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Ten years ago, superhero films and video-game films were both minor genres. You had your Batman Forever and your Mortal Kombat, but not much else. Both genres blew up in the 2000s, but superhero films won much bigger. For now.
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The news that director Bryan Singer is going to return to the X-Men movie franchise with prequel X-Men: First Class has been greeted with excitement across the industry. So why're we convinced it's the wrong move for everyone involved?
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The director of the first two X-Men films and Superman Returns has signed on to tell the story of the earliest mutant heroes, in X-Men Origins: First Class. But will the previous stars be involved?
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The problem with big movie franchises is that you always know what to expect; it's always the same guys making the same movies. But what if you swapped creators and movie franchises around? Here's what'd work - and what wouldn't.
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X2 screenwriter Michael Dougherty didn't get a crack at the third X-Men script, but he and Bryan Singer did kick around some ideas for a Phoenix-centric movie. He shares his different take on Rogue and the end of Jean Grey.
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After months of rumors, X-Men and Superman Returns director Bryan Singer has publicly stated that not only does he want to return to Fox's mutant angst franchise, but that he's spoken to the studio about the possibility.
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If Bryan Singer's hoped-for Battlestar Galactica reboot actually happens, will it take its visual cues from the original television series? Concept artist Eric Chu thinks so, and he's created some paintings to show you what he'd expect.
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Universal have reportedly fast-tracked their big-screen reboot of Battlestar Galactica, bringing Bryan Singer on board to direct and co-produce. But is there any way in which this will end up being anything other than a well-intentioned failure?
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Coasting on the excitement from the Star Trek reboot and Ronald D. Moore's series, the rumored Battlestar Galactica movie may get greenlit by Universal... with Bryan Singer directing. But is it possible to have two well-made reboots so close together?
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It's not just Roland Emmerich who's bought into the disaster-laded prophecies surrounding the year 2012; X-Men and Superman Returns director Bryan Singer is working with Syfy on a mini-series about the Potential Year Of Terror.
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New Regency is looking at X-Men helmer Bryan Singer to direct the movie of Freedom Formula, a comic which takes place in a future where everyone has overdeveloped quads, or at least their suits do.
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To everyone who thought that Bryan Singer's remake of camp sci-fi classic Logan's Run was entirely dead... That isn't necessarily the case. The Superman Returns director has let slip that it may still happen.
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Superman Returns and X-Men director Bryan Singer is coming back to science fiction, with new project H+ - a web-series based around a future worst-case scenario for everyone who spends a little bit too much time online.
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Ten years ago, superhero films and video-game films were both minor genres. You had your Batman Forever and your Mortal Kombat, but not much else. Both genres blew up in the 2000s, but superhero films won much bigger. For now. More »Why Bryan Singer's Return To The X-Men Is A Bad Idea
The news that director Bryan Singer is going to return to the X-Men movie franchise with prequel X-Men: First Class has been greeted with excitement across the industry. So why're we convinced it's the wrong move for everyone involved? More »Bryan Singer Takes Another Crack At Retelling The X-Men's Origin
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The problem with big movie franchises is that you always know what to expect; it's always the same guys making the same movies. But what if you swapped creators and movie franchises around? Here's what'd work - and what wouldn't. More »X2 Screenwriter Explains How He Would Have Written X3
X2 screenwriter Michael Dougherty didn't get a crack at the third X-Men script, but he and Bryan Singer did kick around some ideas for a Phoenix-centric movie. He shares his different take on Rogue and the end of Jean Grey. More »Bryan Singer: I Want To Make More X-Men
After months of rumors, X-Men and Superman Returns director Bryan Singer has publicly stated that not only does he want to return to Fox's mutant angst franchise, but that he's spoken to the studio about the possibility. More »The Man Who Designed Syfy's BSG Imagines Bryan Singer's Reboot
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Coasting on the excitement from the Star Trek reboot and Ronald D. Moore's series, the rumored Battlestar Galactica movie may get greenlit by Universal... with Bryan Singer directing. But is it possible to have two well-made reboots so close together? More »Bryan Singer Joins The "Embarrassed In 2013" Crowd
It's not just Roland Emmerich who's bought into the disaster-laded prophecies surrounding the year 2012; X-Men and Superman Returns director Bryan Singer is working with Syfy on a mini-series about the Potential Year Of Terror. More »Bryan Singer Wants Another Stab At X-Men And Superman, With A Kryptonite Knife
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New Regency is looking at X-Men helmer Bryan Singer to direct the movie of Freedom Formula, a comic which takes place in a future where everyone has overdeveloped quads, or at least their suits do. More »The Wachowski Brothers To Helm Superman Reboot?
This weekend, we told you all about McG's isolated alien, darker Superman movie, but now the internet is a-buzz about a Wachowski Brothers reboot for the Man of Steel. Where does that leave Plastic Man? More »Will We Really See Bryan Singer's Logan's Run Remake?
To everyone who thought that Bryan Singer's remake of camp sci-fi classic Logan's Run was entirely dead... That isn't necessarily the case. The Superman Returns director has let slip that it may still happen. More »Bryan Singer Leaves Superman. Potentially
While The Dark Knight prepares for Oscar glory with a January re-release in theaters, his crimefighting partner Superman faces an uncertain cinematic future. In addition to Mark Millar's infamous pitch to reboot the character, now it looks like Superman Returns director Bryan Singer has been removed from the franchise. Maybe. More »Bryan Singer's New Series Punishes The Net-Needy, Stupid
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