Simon Kinberg spent the majority of his career dedicated to Marvel Comics’ mutant franchise. Kinberg has been a part of the highly successfulX-Menfilm series ever since he served as a co-writer onX-Men: The Last Stand(2006) with Zak Penn. And Kinberg has a very simple and straightforward bit of advice for those who guide the reboots and reimaginings moving forward. Kinberg said in an exclusive interview withSlash Film:
It’s really about the characters that will get you the best actors.
Kinberg elaborated in the same interview:
“If I had one piece of advice, honestly, it is a very cliché thing, but it just is true: The strength of the ‘X-Men’ is the characters. As much as there’s great storytelling and great plot and incredible action sequences and all of those things are going to be required of the movies, as they are in the comics, what sets, for me, the ‘X-Men’ apart is that they are the richest collection of characters in any comic book ever.”
Kinberg also contributed to theX-Menfranchise as the producer, writer and director of the heavily scrutinizedDark Phoenix. The last entry in theX-Menprequel film series featured the younger cast led by James McAvoy’s Professor X and Michael Fassbender’s Magneto. Before the movie ever dropped in cinemas, though, fans were already left to ponder what the creatives behind the scenes were thinking. Worry set in when Mystique’s (Jennifer Lawrence) death was actually given away in the movie’s official trailer, and it was even hinted at in the teaser.
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Simon Kinberg Offers His Two Cents
In addition to those films that are explicitly a part of theX-Menfranchise, sinceThe Last Stand,Simon Kinberghas had a creative hand in many of the spin-offs, including bothDeadpoolmovies,LoganandTheNew Mutants.Kinberg even served as one of the writers and producers on the 2015Fantastic Fourreboot. But Kinberg’s passions lie with the X-Men and a certain Caped Crusader from DC Comics. Kinberg said in the same interview:
“Those actors will bring those characters to life in a whole new way that honestly I cannot wait to see. I really am such a fan of what Marvel does, and I’m obviously a massive, massive fan of the ‘X-Men,’ like the ‘Star Wars’ movies. I read two comics when I was growing up religiously. I read others, but the religious ones were for me: ‘Batman’ and ‘X-Men.'”
Kinberg’s time with theX-Menfamily of films continues, as he serves as a producer on the highly anticipatedDeadpool 3, which teams up Ryan Reynolds’ fan-favorite merc with the mouth and Hugh Jackman’s Logan, aka Wolverine. The third installment of theDeadpoolfranchise will represent Wade Wilson’s first official appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and the same goes for the majority of the mutants who will also show up inDeadpool 3.
