X-Men Origins: Wolverine Going Back for Extensive Reshoots

[GreenScar]

Here's hoping the final product is good



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With the Watchmen legal battle finally coming to its end, and Fox not getting more than just a large helping of undeserved money, I would expect the anti-20th Century Fox backlash to slowly dissipate. But with this news today, it might swing back into high gear. Last August we reported that X-Men Origins: Wolverine was experiencing some issues, primarily with power struggles between its director, Gavin Hood, and Fox's CEO Tom Rothman. And this was all before the trailer hit. However, an update has arrived from Collider tonight that says they're going back to Vancouver to do some extensive reshoots. Although I'm normally optimistic, I'm pretty sure this is a very bad sign, despite the other opinions I've heard from my peers.

We've heard a lot of negative behind-the-scenes buzz about X-Men Origins: Wolverine for a long time but have tried to play it off because we were hoping it would turn out great in the end. Obviously the trailer was impressive, but for some odd reason I felt like it wasn't as polished as it could be. Normally I love trailers like that, but I could tell that Gavin Hood had some problems keeping his vision of Wolverine intact. In regards to the production, word is that Richard Donner (yes, of Superman: The Movie), was often on set "ghost directing" and providing more than just minimal feedback. While this shouldn't be a bad thing, apparently it is, but Gavin Hood still might get his chance to go back and reshoot a lot of the movie.

Collider is reporting that Fox is conducting very extensive reshoots over the next few weeks. They're also saying that studios usually try and keep news like this under the radar, but Fox even wanted to bring in some journalists to cover these reshoots. Why? Well because apparently Gavin Hood is going to be directing them. My guess is that he's getting his chance to fix the movie, but they're also trying to "cover up" any previous bad buzz by bringing journalists in and "showing" them that it's Hood directing, not Rothman and not Donner. So why didn't Gavin get to do this to begin with? And I don't understand how rushing reshoots this late in the game can be called a good thing. I'm sorry, but I'm not drinking this Kool-Aid.

What everyone is saying is that the trailer, which received an extreme amount of positive buzz, gave Fox the confidence they needed to go back and do these reshoots. That may be true, but I again question why this isn't something they thought about earlier. Fox really thought a Wolverine movie wouldn't be a big hit? They've got to be kidding me! As much as I'm hoping that X-Men Origins: Wolverine does turn out to be the gritty, badass Wolverine movie we've all wanted to see ever since Hugh Jackman unleashed his claws in X-Men in 2001, I've got a feeling this isn't going to be it. And it's not Gavin Hood's fault. We know exactly who to blame - the very same studio that tried to scoop up Watchmen.

[ReggaetonSalsero]

Originally Posted by jasonbird

Here's hoping the final product is good



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Wow man, this crap BLOWSSSSSSSSSSSSS!! I don't like how they took alpha flight and changed it around to put some xmen in it. I can't see it being that difficult to keep it original without loosing the crowd.

[ixlegitballinxl]

at least they are going back to fix the bad scenes lol

[STARSCREAM]

Ohhhhhhhhh boy. They better not F this movie up!

[aygie]

Re-shoots are probably the worst sign for a movie. I hope they turn it around, this was looking great.

[Penitus]

Fire Rothman!

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ixlegitballinxl

at least they are going back to fix the bad scenes lol

or make them worse

[Twankies08]

That pic makes him look like he's changing into
the Incredible Hulk lol

[xtop]

oh dear..reshoots are not good

[Moefiz]

I just saw the preview for this last night.Its does look good.

What type of reshoots are they planning on doing...

[fletchlives]

Last movie I remember they said was going into a reshoot to add a new scene was Star Wars Episode II. We all know how that turned out.

I'm hoping for the best because I really want to see a good Wolverine movie.

[C_Doc]

Originally Posted by Twankies08

That pic makes him look like he's changing into
the Incredible Hulk lol

Hmmmm. Maybe that's what the reshoots are about: Wolverine vs. The Hulk

[naturephoto1]

Sure hope they get this right.

Rich

[Red Hood]

thought the trailer looked terrible to begin with

[fighthefutureofhd]

i thought the trailer rocked. it was one of the best i've seen for movies this year. i think this has a chance at being of the best comic book films of all time. if not the best. i am starting to get more excited for this than i was for the dark knight.

[Blu Titan]

I have high hopes for the movie and improving some of the scenes is not a bad idea at all. It clearly shows that Fox is expecting big things from the movie or they will not even consider the great expense associated with reshooting some scenes in Canada.

[JUDGEMENT 4400]

Boycott Fox?

[assydingo]

The trailer showed potential. I believe the movie itself probably had a few weak parts and hopefully those will be fixed.

[neos_peace]

potential is right.

[kdn1221]

As long as all they are doing is improving weak parts, it might be alright. The concern that I have is that they will screw up the movie. When studios start getting directly involved with the shooting of a movie, they usually f*** it up. Studios suits are bean counters that don't have any clue about the subject material. As far as Richard Donner is concerned, some of his work are good but some are not as good. The Donner cut of Superman II was less coherent and not as interesting as the theatrical version.