I know that this will be of interest to at least one extropian
....from a scifi list I subscribe to, posted by someone who's pretty reliable:
News on the X-Men movie...
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>From: Stenbock@aol.com
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>Some semi-official word on the much-rumored X-Men movie...
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>Director: Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects)
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>Stars:
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>Professor X: Patrick Stewart (ST:TNG, Jeffrey)
>Storm: Halle Berry (Bulworth)
>Magneto: Ian McKellan (a rather effete Magneto, I must say...)
>Mystique: Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (SI swimsuit model)
>Jean Grey: Famke Janssen (GoldenEye)
>Rogue: Anna Paquin (The Piano)
>Wolverine: Dougray Scott (Ever After)
>Toad: Ray Park (Darth Maul)
>Other roles have yet to be cast
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>Script: First draft by Ed Solomon (Men in Black), rewrite by Christopher
>McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects), polish by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire
>Slayer), additional material by Bryan Singer
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>Budget: $75 million
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>Release Date: 2000, possibly by late November or December. (X-Men for
Xmas?)
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