X-Men 3 is not Marvel’s most popular feature film. But despite its fairly average AlloCiné rating (3.3 out of 5 for audiences and 2.9 for press), X-Men: The Last Stand still earned $460.4 million worldwide.
That said, no one wanted to do it after Bryan Singer, the director of the first two films in the Marvel saga, slammed the door, bringing the writers of X-Men 2 with him, and the trio began what would become. Superman returns. The Fox studio finds itself in the deep end, turning to Darren Aronofsky, who recently made a name for himself with The Fountain, already with Hugh Jackman. He refuses.
Joss Whedon, the writer of Marvel’s X-Men comics, had already been approached, but then he made a Wonder Woman movie (which would never see the light of day) and opted to go to DC instead. However, a few years later he was hired by Marvel to produce The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Fox, which has renewed the actors’ contracts, is trying to move the film forward quickly so that renegotiations are not futile. Rob Bowman (Elektra) is being considered as Peter Berg, who refuses to leave Kingdom (he deconstructs the superhero genre in Hancock two years later), while Alex Proyas, who has also been approached, says no because of his disagreements. Fox producers on I, Robot.
Matthew Vaughn is hired but bangs on the door
Magneto is not happy
Zack Snyder was approached but declined as he is already committed to the peplum 300, as is Guillermo del Toro, busy with Pan’s Labyrinth. However, in early June 2005, the director finally signed on: Matthew Vaughn!
The latter directly attacks the castings, but eventually leaves the project, officially because the film was going to take him too much time away from his family. This is undoubtedly one of the reasons, but here is another, which he It was revealed recently :
“I went into one of the producers’ offices and there was a much thicker script for X-Men 3. I asked where it came from and they said, ‘Don’t worry.’ I said, ‘I’m the director.’ Tell me what it is.’ (…).“

Halle Berry (Tornado) and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine)
“I grab it, open it on the first page and it says: “Africa. The scene with the tornado. Children die from lack of water. He creates a storm and saves all these children. “Not bad,” I say, repeating my question to myself, and they say, “It’s Halle Berry’s script, don’t worry, that’s because she hasn’t signed it yet.”
The producer then explains that this rescue scene in Africa, which Halle Berry demanded as a condition of being in the film, is only there to trick her, and that the script will be thrown in the trash as soon as she signs off. Vaughan did not like the method and left the project after a week of employment.
A week later, the studio will finally make the final choice on Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon), who was considered to direct the first X-Men in 2000. He will be the director of the 3rd opus, before Matthew Vaughn. Called X-Men: The Beginning, a prequel to the original saga.
Source: Allocine

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