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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Set Squabble with FOX
It seems those knuckle-heads over at FOX are at it again....
20th Century Fox co-chairman and CEO Tom Rothman and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" director Gavin Hood (Rendition) are reportedly in a dispute over the artistic direction of the film.
"There was/is a huge Wolverine set being recently used. I'm not even sure which lot it was built on, but the look or mood of the set is, according to a source who was told Hood's view of things, supposed to be on the dark, dinghy and somber side. I only know what I was told, but the basics are that Hood was away from the set for whatever reason (shooting something else, taking a day or two off), and when he returned to the big somber set he was shocked to find that it had been repainted top to bottom on Rothman's orders. The murky-scuzzy vibe was gone, and a brighter and less downish look had taken its place."
"...it suggests that a creative tug-of-war is going on, and that Rothman feels a certain managerial-slash-territorial investment in the X-Men franchise and is more or less entitled to make his own Wolverine calls, whether or not Hood fully concurs."
"...I do know that Hood was utterly surprised when he got back to the set and saw what had been done."
So FOX has not only released a string of the shittiest movies of the year so far (Meet the Spartans, Meet Dave, The Happening), and are currently in a lawsuit with Warner Brothers to stop the release of "The Watchmen", but now they are also looking to make Wolverine a more lighthearted, family friendly movie?!?
20th Century Fox co-chairman and CEO Tom Rothman and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" director Gavin Hood (Rendition) are reportedly in a dispute over the artistic direction of the film.
"There was/is a huge Wolverine set being recently used. I'm not even sure which lot it was built on, but the look or mood of the set is, according to a source who was told Hood's view of things, supposed to be on the dark, dinghy and somber side. I only know what I was told, but the basics are that Hood was away from the set for whatever reason (shooting something else, taking a day or two off), and when he returned to the big somber set he was shocked to find that it had been repainted top to bottom on Rothman's orders. The murky-scuzzy vibe was gone, and a brighter and less downish look had taken its place."
"...it suggests that a creative tug-of-war is going on, and that Rothman feels a certain managerial-slash-territorial investment in the X-Men franchise and is more or less entitled to make his own Wolverine calls, whether or not Hood fully concurs."
"...I do know that Hood was utterly surprised when he got back to the set and saw what had been done."
So FOX has not only released a string of the shittiest movies of the year so far (Meet the Spartans, Meet Dave, The Happening), and are currently in a lawsuit with Warner Brothers to stop the release of "The Watchmen", but now they are also looking to make Wolverine a more lighthearted, family friendly movie?!?
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Comment by Josh on August 25, 2008 at 9:44am -
I even made a reponse blog post for my hatred for Rothman
http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=947994%3ABlogPost%3A535421
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Comment by Anthony on August 22, 2008 at 12:51am - Fuck Fox. I made a T-shirt that says that. Did it in 2005 after Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
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Comment by Evolution X Rider on August 21, 2008 at 11:06pm - What the hell!!! Rothman needs to work for punk ass Disney to those kid-friendly bullshit movies! If he fuck up Wolverine, I will never watch any more FOX movies again!!! FUCK YOU ROTHMAN!!!
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Comment by Zanjarath on August 21, 2008 at 10:49pm - I was excited over this movie
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Comment by Kyle Voltti on August 21, 2008 at 9:53pm - he was
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Comment by Jonah on August 21, 2008 at 5:01pm - ooooh he better not have been the one to nix the Sentinels. that means KILL.
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Comment by NareshDS on August 21, 2008 at 4:56pm - Wasn't Rothman the guy who said NO to a large humanoid Galactus in FF2 and sentinels in X-Men movies? This guy doesn't know movies at all, this is by far Fox's worst year!
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Comment by Sean Kennedy on August 21, 2008 at 4:11pm - MOTHER FUCKER! WHY ARE THEY TRYING TO FUCK UP WOLVERINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by Jonathan AKA JodeneSparks on August 21, 2008 at 3:59pm -
I want this to be good but with Fox's recent flops I'm doubtful.:'(
If this bombs it better be the final straw for Fox to make some well needed changes.
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Comment by DeathMetalMike on August 21, 2008 at 2:47pm - Rothman needs to be strapped to a chair and forced to watch all the movies FOX has put out because of him without any food or water until he either comes to his senses or dies a horribly agonizing death, preferably the latter.
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