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– X-Men: Days of Future Past screenwriter Simon Kinberg has revealed why Rogue was cut out of the film – and it is a bummer.
“I just wanted to see Ian [McKellan] and Patrick [Stewart] on a mission together,” he continued. “So I took them away from the main plot of the movie so that they could go off and do something, and [Rogue] was the MacGuffin of that mission. It was a perfectly fine 10 minutes of the film that didn’t fit the film. So we pulled her out of the movie and pulled that plot out of the film. I can’t speak to any other rumors about any other way she could appear in the film, but I can tell you that the main plot that we shot with her, we pulled out of the movie.”
If there is something I’d rather see than a Professor X/Magneto buddy comedy, with my life-long crush Anna Paquin along for the ride, I don’t know what that thing is. World peace?
– BOOM! has a first look deal in place with Fox, and they have officially moved onto the Fox lot in Los Angeles. They also just named Stephen Christy, former editor in chief of Archaia, as their new President of Development. Congratulations, Stephen!
– Jordie Bellaire and Steven Finch (aka letterer Fonografiks) made a t-shirt that is everything that is great about the comics community. Eat it, haters!
– Jim Lee is still saying that “All Star Batman and Robin Volume 2” will come out one day. This is officially the Chinese Democracy of comics.
– The team behind Vertigo’s “The New Deadwardians” is back! Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard are bringing “Dark Ages” to Dark Horse, starting in August.
– IDW has announced a few new Artist’s Editions, and they sound pretty incredible: Walt Simonson’s “Manhunter and Other Stories,” and John Buscema’s “Silver Surfer,” as well as an Artist’s Portfolio from Simonson and Stephen King for their “Lawnmower Man” adaptation.
– Wally West will be a “permanent member” of “The Flash” going forward.
– And finally, IDW has signed their first ever exclusive talent: Gabriel Rodriguez. What a first signing! Congratulations, Gabriel!
