Avi Arad Chief Creative Officer for Marvel Entertainment Group recently had a webcast Conference. On the webcast he has much to say about upcoming
films from Marvel Studios.
X-MEN 3: (Paraphrasing) "Going to the future...we are feverishly working on X-MEN! The cast is IN. We will shortly announce the director. This
week was active, because everyone was in this week for Oscar. Our choices are very interesting. X-Men is a drama, and we want to get it right for X3.
An announcement will come very soon!"

I'm a fan of the first 2 movies I hope the third one doesn't wreck anything.
More Nightcrawler, More Colossus and a good script will make me happy.
PUNISHER 2: A script is finished. They did bad in the box-office, because of KILL BILL 2, said Arad

Funny I thought Punisher did bad because it was slammed by movie critics for being too violent. The first movie did quite good actually if you look at
how small the budget was.
SUB MARINER: "It's STAR WARS, under water. It's our version of the TERMINATOR."

The Sub Mariner is a arrogant (yet likable) hero. A under water like this is hard to sell I think. I'd like to see him laugh at the military as their
bullets bounce off of him. Seriously the guy has a huge ego, its quite funny.
LUKE CAGE: They wanted Jamie Foxx for the project, before his Oscar win. Now he's not sure if they could get him, but said they might find
"the next Jamie Foxx".

Jamie Foxx ?!? Are you kidding me? You may as well cast Steve Urkle as Luke Cage. Come on Cage is huge! He is not a little guy. This is a role that
needs to be played by a new comer to Hollywood. I can't think of any existing actors that would suit the role.
DAREDEVIL 2: "Daredevil's going to take a rest."

Good, the already told the best Daredevil story and screwed it up. Let him sleep in for good.
HULK 2: "Active development."

The only thing I liked about the first Hulk movie was watching Hulk smash stuff. I like Ang Lee but he should not of been the director for the Hulk.
Maybe Hulk should take a rest too.
FANTASTIC FOUR: The "feel good movie of the Summer." There's supposed to be a presentation and premiere of new footage at the Showest
Convention.

I am actually looking forward to seeing this movie. I didn't think Fantastic Four could make a watchable movie. After watching the trailer I've
changed my mind.
I'd love to hear your comment on what Avi Arad had to say too. I'm sure my opinions must conflict with some peoples.
Edit: Forgot the link.
www.superherohype.com...
[edit on 2/3/2005 by Umbrax]