Once upon a time, Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron were teaming up for an X-Men movie that would never see the light of day.
The Big Picture In 2000, the very first live-action X-Men movie hit theaters around the globe. Though not solely responsible for the explosion of comic book movies in the 21st century, the major box office haul of this title did redefine what kind of success Marvel adaptations could achieve. Suddenly, a whole new world of comic book movies was opening up…though there was once the potential for this explosion to happen even sooner.
The potential of this prospective film was exacerbated by how it involved a filmmaker associated with some of the biggest blockbusters of the 1980s. None other than James Cameron, fresh off helming The Terminator and Aliens, was producing this prospective X-Men motion picture. He was also bringing his production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, onboard to the movie while Near Dark helmer Kathryn Bigelow was attached to direct.
It didn’t hurt that the film was beginning to put together a potentially interesting cast. While nobody was ever officially signed on, Angela Bassett was looked at for Storm. Perhaps most interesting in its potential cast, though, was the idea of Bob Hoskins as Wolverine. Anyone who’s ever felt Hugh Jackman was too tall for the part would’ve doubtlessly been pleased as punch with Hoskins lending his trademark gruff demeanor to the character.
At this point, the film rights to the X-Men were now at Carolco Pictures, which had been set to work on the film alongside Lightstorm Entertainment . It's easy to imagine a version of this tale where Carolco simply decided to move on and get another filmmaker to tackle this property. Unfortunately, throughout the early 1990s, Carolco Pictures had tons of financial hardships that limited how many big-budget movies, like the proposed X-Men feature, it could green-light.
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