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Mike Dougherty Explains How He Would've Written X-Men 3

2 hours ago | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

You're probably wondering why I'm writing about X-Men 3 some three years or so after it first came out. Well, despite making some $234 million a the box office, most comic book fans hated the movie, claiming it was a huge let down and that they butchered the Dark Phoenix storyline. Well, you may have also heard the name Mike Dougherty recently, and that's because he directed the cult horror hit Trick 'r Treat (buy the DVD). But before he directed that, he worked closely with Bryan Singer and is credited as one of the writers on X2. He even helped brainstorm an entire story for X-Men 3 with Singer that never got used. But what if? This was never supposed to be heard by anyone besides Bryan Singer, but Dougherty recently appeared on the /Filmcast After Dark and started talking about it after he was asked what he thought of ... »

- Alex Billington

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McMahon, Cox Are Ready for 'Red'

22 hours ago | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

It seems every time I turn around, someone new gets added to the upcoming comic book adaptation Red. Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John C. Reilly, and Mary-Louise Parker were previously cast in the Bruce Willis vehicle, to be directed by Robert Schwentke.

They will further be joined by Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss and Brian Cox, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog. McMahon will play the Vice-President who is responsible for ordering the killing of a former CIA agent (Willis’ character), while veteran actor Borgnine’s part has been described as "the keeper of the CIA’s darkest secrets." As for Dreyfuss and Cox, they will play a wealthy man who made a fortune on government contracts, and a Cold War spy who has a rivalry with the main protagonist, respectively.

McMahon played Doctor Doom in the Fantastic Four movies, which were also based on comic books. »

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Red adds Julian McMahon, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Ernest Borgnine

13 November 2009 6:59 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Summit's adaptation of the DC/Wildstorm comic book miniseries Red is adding four new cast members.

Julian McMahon (who played Doctor Doom in the Fantastic Four films), Brian Cox (the villainous Stryker in X2: X-Men United), Richard Dreyfuss and film and TV veteran Ernest Borgnine (pictured) are in negotiations to join the film, according to Heat Vision.

Red was a three-book series in 2003 and 2004, which was written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Cully Hamner.

It tells the story of a former black-ops CIA agent (played by Bruce Willis) living a quiet life in retirement until hi-tech assassins are ordered to kill him for knowing too much.

McMahon would play a Vice President with a dark side who is at the center of a shadow conspiracy; Cox is a former Cold War spy and nemesis of Willis; Dreyfuss will be a wealthy man who builds a fortune out of lucrative »

- David Bentley

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Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss And Brian Cox In Talks To Join 'Red'

13 November 2009 5:32 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

The adaptation of Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner’s “Red” could be adding some additional Hollywood star power to its already impressive cast with Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss and Brian Cox.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, McMahon would portray the Vice President who is at the center of the conspiracy to kill a former CIA agent (played by Bruce Willis). Borgnine would be the keeper of the CIA’s darkest secrets while Dreyfuss is up for the role of a wealthy man who made his fortune on government contracts. Cox would be a former Cold War spy and a rival to Willis’ character.

Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker have already been cast in “Red” or are also in negotiations to sign up.

McMahon and Cox have both been in major comic book movies before as Doctor Doom in the “Fantastic Four” film series »

- Blair Marnell

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tMF Featured Trailer: Dare with Emmy Rossum and Zach Gilford!

12 November 2009 2:03 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

How could I possibly missed this? You should watch the trailer for Dare - Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera, Day After Tomorrow) is awesome! Also watch out for Rooney Mara, she's also in Tanner Hall and Youth in Revolt.

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- - - About the Movie: Emmy Rossum (The Day After Tomorrow), Zach Gilford (TV's Friday Night Lights) and Ashley Springer (Teeth) head up a stellar cast including Ana Gasteyer (Mean Girls), Rooney Mara (A Nightmare on Elm Street), comedienne Sandra Bernhard (TV's Roseanne) and Alan Cumming (X2: X-Men United) in this captivating story of high school seniors at the crossroads of their adult lives.

When a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa (Rossum) that she hasn't lived, she embarks on a bold journey that takes her to mysterious bad boy Johnny (Gilford). Envious, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Featured Trailer: Dare with Emmy Rossum and Zach Gilford!

12 November 2009 2:03 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

How could I possibly missed this? You should watch the trailer for Dare - Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera, Day After Tomorrow) is awesome! Also watch out for Rooney Mara, she's also in Tanner Hall and Youth in Revolt.

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- - - About the Movie: Emmy Rossum (The Day After Tomorrow), Zach Gilford (TV's Friday Night Lights) and Ashley Springer (Teeth) head up a stellar cast including Ana Gasteyer (Mean Girls), Rooney Mara (A Nightmare on Elm Street), comedienne Sandra Bernhard (TV's Roseanne) and Alan Cumming (X2: X-Men United) in this captivating story of high school seniors at the crossroads of their adult lives.

When a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa (Rossum) that she hasn't lived, she embarks on a bold journey that takes her to mysterious bad boy Johnny (Gilford). Envious, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Featured Trailer: Dare with Emmy Rossum and Zach Gilford!

12 November 2009 2:03 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

How could I possibly missed this? You should watch the trailer for Dare - Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera, Day After Tomorrow) is awesome! Also watch out for Rooney Mara, she's also in Tanner Hall and Youth in Revolt.

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- - - About the Movie: Emmy Rossum (The Day After Tomorrow), Zach Gilford (TV's Friday Night Lights) and Ashley Springer (Teeth) head up a stellar cast including Ana Gasteyer (Mean Girls), Rooney Mara (A Nightmare on Elm Street), comedienne Sandra Bernhard (TV's Roseanne) and Alan Cumming (X2: X-Men United) in this captivating story of high school seniors at the crossroads of their adult lives.

When a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa (Rossum) that she hasn't lived, she embarks on a bold journey that takes her to mysterious bad boy Johnny (Gilford). Envious, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Featured Trailer: Dare with Emmy Rossum and Zach Gilford!

12 November 2009 2:03 AM, PST | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

How could I possibly missed this? You should watch the trailer for Dare - Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera, Day After Tomorrow) is awesome! Also watch out for Rooney Mara, she's also in Tanner Hall and Youth in Revolt.

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- - - More about the movie and the trailer after the jump!

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- - - About the Movie: Emmy Rossum (The Day After Tomorrow), Zach Gilford (TV's Friday Night Lights) and Ashley Springer (Teeth) head up a stellar cast including Ana Gasteyer (Mean Girls), Rooney Mara (A Nightmare on Elm Street), comedienne Sandra Bernhard (TV's Roseanne) and Alan Cumming (X2: X-Men United) in this captivating story of high school seniors at the crossroads of their adult lives.

When a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa (Rossum) that she hasn't lived, she embarks on a bold journey that takes her to mysterious bad boy Johnny (Gilford). Envious, »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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X-Men: The Last Stand: What Could Have Been

10 November 2009 1:45 PM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

Brett Ratner is tired of defending his directorial work in X-Men: The Last Stand, but fans continue to wonder what might have been if Bryan Singer had finished his X-Men trilogy, instead of defecting to Superman Returns. Michael Dougherty, the screenwriter for X2: X-Men United who joined Singer's defection, explained his ideas for X3 to Slashfilm in a recent podcast (transcribed by TheGeekFiles).

You found out was that Phoenix [(Famke Janssen)] was going round the world taking things into her own hands and that she had basically returned as a god, which they did in X3. She had viewed herself as above the conflict, that she was here to end things on her terms, she was sick of the fighting and she was going to take things into her own hands and she did not give a s**t what the X-Men or the Brotherhood had to say about it.

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- Ryan Gowland

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'X2' Screenwriter Describes The 'X-Men 3' He And Bryan Singer Would Have Made

10 November 2009 7:01 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

Several fans have wondered what "X-Men: The Last Stand" would've looked like with Bryan Singer at the helm as opposed to eventual director Brett Ratner, particularly after the latter filmmaker's recent comments towards his detractors. Well, wonder no more.

In an interview with Slash Film (as transcribed by The Geek Files), "X2: X-Men United" screenwriter Michael Dougherty described his and Singer's unused plans for "X-Men 3."

According to the writer, the film would have focused on Jean Grey's transformation into the Phoenix, albeit much differently than the version ultimately seen in "The Last Stand."

"You found out was that Phoenix was going round the world taking things into her own hands and that she had basically returned as a god," described the screenwriter. "She had viewed herself as above the conflict, that she was here to end things on her terms, she was sick of the fighting and she was going »

- Josh Wigler

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X2 scribe Michael Dougherty details his vision for X-Men 3

9 November 2009 4:59 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Screenwriter Michael Dougherty has given more details about the ideas he had suggested to Bryan Singer for the third X-Men movie.

Dougherty co-wrote Singer's highly-regarded X2: X-Men United with Dan Harris before all three left the mutant movie series to make Superman Returns.

Fox then hired writers Zak Penn and Simon Kinberg and director Brett Ratner and the result was 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand.

A year ago, I reported on a book called Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy From Comics to Screen, which included some of Dougherty's ideas for an alternative version of the third film. (Click here to read that earlier article).

Now, in a new interview on Slashfilm to promote the DVD and Blu-ray release of Halloween-themed anthology Trick 'r Treat (pictured), his first directing effort, Dougherty has elaborated on what he wanted to do in the third X-movie had he stayed with the franchise. He speaks on a podcast, »

- David Bentley

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X-Men 3: What could have been

9 November 2009 1:43 PM, PST | Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news »

If on May 26th 2006 you walked out after seeing X-Men: The Last Stand and thought “well that was disappointing, I wonder what the film would have been like if Bryan Singer directed” then you’re in luck! As 3 years on, your question has finally been answered. Sort of. Michael Dougherty, writer of X2 and director [...] »

- Liam

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Buzz Break: Hot Larva

9 November 2009 12:45 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

· Look closely at the top of that mushroom and you'll see the Alan Rickman-voiced Caterpillar from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, which had been absent from marketing materials until now.

· The new Weinstein Co. trailer of A Single Man may have been de-gayed, but at least The Advocate is serving up a story of Ford's first blowjob.

· In a talk with Slashfilm, X2 writer Michael Dougherty shared his thoughts on what a Ratner-less X-Men 3 could have been.

· Sorry, Bad Movies We Love fans: The Aeon Flux Blu-Ray appears to have been canceled.

· Eminem is set to star in the 3D film Shady Talez. Very lucky that the rapper managed to find financiers who've collectively lived in a cave since 2004. »

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Diy Marvel Mutant: X-Men Fan Creates Wrist-Mounted Flamethrower

4 November 2009 1:02 PM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

Yeah, so file this one under "Don't Try This At Home," kids. Self-professed X-Men fan Everett Bradford recently posted video of a wrist-mounted flamethrower he created to mimic the powers of Pyro, the Marvel mutant created in the '80s by Chris Claremont and John Byrne.

Able to manipulate flame and hurl it around in much the same way Bobby "Iceman" Drake handles the frozen stuff, Pyro made an appearance in both "X2: X-Men United" and "X-Men: The Last Stand," played by Aaron Stanford. In the case of Bradford's real-life "Prometheus Device," however, the wearer is able to generate large bursts of flame from an assembly that wraps around one's wrist and forearm (sorta like Spider-Man's web-shooters).

According to Bradford's YouTube site, it took him eight months to build the device—but I can't help wondering how much it cost him in burn cream and bandages, too. Owch!

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- Rick Marshall

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DVD Round Up, Oct. 30, 2009: ‘Sauna,’ ‘The Tournament,’ ‘The Butcher’

30 October 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Many editions of the DVD Round-Up have featured a different genre and focus for each title within it. This week seems a little more thematically linked as we have a trio of foreign horror films and a few more independent films than usual. Of course, there has to a holiday comedy to spice things up.

Consider this column informational with synopsis, tech specs, and special features info for titles that might go otherwise unnoticed, but if you’re looking for more critical opinion, we covered “Sauna” when it played at the EU Film Fest, “Medicine For Melancholy” when it was available on IFC Direct, and “Nothing Like the Holidays” when it played in theaters.

“P” and “The Tournament” were released on October 20th, 2009

“The Butcher,” “Medicine For Melancholy,” “Nothing Like the Holidays,” and “Sauna” were released on October 27th, 2009

“Nothing Like the Holidays”

Photo credit: Anchor Bay

Synopsis: “John Leguizamo (Ice Age, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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/Filmcast Ep. 73 - Antichrist (Guest: Mike Dougherty, Director of Trick ‘r Treat)

27 October 2009 9:19 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley assess the state of the current vampire craze, praise the works of Shane Black, take another look at Paranormal Activity, and discuss the positives and negatives of storing movies in the cloud. Special guest Mike Dougherty joins us for this episode. Mike Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat is out now on Blu-Ray/DVD and available on Amazon/iTunes/Netflix too. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(At)gmail(Dot)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us next Monday at 10 Pm Est / 7 Pm Pst at Slashfilm's live page as we review A Serious Man. Download or Play Now in your Browser: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/slashfilmcast/Slashfilmcastep73.mp3] Subscribe to the /Filmcast: Shownotes Introduction (00:44) Mike Dougherty, director of Trick 'r Treat and writer of X2/Superman Returns What We've Been Watching David Chen (04:48): Breaking Bad: Season 2 Michael Dougherty (11:31): Paranormal Activity, »

- David Chen

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Claws for concern? A Blu-ray review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine

25 October 2009 6:00 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK last Monday, 20th Century Fox's X-Men Origins: Wolverine has already broken records for disc sales in the USA.

Over the past week, I've been steadily working my way through the Blu-ray with its hours of bonus features.

Wolverine has been a somewhat controversial project. There were persistent rumours of production troubles; an unfinished version of the movie was leaked online a month before its cinema release; and when it did come out, it was clawed by critics and received mostly negative reviews.

Some have said the DNA of the 20th Century Fox franchise has mutated into a mess or even a monstrosity.

So what's it like? Is this a Blu-ray worth adding to your collection? Well, let's find out...

The Story

The film tells the backstory of Hugh Jackman's character, a man with superhuman healing powers which enable him to survive »

- David Bentley

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Trick 'R TREATing with Michael Dougherty

24 October 2009 10:29 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

At the 2009 Big Apple Comic Con, horror movie enthusiasts were treated with the screening of writer/director Michael Dougherty’s anthology film, Trick R Treat. After the screening, the filmmaker answered numerous questions from the audience.

The history of Sam, the film’s mysterious protagonist wearing a burlap pumpkin mask, began as a hand-drawn character Dougherty made himself. Sam was then brought to life in his animated short film, Season’S Greetings. After placing the same individual in other stories, Dougherty finally established Sam in his feature film, which would serve as a tribute to the 80’s horror movies that mixed comedy and scares.

An inquisitive audience member asked Dougherty why the film was in development hell for so long. He responded by explaining that his work was considered a weird movie for the studio. The movie did test well with viewers in screenings, but it was not enough to build the studio’s confidence. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Jorge Solis)

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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: October 20, 2009

20 October 2009 2:44 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

DVD Links: DVD News | Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen I know I shouldn't be surprised the Blu-ray, 2-disc DVD and single-disc DVD are the numbers 1, 2 and 3 best-sellers at Amazon this week, but for some reason I would have thought all the negative talk about this film surrounding its release would have discouraged folks to throw to down their hard-earned cash to endure this pummeling one more time. However, I can say it is nice to see prices on Blu-rays are dropping slightly, so much to the point the Blu-ray edition of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is actually $3 less than the 2-disc DVD, at only $19.99. That's all I really have to say about this one. Monsoon Wedding (Criterion Collection) I just reviewed the Blu-ray edition of this one (read that here) and was really impressed with the entire package, which not only includes Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, »

- Brad Brevet

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X-Men and Deadpool Updates from Producer

19 October 2009 8:07 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

Empire Magazine had the chance to sit down with X-Men producer Lauren Shuler-Donner about the upcoming origin stories, prequels, and spin-offs coming from Marvel’s mutant world.

Shuler-Donner confirms Hugh Jackman will be headed to Japan to shoot on location for X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2, or whatever the title will eventually be.  The comic book storyline centers on the clawed mutant falling for Mariko Yashida, the heiress to the Yakuza crime family.

“Wolverine will be fighting in a different style to what we’ve seen before,” she said, indicating a battle between him and Mariko’s father, Shingen Yashida.  It will involve “samurai, ninja, katana blades, different forms of martial arts — mano-a-mano, extreme fighting.” This plot also suggests a possible showdown with mutant supervillain Silver Samurai, but maybe I’m just stretching it.  After all, who doesn’t want to see mutant ninjas?

The producer also spoke about X-Men: First Class, »

- Jeff Leins

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