The 2000 X-Men movie had ramifications for superhero cinema – but it also owed its release slot to Steven Spielberg. No two ways about it, 2000’s X-Men movie was a massive gamble. At a time when studios needed movie star vehicles, 20th Century Fox found itself without a summer blockbuster due to a delay on ... Podcast | X-Men (2000), and how it changed superhero cinema
The 2000 X-Men movie had ramifications for superhero cinema – but it also owed its release slot to Steven Spielberg.
No two ways about it, 2000’s X-Men movie was a massive gamble. At a time when studios needed movie star vehicles, 20th Century Fox found itself without a summer blockbuster due to a delay on a Tom Cruise film. It’d already greenlit and backtracked on X-Men once.
When the film finally got going? Well, there’d be well-reported behind the scenes problems. A star who wasn’t cast until shooting began. And a story that requires a fair amount of use of the word ‘allegedly’…
