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X-Men series

2006 DVD box set
Directed by Bryan Singer
Brett Ratner
(X-Men: The Last Stand)
Produced by Lauren Shuler Donner
Ralph Winter
Avi Arad
Tom DeSanto
Written by David Hayter
(X-Men, X2)
Michael Dougherty
Dan Harris
(X2)
Zak Penn
(X2, X-Men: The Last Stand)Simon Kinberg
(X-Men: The Last Stand)
Starring Hugh Jackman
Patrick Stewart
Ian McKellen
Famke Janssen
Halle Berry
Rebecca Romijn
Anna Paquin
Shawn Ashmore
James Marsden
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Country United States
Canada
Language English
Gross revenue $1.163 billion
All Movie Guide profile

The X-Men film series currently consists of three superhero films based on the fictional Marvel Comics team of the same name. The films star an ensemble cast, focusing on Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, as he is drawn into the conflict between Professor Xavier and Magneto, who have opposing views on humanity's relationship with mutants: Xavier believes humanity and mutants can coexist, but Magneto believes a war is coming, and intends to fight. The films also developed subplots based on the comics' Weapon X and Dark Phoenix storylines.

20th Century Fox earned the film rights to the characters in 1994, and after numerous drafts, Bryan Singer was hired to direct X-Men for a 2000 release. Singer returned for the 2003 sequel X2, but left a potential third and fourth film to direct Superman Returns. Brett Ratner directed X-Men: The Last Stand for a 2006 release. Critics praised Singer's films for their dark, realistic tone, and subtexts dealing with discrimination and intolerance, but Ratner's film was met with mixed reviews. Nonetheless, each film outgrossed the last, and Fox is developing spin-offs set before the three films. The X-Men films are also attributed as leading to a reemergence of superhero films in the 2000s, such as the Spider-Man film series.

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Main article: X-Men (film)

In 1994, 20th Century Fox and producer Lauren Shuler Donner bought the film rights to the X-Men.[1] Andrew Kevin Walker was hired to write,[2] and James Cameron expressed interest in directing. Bryan Singer signed on to direct in July 1996. Though not a fan of the comic, he was fascinated by the analogies of prejudice and discrimination offered by it.[1] John Logan, Joss Whedon,[3] Ed Solomon, Christopher McQuarrie and David Hayter wrote the script, with Hayter receiving sole credit.[1] Filming took place from September 22, 1999 to March 3, 2000 in Toronto.[4]

The first X-Men film introduced Wolverine and Rogue into the conflict between Professor Xavier's X-Men, and the Brotherhood of Mutants, led by Magneto. Magneto intends to mutate world leaders at a United Nations summit with a machine he has built, to bring about acceptance of mutantkind, but Xavier realizes this forced mutation will only result in their deaths.

Main article: X2 (film)

Fox hired David Hayter and Zak Penn to write their own scripts for the sequel which Singer would pick, with an aim to release the film in December 2002.[5] The story was inspired by X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills, though the character of Stryker was changed from a reverend to a general.[6] Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris were hired to re-write the script in February 2002, writing around 26 drafts and 150 on set.[7] Production began on June 17, 2002 in Vancouver and wrapped by November, with the release moved to May 1, 2003.[5]

In the film, General William Stryker questions the imprisoned Magneto about Professor Xavier's mutant-locating machine, Cerebro. Stryker attacks the X-Mansion, and brainwashes Xavier into locating every mutant on the planet and kill them. The X-Men must team up with the Brotherhood and prevent Stryker's worldwide genocide. Wolverine discovers that Stryker has links to his mysterious past, and was responsible for the bonding of adamantium to his skeleton.

Main article: X-Men: The Last Stand

Bryan Singer wanted to shoot the third film back-to-back with a fourth.[8] On July 16, 2004, he left to direct Superman Returns,[9] having only completed a third of a treatment focusing on Phoenix,[10] and introducing Emma Frost, a role intended for Sigourney Weaver.[11] Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn were hired the following month, and a studio executive read Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men story "Gifted", featuring a mutant cure, suggested it be the primary story. Matthew Vaughn came on board as director in February 2005,[12] but left due to the rushed production schedule.[13] Brett Ratner took over in June,[14] and filming began on August 2, 2005.[15]

A pharmaceutical company has developed an antidote to the mutant gene, provoking controversy in the mutant community. Magneto declares war, and has his own weapon: the omnipotent telekinetic and telepathic Phoenix, who is the resurrected former X-Man, Jean Grey. Phoenix kills Xavier and Cyclops, and Wolverine must face being a core member of the X-Men.

Main article: List of X-Men films cast members

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  • Italics indicate a cameo.
  • A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.


Character Film
X-Men X2 X-Men: The Last Stand
Logan / Wolverine Hugh Jackman
Professor Charles Xavier Patrick Stewart
Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto Ian McKellen
Jean Grey / Phoenix Famke Janssen
Ororo Munroe / Storm Halle Berry
Mystique Rebecca Romijn
Scott Summers / Cyclops James Marsden
Marie D'Ancanto / Rogue Anna Paquin
Bobby Drake / Iceman Shawn Ashmore
John Allerdyce / Pyro Alexander Burton Aaron Stanford
Kitty Pryde Sumela Kay Katie Stuart Ellen Page
Sabretooth Tyler Mane
Toad Ray Park
Senator Kelly Bruce Davison Bruce Davison
Colonel William Stryker Brian Cox
Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler Alan Cumming
Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike Kelly Hu
Peter Rasputin / Colossus Daniel Cudmore
Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy / Beast Steve Bacic Kelsey Grammer
Warren Worthington III / Angel Ben Foster
Cain Marko / Juggernaut Vinnie Jones
Callisto Dania Ramirez
Psylocke Meiling Melançon
Kid Omega Ken Leung

Film Release date Box office revenue Box office ranking Reference
Worldwide United States United States Outside U.S. Worldwide All time U.S. All time worldwide
X-Men August 2000 July 14, 2000 $157,299,717 $138,950,336 $296,250,053 #139 #176 [16]
X2 May 1, 2003 May 2, 2003 $214,949,694 $192,607,919 $407,557,613 #65 #86 [17]
X-Men: The Last Stand May 25, 2006 May 26, 2006 $234,362,462 $224,893,546 $459,256,008 #51 #65 [18]
X-Men film series $606,611,873 $556,451,801 $1,163,063,674

Each of the films set opening records in the United States: X-Men had the highest July opening yet,[19] while X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand earned the fourth highest opening weekends yet.[20][21] All of these records have since been surpassed. X-Men: The Last Stand and X2: X-Men United rank as the sixth and seventh most successful superhero films, while X-Men is the twelfth.[22] The third, second and first films are the fourth, fifth and sixth most successful Marvel Comics adaptations,[23] as well as overall the sixth, seventh and fourteenth most successful comic book adaptations.[24]

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Yahoo! Movies
Overall Cream of the Crop
X-Men 79% (140 reviews)[25] 57% (28 reviews)[26] 64% (33 reviews)[27] N/A
X2 87% (212 reviews)[28] 80% (35 reviews)[29] 68% (38 reviews)[30] B (15 reviews)[31]
X-Men: The Last Stand 57% (216 reviews)[32] 50% (38 reviews)[33] 58% (38 reviews)[34] B- (15 reviews)[35]

Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe praised the X-Men films as "more than a cash-guzzling wham-bang Hollywood franchise... these three movies sport philosophy, ideas, a telethon-load of causes, and a highly elastic us-versus-them allegory." Morris praised X-Men: The Last Stand for "put[ting] the heroes of a mighty summer blockbuster in a rare mortal position. Realism at this time of year? How unorthodox!"[36] Roger Ebert gave the films good reviews, but criticized them because "there are just plain too many mutants, and their powers are so various and ill-matched that it's hard to keep them all on the same canvas."[37] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle, criticized the films' themes, saying "The pretensions take the form of the central metaphor that compares mutants to people of extraordinary, groundbreaking talent. That metaphor is bogus... The vision at the heart of X-Men - of a golden Utopia in which humans live side by side with mutants - is absurd."[38]

The first two films were highly praised due to their cerebral tone, but when Bryan Singer left many criticized his successor, Brett Ratner. Colin Colvert of the Star Tribune felt "Bryan Singer's sensitivity to [the discrimination themes] made the first two X-Men films surprisingly resonant and soulful for comic-based summer extravaganzas... Singer is adept at juggling large casts of three-dimensional characters, Ratner makes shallow, unimaginative bang-ups."[39] James Berardinelli felt, "X-Men: The Last Stand isn't as taut or satisfying as X-Men 2, but it's better constructed and better paced than the original X-Men. The differences in quality between the three are minor, however; despite the change in directors, there seems to be a single vision."[40] David Denby of The New Yorker praised "the liquid beauty and the poetic fantasy of Singer’s work", but called Ratner "a crude synthesizer of comedy and action tropes."[41]

The X-Men films received good reviews from fans of the comic books, but there was criticism of the large cast, and the limited screentime for all of them. Richard George of IGN praised the depictions of Wolverine, Professor X, Magneto, Jean Grey and William Stryker, and was also pleased with the portrayals of Mystique, Beast and Nightcrawler. However, George felt many of the younger X-Men characters, such as Rogue and Iceman, were "adjectiveless teenager[s]", and was disappointed by Cyclops and Storm's characterizations. He observed the filmmakers were "big fans of silent henchmen", due to the small roles of the various villainous mutants. George felt that the success of X-Men "paved the way for other hits like the Spider-Man series, Fantastic Four, V for Vendetta and Singer's own adaptation of Superman."[42] Spider-Man director Sam Raimi said he was a fan of the series, particularly Singer's films.[43] Film historian Kim Newman also tonally compared Batman Begins to Singer's films.[44]

In August 2006, following the release of the third film, producer Lauren Shuler Donner reported that renegotiations would be required to continue the primary film series. Newer cast members were signed, while the older cast members, including Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Romijn, Famke Janssen, and Anna Paquin, were not.[45] Berry,[46] James Marsden,[47] and Patrick Stewart[48] have expressed interest in returning, and Bryan Singer was approached once more to direct, but he couldn't helm a large-scale project before making the sequel to Superman Returns.[49] However, as of July 2007, there was no script for a fourth film, and none was in the works.[50] Later in the month, however, Kevin Feige, president of production in Marvel Studios said that another X-Men film was possible.[51] Donner admitted, "There is forty years worth of stories. I’ve always wanted to do Days of Future Past and there are just really a lot of stories yet to be told."[52]

Each X-Men film was more expensive than the last, with larger salaries and more spectacular visual effects, so an X-Men 4 is unlikely to be produced soon.[53] Twentieth Century Fox chose the "divide and conquer" route for the franchise with multiple spin-offs, including prequels focusing on Wolverine and Magneto, a film about the students at the X-Mansion to be written by Zak Penn,[54] and director David O. Russell expressed interest in a film about Emma Frost.[55] Penn said of his spin-off, "The original idea was to have me do a young X-Men spin-off. But someone came up with a pretty interesting idea which I can’t discuss... He came up with how to do a young X-Men movie, which is not what you’d expect... If you agree to do one of the X-Men movies, it could end up happening four or five years down the line, which is fine with me. It’s just not my focus right now."[56]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a planned 2009 film to be directed by Gavin Hood and starring Hugh Jackman as the title character. It is a prequel to the X-Men film trilogy, focusing on Wolverine when his skeleton was bonded with the indestructible metal adamantium. The film is slated for a May 1, 2009 release.

The film is set seventeen years before the first X-Men,[57] and will center on Wolverine's violent past,[58] and his early encounters with William Stryker, the Weapon X program and other mutants,[59] including his complex relationship with Sabretooth/Victor Creed.[58] The Blob and John Wraith may also feature, as well as Vietnam War flashbacks and a love interest for Wolverine.[60] Benioff has recently confirmed that Wolverine's love interest, Silver Fox will appear in the movie.[61]

Tyler Mane had expressed interest in reprising the role of Sabretooth,[65] but confirmed on his MySpace page that he will not be playing the part.[66]

David Benioff was hired to pen the screenplay for the spin-off film Wolverine in October 2004.[67] Benioff was a comic book fan and had pursued the project for two years.[68] In preparing to write the script, he reread Barry Windsor-Smith's "Weapon X" story (1991), as well as Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's Wolverine limited series (1982).[60] Jackman collaborated with Benioff on the script, which aims to be more of a character piece compared to the previous X-Men films.[69] In October 2006 the script was finished, and Jackman stated there would be a year before shooting,[70] as he was scheduled to start filming Australia (2008) during 2007.[71]

Gavin Hood was announced as director of the project in July 2007 for a 2008 release.[72] Previously, Brett Ratner,[73] Len Wiseman[74] Bryan Singer[75] and Alexandre Aja[76] all expressed interest in the film. Hood explained that while he was not a comic book fan, he "realized that the character of Wolverine, I think his great appeal lies in the fact that he's someone who in some ways, is filled with a great deal of self-loathing by his own nature and he's constantly at war with his own nature."[77] The director described the film's themes as focusing on Wolverine's inner struggle between his animalistic savagery and noble human qualities. Hood enjoyed the previous films, but set out to give the spin-off a different feel.[78]

In October, Fox announced a May 1, 2009 release date, and that the film's title would be X-Men Origins: Wolverine.[59] Fox also issued a "major SOS" to the leading agencies in order to find someone who would be able to perform a speedy rewrite of the script before the Hollywood strike.[79] James Vanderbilt and Scott Silver (8 Mile) took the task of finishing the script before the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike began.[80]

Shooting will begin in January 2008[81] at Fox Studios in Sydney, Australia,[82] before moving to New Zealand and New Orleans.[59] The shoot will last up until June, because of potential reshoots on Jackman's other project, Australia.[81] In October 2007, Harry Gregson-Williams signed on as composer.[83]

Hood speculated that there could be a sequel, which may be set in Japan.[77] Such a location was the subject of Claremont and Miller's series, which was not in the first film as Jackman felt “what we need to do is establish who [Logan] is and find out how he became Wolverine."[60]

In December 2004, Twentieth Century Fox hired screenwriter Sheldon Turner to draft a spin-off X-Men film, and he chose to write Magneto, pitching it as "The Pianist meets X-Men." [84] In April 2007, David S. Goyer was hired to direct.[85] Turner said the script was set from 1939 to 1955, [86] and it follows Magneto trying to survive in Auschwitz. He meets Xavier, a soldier, during the liberation of the camp. He hunts down the Nazi war criminals that tortured him in Europe and Argentina,[87] and this lust for vengeance turns him and Xavier into enemies.[85]

In May 2006, Ian McKellen said he would reprise the role using the computer-generated facelift applied to him in the prologue of X-Men: The Last Stand.[88] Lauren Shuler Donner stated that the film would need McKellen to anchor the story, which would take place in flashbacks.[55] With Goyer's hiring in 2007, it was said actors in their twenties would play the characters.[85] Avi Arad said the film is planned for a 2009 release,[89] and like Wolverine, it may be shot in Australia.[90]

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X-Men
Comics
(Full list)		 Uncanny X-Men • X-Men • X-Factor • New X-Men • Astonishing X-Men • Excalibur • Ultimate X-Men • Cable • Exiles • Generation X • New Mutants • X-Force • X-Men: The Hidden Years • X-Men Unlimited • X-Treme X-Men • X-Men: First Class • Mythos: X-Men
Major storylines Dark Phoenix Saga • Days of Future Past • Mutant Massacre • Fall of the Mutants • Inferno • X-Tinction Agenda • Muir Island Saga • X-Cutioner's Song • Fatal Attractions • Phalanx Covenant • Age of Apocalypse • Onslaught • Operation: Zero Tolerance • Eve of Destruction • E is for Extinction • Planet X • Here Comes Tomorrow • House of M • Decimation • Deadly Genesis • Endangered Species • Messiah Complex
In media Film: X-Men • X2 • X-Men: The Last Stand • X-Men Origins: Wolverine • Magneto (Cast list)
TV: Pryde of the X-Men • X-Men: The Animated Series • Generation X • X-Men: Evolution • Wolverine and the X-Men
Universe Avalon • Asteroid M • Cerebro • Crimson Dawn • Crossmore • Danger Room • Enemies • Fastball Special • Genosha • Legacy Virus • M'Kraan Crystal • Madripoor • Muir Island • Savage Land • Teams • Xavier Protocols • X-Jet • X-Mansion
Other History • Video games
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Live action Single films

Howard the Duck (1986) • The Punisher (1989) • Captain America (1991) • The Fantastic Four (1994) • Hulk (2003) • The Punisher (2004) • Man-Thing (2005) • Ghost Rider (2007) • Iron Man (2008) • The Incredible Hulk (2008) • Punisher: War Zone (2008) • Thor (TBA)
Series

Blade: Blade (1998) • Blade II (2002) • Blade: Trinity (2004)
Daredevil: Daredevil (2003) • Elektra (2005)
Fantastic Four: Fantastic Four (2005) • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Spider-Man: Spider-Man (2002) • Spider-Man 2 (2004) • Spider-Man 3 (2007)
X-Men: X-Men (2000) • X2 (2003) • X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) • X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) • Magneto (2009)
Animated Single films

The Invincible Iron Man (2007) • Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme (2007)
Series

Ultimate Avengers: Ultimate Avengers (2006) • Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006) • Next Avengers (2008)
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