{"id":41085,"date":"2017-09-07T18:24:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T22:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=41085"},"modified":"2018-12-09T00:38:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T05:38:59","slug":"drew-goddard-set-write-direct-x-force-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/07\/drew-goddard-set-write-direct-x-force-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Goddard Set To Write, Direct X-FORCE For Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Eventually, one of these days, Fox will find a filmmaker for\u00a0X-Force\u00a0<\/strong>that will stick.<\/p>\n

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Deadline<\/a> is reporting that Drew Goddard has signed on to write and direct Fox’s planned\u00a0X-Force\u00a0<\/strong>film. The team film will spin-off from June’s Deadpool 2<\/strong> and feature Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Josh Brolin’s Cable prominently.<\/p>\n

Jeff Wadlow <\/a>and Joe Carnahan <\/a>were previously attached to write the script for the mutant black-ops team. Whether Goddard will use any of the scripts that came before or start from scratch has not been revealed.<\/p>\n

Goddard is a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams, having written for the former’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer <\/strong>and Angel <\/strong>TV series, and the latter’s Alias <\/strong>and Lost<\/strong>. Abrams produced Goddard his first film script, Cloverfield<\/strong>, which was directed by Matt Reeves. Whedon co-wrote Goddard’s directorial debut, The Cabin in the Woods<\/strong>, with him. Goddard was nominated for an Academy Award for his adapted screenplay for The Martian. <\/strong><\/p>\n

He is no stranger to comic book adaptations either. He was briefly the showrunner for Netflix’s\u00a0Daredevil<\/strong>, before having to step down to take on other Marvel Comics’ characters in the aborted\u00a0The Sinister Six\u00a0<\/strong>film. That film was intended to spin-off from the Andrew Garfield\u00a0Spider-Man\u00a0<\/strong>film, but was apparently cancelled when Sony and Marvel rebooted the character once more.<\/p>\n

No word on what other characters will be in the team. As with many other Marvel Comic’ teams, X-Force has had many different incarnations and line-ups over the years.<\/p>\n

The article also reveals that filming has ended on X-Men: New Mutants <\/strong>and Deadpool 2<\/strong>. The former will be arriving in theaters on April 13, 2018. The latter has a June 1, 2018 release date. No word when X-Force <\/strong>will hit theaters, but it will most likely arrive after November 2, 2018’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix<\/strong>. That gives Goddard plenty of time to wrap up his next directorial job, Bad Times at the El Royale<\/strong> with Chris Hemsworth and Jeff Bridges. That project is also at Fox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goddard is the latest scribe to tackle X-FORCE, which is an important part of Fox’s Marvel mutant shared universe. <\/div>\n

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