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Joss Whedon

Cinescape Poll : Whedon is top choice for X-men 3 movie

Monday 2 August 2004, by cally

With Bryan Singer off to direct the new SUPERMAN movie, who should 20th Century Fox go after to direct X-MEN 3?

Rob Bowman (ELEKTRA) 2%

James Cameron (TITANIC) 14%

Guillermo del Toro (HELLBOY) 14%

David Goyer (BLADE: TRINITY) 6%

Alex Proyas (I, ROBOT) 7%

Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR) 9%

The Wachowski brothers (The MATRIX trilogy) 8%

Joss Whedon (SERENITY) 37%

7 Forum messages

> Cinescape Poll : Whedon is top choice for X-men 3 movie
2 August 2004 23:12, by Spage

YES! Joss! Definitely! There’s no one more perfect for the job!
> Cinescape Poll : Whedon is top choice for X-men 3 movie
3 August 2004 02:17, by Gonzalo

Joss is the man! All directors hail to Joss!
> Cinescape Poll : Whedon is top choice for X-men 3 movie
3 August 2004 02:47, by Anonymous

Yes!!! he will be super perfect for the job, he loves x-men world and he can toy with it like a master. just let him finish the firefly movie first.
> Cinescape Poll : Whedon is top choice for X-men 3 movie
3 August 2004 20:28, by Ennie

Oh man, that’d be awesome. Go Joss!
> Cinescape Poll : Whedon is top choice for X-men 3 movie
3 August 2004 20:31, by Eddie

Absolutely, there is just no one else for the job, except sam raimi but he’s busy with spidey.
> Cinescape Poll : Whedon is top choice for X-men 3 movie
4 August 2004 07:02, by Anonymous

Do we really want Joss to do a mainstream project? The X-Men franchise has been set up for years; the movies have a clear rhythm. He wouldn’t be able to do much with it. I’d rather have him create something original, something mythic. It doesn’t have to be Buffyverse, though that would be nice. But not something with an already established cast and objective.
> Cinescape Poll : Whedon is top choice for X-men 3 movie
10 August 2004 01:36, by Lia

HELL YES! I completely agree! Joss would kick ass with the X-Men franchise.