of producer Lauren Shuler Donner, who continues to produce some of the movies in the franchise. Kevin was given the rank of Associate producer ( he was Lauren's assistant in other previous movies). Re Lauren Shuler Donner -- her latest as producer was LOGAN! She also produced DEADPOOL.
Interesting interview with XMen screenwriter David Hayter, including a photo of Kevin Feige with some of the XMen cast, creatives and producers. Please scroll down.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/x-men-screenwriter-hugh-jackmans-wolverine-casting-drama-982045
There is also an interesting not-too-known detail on why Hugh Jackman eventually replaced Dougray Scott as Wolverine, another initiative from Lauren Shuler Donner.
“My takeaway from both of those films is not the R rating, it’s the risk they took, the chances they took, the creative boundaries that they pushed,” Feige explained. “That should be the takeaway for everyone.”
Btw, Kevin Feige started working on superhero movies with "X:MEN". Yes, the very first XMen movie released in 2000! He was the assistant of producer Lauren Shuler Donner, who continues to produce some of the movies in the franchise. Kevin was given the rank of Associate producer ( he was Lauren's assistant in other previous movies). Re Lauren Shuler Donner -- her latest as producer was LOGAN! She also produced DEADPOOL.
Interesting interview with XMen screenwriter David Hayter, including a photo of Kevin Feige with some of the XMen cast, creatives and producers. Please scroll down.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/x-men-screenwriter-hugh-jackmans-wolverine-casting-drama-982045
There is also an interesting not-too-known detail on why Hugh Jackman eventually replaced Dougray Scott as Wolverine, another initiative from Lauren Shuler Donner.