Mark Millar Teases Big Announcement From Fox; Confirms He Has Now Spoken To Bryan Singer

Fox Creative Consultant Mark Millar confirms that he has now spoken to X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer and hints at a big announcement from the studio sometime over the course of the next few months. Hit the jump for more!

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By Josh Wilding - 3/18/2013

After inaccurate reports made it appear as if Mark Millar wasn't involved with X-Men: Days of Future Past (despite being appointed Fox's Creative Consultant on their upcoming Marvel movies), the comic book writer has now taken to his Millarworld Forums to set the record straight once and for all. In the following post, Millar confirms that he has finally spoken to director Bryan Singer about the movie and reveals that he will be taking on a far larger role in the Fox's upcoming comic book movie slate over the next few months. As for what the mysterious announcement is that he mentions, be sure to sound off with your thoughts and theories in the usual place!

What an immensely nice dude that guy is!

As a producer on Kick-Ass 2, I've not been in LA since Sept when Fox flew me out to sit with the insanely-clever writer Simon Kinberg and the Fox execs to chat X-men back when Matthew was still directing. But Kick-Ass 2 is pretty much done now and so my beady-eye can move back towards the Fox stuff again. There's a very exciting announcement you guys will hear about over the coming months (if not before), but the most immediate things the office is talking about are Days of Future Past and The Wolverine, both of which I'm absolutely aching to see. I saw the first 10 mins of Jim's Wolvie when I was out there last September. I'm out again next month and will have the pleasure of seeing a very near final cut too.

Days of Future-Past is potentially the biggest and most ambitious superhero movie ever made. I've seen this coming together in various stages, but now they're only weeks away from shooting it's really catching fire. I'll catch Bry in person before he heads to Montreal next month when I'm seeing Wolvie and we can chat a little more about the Fox grand plan. A very, very exciting time to be into this stuff, especially when you consider that the brilliant Josh Trank has Fantastic Four lined up for 2015. You don't know how lucky you are - when I was a kid Nicholas Hammond was playing Spidey on a visible wire!!

STARRING:

James McAvoy as Charles Xavier
Michael Fassbender as Magneto
Nicholas Hoult as Beast
Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier
Ian McKellen as Magneto
Shawn Ashmore as Iceman
Anna Paquin as Rogue
Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde

RELEASE DATE: July 17th, 2014.

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	Theodora - 3/18/2013, 3:02 PM Login to report abuse they're selling all film rights to Marvel and Disney and X-Men and Spiderman will join up with The Avengers to defeat Thanos in the sequel. Just a guess
	BruceLeroy - 3/18/2013, 3:03 PM Login to report abuse They're probably going to officially announce their bootleg cinematic universe.
	Theodora - 3/18/2013, 3:05 PM Login to report abuse and coming 2016, Marvels The Avengers, joined by X-Men, Spiderman, travel to space to defeat Thanos who has teamed up with Shi'ar empire, with the help of the Gurdians of the Galaxy, and Han Solo and crew!
	95 - 3/18/2013, 3:07 PM Login to report abuse F4 / X-Men Crossover: The Coming Of Galactus.
	TheBeard - 3/18/2013, 3:07 PM Login to report abuse Its been said here already, but unless MARVEL is getting the rights back then i dont give a shit.
	sephiroth211 - 3/18/2013, 3:08 PM Login to report abuse To answer another users question...no, I am not excited. That is a sad fact.
	JerBear - 3/18/2013, 3:10 PM Login to report abuse "Days of Future-Past is potentially the biggest and most ambitious superhero movie ever made." If it wasn't being handled by FOX I could believe that.
	marvel72 - 3/18/2013, 3:12 PM Login to report abuse looking forward to the wolverine(that could change after viewing the trailer)x-men days of future past & the fantastic four,i just don't think a shared universe between the x-men & fantastic four can work. two different types of comic book worlds,the avengers & x-men would work so would the avengers & fantastic four. x-men & fantastic four(shaking head side to side)afraid not.
	Crossbones - 3/18/2013, 3:12 PM Login to report abuse JerBear: it's a X-Men movie helmed by Bryan Singer. I can believe it. Personally, I'm intersted in seeing the Fox CBM cinematic universe. But, I won't be excited until I see if Fantastic Four is good or not. The previous movies were okay. The reboot though has tons of potential.
	Rhysno1 - 3/18/2013, 3:14 PM Login to report abuse Nobody cares FOX
	Jer3miah - 3/18/2013, 3:14 PM Login to report abuse Avengers was the most ambitious. FOX couldn't top that in their best day.
	ToTheManInTheColdSweat - 3/18/2013, 3:16 PM Login to report abuse lmbo, this mother[frick]er still pretending he matters at fox. bitchs got less clearance than the janitor.
	SlaveMasterFlexXx - 3/18/2013, 3:16 PM Login to report abuse I knew he hadn't been involved since Vaughn was in board but srsly it's like he did absolutely nothing with The Wolverine & DOFP. For the Millarworld movies the only one that would have my interest is Nemesis. The announcement is most likely F4 news but I just want Deadpool greenlit.
	Luminus - 3/18/2013, 3:17 PM Login to report abuse @marvel72: That makes no sense whatsoever. They originate from the same world and their powers can't be differentiated from mutant abilities.
	OrgasmicPotatoe - 3/18/2013, 3:18 PM Login to report abuse I can't say I'm excited about tis Fox grand plan. But we haven'T seen aything about it either, so really, who can be excited anyway ? I'll wait until I hear about it, but I doubt it'll be as good as the MCU.
	marvel72 - 3/18/2013, 3:18 PM Login to report abuse @ LEVITIKUZ jcameron will be,he'll be in thread at any moment with his foXmen induced erection,slagging off marvel studios.
	indigobolt956 - 3/18/2013, 3:18 PM Login to report abuse i dont really get the point of a fox marvel movie universe they only own x-men and fantastic four i dont think they have any stories with just the xmen and f4 none that i can really think of atleast
	JerBear - 3/18/2013, 3:18 PM Login to report abuse @Lizard1 Although Bryan Singer's X-Men movies were good, I wouldn't call them ambitious. Maybe they seemed ambitious for their time, but when you refuse to go all in (like Joss Whedon did with The Avengers or even Sam Raimi did with the Spider-Man movies.) and instead resort to what makes you comfortable (leather suits, nerfed powers, etc.) I can't consider you truly ambitious.
	ToTheManInTheColdSweat - 3/18/2013, 3:19 PM Login to report abuse Millar confirms that he has finally spoken to director Bryan Singer
	Jackraow21 - 3/18/2013, 3:19 PM Login to report abuse Screw crossing the FF and the X-men over, just make a big-ass X-men universe. The FF can have small cameos or reference mutants in their films, but no one is dying for a combined FF/X-men movie. People do, however, want more out of the X-franchise. X-Force, Cable, Deadpool, more First Class sequels (80s please with young Cyclops, Jean and Storm!), a decent Wolverine flick (and then more of them) and, finally, a massive X-men movie where they all come together in the same vein as The Avengers.
	IcemanX - 3/18/2013, 3:20 PM Login to report abuse Omar Sy is now on the german tv show "TV Total"
	ChrisEl - 3/18/2013, 3:20 PM Login to report abuse Goodness! Every time I read the comments to one of these stories, all I see is negativity, negativity, negativity!
	marantaz - 3/18/2013, 3:20 PM Login to report abuse If Fox announces that they are going to hook up with Marvel to basically join forces in the production of Marvel properties so that the MCU becomes whole, then that'd be great. Otherwise, I suspect it will be the Skrulls as the FF's villains because The Avengers set the stage for superheroes fighting alien invaders and Fox wants in on that ($$$$!)
	JerBear - 3/18/2013, 3:21 PM Login to report abuse @indigobolt956 There are so many characters and story lines within the X-Men universe alone that they don't even need F4. Deadpool, Gambit, X-Force, etc.
	m0th3r - 3/18/2013, 3:24 PM Login to report abuse totally laughable...a typical FOX Studio mess.... "look, everyone is pointing out how stupid we look, so lets make a FIVE MINUTE [frick]ING PHONE CALL and says its on track" i love being right...
	Superguy15 - 3/18/2013, 3:25 PM Login to report abuse My only hope for the Fox Marvel Universe is that it may someday become part of the MCU.
	OptimusPrime114 - 3/18/2013, 3:26 PM Login to report abuse Please let it be the return of Scott and Jean in DOFP!
	Alfredo27 - 3/18/2013, 3:27 PM Login to report abuse X-men > than everything else Marvel has combined. As long as they make it tough, gritty and for adults it should destroy the saturday morning cartoons movies marvel is making in there kid centric movies.
	GrimeKid - 3/18/2013, 3:27 PM Login to report abuse If Marvel got the rights to all their properties back we would only ever get X-Men, Spider-Man & Avengers movies. No studio can realistically afford to fund more than three big blockbusters a year. So just be thankfull Fox & Sony are helping to carry the financial burdon of the Marvel Universe. GrimeKid Out!
	Alfredo27 - 3/18/2013, 3:29 PM Login to report abuse LOL @ SpidaTrav are you kidding me? If you think F4 and Xmen dont have any major story lines then look up "Day of Future Present" and "Onslaught" and those are just two of my head there are a few more.
	m0th3r - 3/18/2013, 3:29 PM Login to report abuse @ChrisEl because no one has faith in fox studios anymore, and since they keep shitting on characters people start off pissed off
	MrDonut - 3/18/2013, 3:30 PM Login to report abuse Shut the [frick] up Millar... I've enjoyed most of this guy's work and gotta give him props for what he's done and managed to do in the industry, but he's like a middle-child attention whore screaming 'LOOK AT ME!' Dude just talks to much, even if it's something genuinely interesting he says I just can't be [frick]ed with him anymore... Ignoring all that, I can see an ideal scenario being Fox giving Marvel creative control whilst retaining the properties; that way Marvel could use them how they want but Fox would own them, not best but it'd be a cool ultimatum to see some mutants with the Avengers!
	TheIconicMan - 3/18/2013, 3:31 PM Login to report abuse "Days of Future-Past is potentially the biggest and most ambitious superhero movie ever made."
	Warcam - 3/18/2013, 3:32 PM Login to report abuse Just waiting on this response from 'Bry': "I spoke to someone on the phone claiming to be Mark Millar. As far as I know, Mark Millar is not involved with DOFP."
	Splenda - 3/18/2013, 3:32 PM Login to report abuse You suck, Mark.
	ChrisEl - 3/18/2013, 3:33 PM Login to report abuse @Optimus Prime, you have the right idea. We really need to see the cyclops character fleshed out. I hate that he served as a place holder in the three X-men movies. That was a huge disservice the fans.
	Splenda - 3/18/2013, 3:33 PM Login to report abuse
	sKeemAn - 3/18/2013, 3:33 PM Login to report abuse If they actually cross FF4 and Foxmen. Maybe we will get a Franklin Richards solo flick. That's the best I can think of with the characters.
	gambgel - 3/18/2013, 3:34 PM Login to report abuse Is Bryan Singer who confirmed first he talked to Mark Millar: Here's his tweet: https://twitter.com/BryanSinger/status/313746499441930240 Then Mark replied.
	marvel72 - 3/18/2013, 3:34 PM Login to report abuse @ Luminus the fantastic four are explorers at heart,their storylines wouldn't really suit the x-men. can you see the fantastic four fighting apocalypse or mr.sinister or the x-men fighting the frightful four or teaming up with the silver surfer against galactus. maybe you can knowledge each others existence in a shared universe but i can't see them teaming up to take on a common threat.
	fettastic - 3/18/2013, 3:37 PM Login to report abuse How was it an "inaccurate report" if only last week the director of Fox's premiere Marvel film still hadn't talked to the guy who's supposedly the be-all-end-all of Fox Marvel films?
	MrMartinMarvel - 3/18/2013, 3:37 PM Login to report abuse @Alfedo I'm sorry but they're not compatible without maybe one or two other heroes thrown in. If FOX had Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, X-Men and maybe one or two others then their little "combined universe" may work.
	Luminus - 3/18/2013, 3:40 PM Login to report abuse @marvel72: I've been reading comics, before the movies started coming out I see no conflict.
	Alfredo27 - 3/18/2013, 3:41 PM Login to report abuse yes marvel72 I can see that because the F4 have battle Apocalypse. Any almost every Xmen alternate timelines some members of the F4 are very important characters. I mean lets put it this way Cyclops and Mr. Fantasic have the same grand children (Rachel Summers has a child with Franlin Richards) . I swear 95% of this site doesnt ever read 1 comic but that same 95% bitches about the movie not being faithful.
	masterhater - 3/18/2013, 3:43 PM Login to report abuse I hate fox and Synger. No faith for their crappy movies.
	fettastic - 3/18/2013, 3:44 PM Login to report abuse I assume the big announcement will be that Fox ill have a shared movie universe tween X-Men and FF. They've already kind of hinted at that.....hence hiring Mark Millar to....supervise their Marvel universe. What fails to understand is that FF and X-Men are ALREADY teams! So it will just be about cramming as many heroes onto the screen as possible and frankly that doesn't really appeal to me. I don't know what stories they could tell that way. Civil War is an Avengers thing. So what....Marvel Zombies? Ha ha, that would be cool, but that's obviously not going to happen. They could just invent something of course, but like I said, heroes lose their luster when there's 20 of them onscreen, each trying to be relevant to the story.
	CaptainKilgore - 3/18/2013, 3:45 PM Login to report abuse I bet there gonna bring Jessica Alba back for F4, call it a reboot and have them fight skrulls in the same vein as the avengers.
	Alfredo27 - 3/18/2013, 3:46 PM Login to report abuse UGH!!!! The Xmen universe probably is bigger and more intresting that the entire rest of marvel universe. Why do u need Daredevil to make it a universe????? HOW MANY X-Titles are there at 1 time? You could have a X-men movie, X-Force movie, X-Factor movie, and a Wolverine movie in the same year and not even have to use 1 character from any of the other movies. They just have to do it in a way that doesnt suck (More X2 than X3) AND THE KEY IS MAKE IT FOR ADULTS. Marvel and Disney made Aveneger clearly for kids so if FOX can make something with Sex and Violence and a real human feel than it wont be hard to have a franchise that is as big or bigger than marvels/disneys.
	silverdog - 3/18/2013, 3:46 PM Login to report abuse "Days of Future-Past is potentially the biggest and most ambitious superhero movie ever made", "the wolverine Will differ From "Standard Superhero Sagas"... yeah, yeah... just hope their words dont come back to bite them in the ass, and the movies really are something different to the usual so-so FOX product.
	fettastic - 3/18/2013, 3:47 PM Login to report abuse Actually now that I think about it, Fox did buy the rights to the Super Skrull because of Johnny's multi-power thingee at the end of FF2. Maybe that means they have the Skrulls now? That would explain why they didn't use them for The Avengers. They could make a decent movie based on that with FF and X-Men. I'll wager that's the plan.
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