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Deadpool And Gambit May Get Solo MoviesBy Emily McDonald: 2008-12-13 12:53:37
Former Fox executive Jeff Katz can’t seem to keep his mouth shut about anything X-men. Last month it was all about Wolverine this time it is Deadpool and Gambit, and the news is good (if you like movie adaptations). Turns out the raging badass and quick card-player might each get their own flicks. MTV Splash Page sat down with Katz and got the goods. Katz seems to be quite emotional about the X-men ‘verse: “The unique challenge of the X-Men universe — and in my opinion the beauty of it — is the tapestry. These movies, particularly with some of the films they’re looking to be doing, they all touch and build this big weave that’s unlike any sort of franchise.” Apparently this gives Marvel and Fox the right to go buck wild making movies about all the X-men. It's a shame Katz no longer works for Fox, as it sounds like he has genuine love for those mutants. Deadpool is the first X-man mentioned. Katz claims that “[Ryan Reynolds] is, I think, the only guy who can play that character. He is that character.” Katz also claims that the Deadpool film has been in the works for about 5 years! Reynolds has been jockying for the part since the get go, back in his Blade: Trinity days. “All the way back to Ryan, Goyer and I on ‘Blade: Trinity,’ we were trying to put together a deal at New Line for a ‘Deadpool’ movie. We thought the rights were clear and not part of the ‘X-Men’ universe, so Ryan could play the character and Goyer could write. I can’t remember why — I think they wanted to do a ‘Blade’ spin-off instead — but it didn’t come together. But Ryan, to his credit, has remained obsessed with the character.” So, we’ve heard about Reynold’s Deadpool, what about Taylor Kitsch as Gambit? “There’s no question that I think Gambit’s going to play well. Put Taylor in a trenchcoat and give him a staff, and watch out. He’s a tough kid, and he did a lot of his own stuff — and he looked like a million bucks doing it.” No word from Katz on whether Kitsch would play Gambit in a film down the line. Although Katz is a tad abrupt when he speaks on the possibility of a Gambit movie, he does give us some insight into what the X-men universe looks like through the lens of Fox. “The discussion is always, ‘Is this a good use of this character or do we want to save them to fully use down the line?’ — and that was the Gambit debate in the original trilogy of movies. With the original trilogy, there was also the idea that he and Wolverine would have tried to fit the same space, and it would been awkward. They understood that Gambit was popular, but was it worth just popping him in as a throwaway character, and not in service of setting up something down the line? Now I think there is a level of strategy in how we grow these things, and what characters can transition between multiple films.” Sounds like Fox wants to milk every X-man for all he is worth. I am sure they will.
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