A recent rumor floating around is that Bryan Singer the director of X-men 'Days of future Past', will not be returning for X-men Apocalypse. Unlike the Edgar Wright situation with Marvel where Edgar LEFT due to creative differences with the studio, Signer is being FIRED from X-men Apocalypse because of the ' Sexual Abuse charges' against him that were filed a few months back. It's also rumored Signer would stay on as a producer but he won't be directing.
Now this is a tricky and touchy subject. While I am in the minority where I hated 'X-men days of future past' and have gotten a lot of crap for it, I still like Bryan Singer as a director. I loved both of his original X-men films and The Usual suspects, he also seems like a decent guy in real life. While the initial shockwave about the charges have died down, this rumor if true, shows that these charges will never leave him-even if he didn't do it. This will make other studios think twice about hiring him or approving any projects he might have in the future. Fox studios removed his name from marketing and press conferences for Days of future past because no studio wants to be a person who has been accused of sexual abuse. It might even effect his personal life as well because of how famous he is. It sucks completely for Bryan Singer, who has to live the rest of his life with that kind of shadow following him, even if he didn't do it no one wants to be remembered for that.
Yet at the same time I can sort of see where Fox is coming from. Fox is still a business (as is all of Hollywood) and needs to make money to stay a float. X-men Days of future past was predicted to break the one-hundred million mark on it's opening week end but it didn't, in fact despite the acclaim X-men days of future past is the lowest selling super-hero blockbuster of the summer when compared to Captain America: The winter soldier and Amazing Spider-man 2. It's even lower than X-men: The last stand, a movie (which I still liked) was said to be the nail in the coffin for the franchise. Many people speculate (and I know people who didn't go for this reason) was because of the sexual abuse charges against singer and films only drop in box office after the first weekend. Days of future past cost half a billion dollars to make and is doing not that great domestically (albeit internationally it's doing very well so it will make it's money back.)
I am not picking a side on this because I can see the reasoning behind Fox's decision and yet I feel really, really sorry for Bryan Singer. Now remember this is only a rumor at this point but it's one of those things I can see really happening. No one wins in this situation, Singer's career and life has a possibility of being stained forever and Fox will suffer a Edgar Wright situation where the fans will have a lot of backlash against them.
Man I hope we get some good news tomorrow because this is just depressing. (I am not covering E3 because while I do love playing video games, I don't really have much of an opinion on video games .I am the kind of person who sees a video game on a shelf and if it looks cool I will pick it up and like it even if it sucks.)
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