{"id":41834,"date":"2017-11-16T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=41834"},"modified":"2017-11-16T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:35:22","slug":"fox-setting-multiple-man-x-men-spinoff-james-franco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/16\/fox-setting-multiple-man-x-men-spinoff-james-franco\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Setting MULTIPLE MAN X-MEN Spinoff For James Franco"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fox is adding another film into their X-men<\/strong> franchise and James Franco is being set up to headline it.<\/p>\n

Deadline is reporting that the studio is putting into development Multiple Man<\/strong>, a film based on the X-Men<\/strong> anti-hero character. Wonder Woman<\/strong> screenwriter Allan Heinberg will be handling the script details for the film with X-Men<\/strong> franchise producer Simon Kinberg continuing those duties on the new spinoff. Everyone\u2019s deals are reportedly being worked out now.<\/p>\n

Franco will star as Jamie Madrox, a mutant who has the ability to create multiple copies of himself. The character first appeared in Giant-Size Fantastic Four<\/em> #4 and has been and on-and-off again foe of both the Fantastic Four and the X-Men. More recently, Madrox has reformed somewhat and the recent X-Factor<\/em> series written by Peter David saw Madrox working as a private detective. Given that Fox is looking to expand on the types of stories it tells within the franchise, a noirish detective story drawing from this series might be a good way to go.<\/p>\n

Kinberg and Franco have already collaborated on the in development The Hardy Men<\/strong>. That film sees Franco pairing with his brother Dave Franco to portray the grown up versions of the classic kid-lit detectives The Hardy Boys.<\/p>\n

There is no release date yet for Multiple Man<\/strong>, but presumably it would be in theaters at the earliest in 2019. Next year sees Fox releasing three X-Men<\/strong> franchise films \u2013 director Josh Boone\u2019s horror-tinged The New Mutants<\/strong> on April 13, the anticipated Deadpool 2<\/strong> with Ryan Reynolds on June 1 and X-Men: Dark Phoenix<\/strong> on November 2. The studio also has in development a film featuring fan favorite hero Gambit, who will be played by Channing Tatum and another X-team film, X-Force<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fox adds another mutant hero to its X-MEN franchise.<\/div>\n

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