Dark Horizons got the 411 from Lauren-Shuler Donner on the much-talked about third movie in the X-Men trilogy. Among topics discussed Donner mentioned she hoped for a Summer 2005 release date, hints of Gambit and Beast, Dark Phoenix will be in and Iceman (Ashmore) is back, and maybe a Storm movie. Get the full story here.
Also SCI-FI Wire with Ian McKellen at the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King premiere in Los Angeles and McKellen mentioned some emails he sent, “I e-mailed [Singer] and said, ‘Are you making number three, and am I going to be in it?’ And I sent the same thing off to the writers [Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and David Hayter]. And positive replies came back. So I’ve made sure Bryan’s got a ticket for tonight, and Michael Dougherty’s got a ticket for tonight. So I’m doing my best. Here I am in Hollywood, I’m working the system.”
