X-Men 3 Wasn’t That Bad
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
by Tony
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Avi Arad Leaves Marvel
Former CEO of ToyBiz, Avi Arad became head of Marvel Studios after several mergers and buyouts that helped Marvel Comics get out of bankruptcy back in the later 1990s. Marvel Studios became a viable sources for many blockbuster movies such as the Spider-Man movies and the X-Men movies.
Press release courtesy of Ain’t It Cool News
NEW YORK–May 31, 2006–Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL), a global character-based entertainment and licensing company, today announced that the company has entered into a new arrangement with Avi Arad to independently produce films for Marvel under his own production company banner, Avi Arad Productions. In this new capacity, Mr. Arad will remain actively involved in Marvel’s upcoming film slate, including Iron Man and Hulk, the first two films anticipated to be financed and produced by Marvel under its new film financing slate. Mr. Arad will also remain attached to produce various licensed productions, including the upcoming Spider-Man 3, scheduled for release next year, and subsequent sequels. Consistent with this restructuring, Mr. Arad is resigning from his corporate positions as Chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios, Chief Creative Officer of Marvel and a Marvel director, but will continue to serve as Creative Advisor for Marvel through the remainder of 2006.
2 Comments
G
June 2nd, 2006
at 1:33am
I agree … X-Men 3 wasn’t that bad – in fact I thoroughly enjoyed this sequel. It had what I go to these movies to see – ACTION. Being a Halle Berry / Storm fan, I was especially glad that Storm got more action in this movie (emotional and physical). Although I didn’t care for the haircut … I think X2 was closest to what I expected for the character.
That being said, I did think however that the story was a messy hodge-podge of themes, story arcs, icons and mutants lifted from the comics.
- The Sentinel used in the training room
- Angel
- Dark Pheonix
- Rogue
- The deaths of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Prof Xavier
- The return of Prof Xavier
There’s more but I cant think right now … its 2am. But point is this move was chock full of alot of things. Clearly we were trying to give everybody a story line and squeeze in as many mutants as possible – even if we didnt really have the time to fully utilize them. I enjoyed the movie tho … it had plenty action to keep me cheering.
reggie
June 3rd, 2006
at 4:28pm
i agree with all that you said. do you think there will be an x men 4? it did so well at the box office…i just wonder howl long they will keep up with the song and dance that this is the last x-men
hey tony…what type of frat are u in..is it a gay frat that does service projects. i’m not being funny i just wanted to know.