

Here's a breakdown of every canceled mutant movie, and why they didn't happen. Of course, the House of Mouse isn't the only reason certain X-Men projects will never see the light of day. Sadly, that's no longer happening: thanks to Disney's acquisition of Fox's movie and TV assets in 2019, the X-Men are now being absorbed into and likely rebooted for the MCU, leaving no small amount of developing Fox films to remain unmade. Related: X-Men 2000 Was The First True Marvel Movie (But Its Legacy Is Spoiled) The upcoming (if perennially delayed) New Mutants was set to take them even further by opening the door into the realms of horror and psychological thriller territory. Fox's X-Men movies became particularly ambitious after that, with the Deadpool films and Logan breaking new ground when it comes to tone and genre. The series continued to push the envelope for comic book adaptations from there with subsequent sequels, spinoffs, and even prequels, including the time-traveling crossover Days of Future Past in 2014.


It was the live-action movies that helped usher in the modern era of superhero blockbusters and paved the way for the MCU, beginning with the first X-Men in 2000. It's little surprise, then, the X-Men have proven successful in multiple mediums, including Fox's live-action film adaptations and the beloved X-Men cartoon series from the 1990s. Perhaps more than any other comic book characters, the mutant superheroes speak to the experiences of the marginalized and those find themselves prejudiced against by society, making them accessible to a wide variety of people. Created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in 1963, X-Men has gone on to become one of most popular Marvel properties of all time. The nudity talk starts at 6:30 in the interview below.Here's every unmade X-Men movie, and why they were canceled. Logan, which is billed as Jackman’s final time playing Wolverine, has earned more than $525 million worldwide. “It’s just like college,” he said.Īs for the full-frontal, but blurred scene of Wolverine going down a waterfall, Jackman told Stern that was all digital.Īnd, because it is Howard Stern, of course, Jackman was asked about his size. Jackman said he was offered a cover for his area while shooting, but passed. “So, I got frames of film, and I am looking, going, ‘OK, hello!'” “When we finished the film, my wrap gift from the director was a bag which had all the film cut off with my dick in it, ” Jackman said. He said there were shots in which you could clearly see his penis, but those weren’t the ones chosen for the film. “You’re not afraid to show your penis on film, are you?” Stern asked Jackman, who shook his head no, adding “the only problem is the PG-13 rating, because…,” Jackman trailed off.
