Chris Claremont writes both comics and prose. His initial unbroken 17-year run on Marvel Comics The Uncanny X-Men is the stuff of industry legend. The story arc “Dark Phoenix,” with its radical treatment of the story’s central character, paved the way for the reinterpretation of superhero mythos throughout the comics industry. His work is lauded for its anti-prejudice themes, and the groundbreaking inclusion of minorities as heroes. He is the creator of such iconic characters as Gambit, Mystique, Kitty Pryde, and Rogue. Although best known for his work on Marvel…
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Legion First Look: An inside look
FX and Marvel Entertainment have released a new Legion First Look that takes you behind the scenes of the anticipated series, premiering on FX on February 8. Fargo‘s Noah Hawley serves as Executive Producer, along with Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb, Jim Chory and John Cameron. Legion is the latest project from Hawley and Cameron, two of the executive producers of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning FX limited series Fargo. Legion, based on the Marvel Comics by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, is the story of…
Read MoreNew Mutants Movie Release Date Set
Writer/director Josh Boone is working hard on the long-talked-about New Mutants film, and in an interview with Creative Screenwriting the filmmaker revealed that its intended to be not just one film – but three. “After I made The Fault in Our Stars, we made Fox a comic book,” Boone said, referring to him and co-writer Knate Gwaltney. “It walked them through a trilogy of New Mutant [sic] films that would build on each other. We used this program called Comic Life, and took all the images we had loved from…
Read MoreChris Claremont and The Woverine Movie
The Wolverine premiered last week end by director James Mangold staring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Logan. The Wolverine “Japan” saga has been a long time coming to the big screen. Written by Chris Claremont and with pencils by Frank Miller, the1982 miniseries has often been cited by Hugh Jackman as the Wolverine story he’s most wanted to see on the big screen. But what does Chris Claremont, the longtime X-Men writer, think of the film version of his tale? (Watch out for spoilers.) “The first two acts were kick-ass,…
Read MoreThe Wolverine’ trailer
The Wolverine Movie Release Date: July 26, 2013 Rating [ Not Yet Rated ] Director: James Mangold Written By: Christopher McQuarrie, Mark Bomback Cast: Brian Tee, Famke Janssen, Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee Synopsis: Based on the highly regarded comic book arc, The Wolverine finds Logan (Hugh Jackman), the eternal warrior and outsider, in Japan. There, adamantium claws will clash with samurai steel as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will change him forever. Considering that it’s a spinoff-sequel of one of the…
Read MoreMeeting Chris Claremont Writer of X-Men
Recently I met Chris Claremont from Marvel fame at the Portland Comic Con from Wizard World then a week later at the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle. The Portland convention is new to the area of Portland but the Emerald City in Seattle has been there for over 10 years and I really like the show there many of the comic creators and they are very approachable. When I talked to Chris I noticed how calm and cool he was about his trade “writing”. I asked him if you had…
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