The world of movie blogging went through great pains to turn a non-story into something big, even though the source for said story was a dog. Earlier today Ain’t It Cool News quoted a source named Asta the Wonder Dog saying Bryan Singer‘s X-Men: Days of Future Past (Fox; 5/23/14) would be released in 48fps. Interpreting a series of barks into words, Ain’t It Cool’s source said:
X:DoFP was shot in HFR and will be released in 48fps. The filmmakers played coy because of the negative reaction to the technology when the Hobbit film was released, but love the results and will be standing behind a theatrical release in high frame rate.
Unfortunately, the story appears to be untrue. Didn’t we learn anything from Spike Lee’s Summer of Sam?
[amz asin=”B0009GX1C4″ size=”small”]Variety got in touch with the studio and writes that Fox “isn’t sure where the rumor came from but insists the story is completely false.”
I guess they didn’t read close enough, the source was Asta the Wonder Dog, you know, from The Thin Man films. I swear, studio execs need to watch more classic films.
Meanwhile, while Asta is dropping scoops, I can exclusively report my dog, Luke Brevet, has officially begun negotiations to take over for Charlie Hunnam as Christan Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey. He won’t show me the script, but he tells me based on what he’s read and what he would have to do, he won’t sign for less than eight figures.
Here is a photo from his audition.
