Script for unmade X-Men spin-off about Beast leaks online

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♎The script for Fox's unmade X-Men movie about Nicholas Hoult's Beast has apparently leaked online.

Titled X-Men: Fear the Beast, the John Ottman-penned scrဣipt was shared to the subreddit. Though unconfꦗirmed by Ottman, the plot appears to line up with a article about the scrapped film.

The leaked screenplay focuses on Nicholas Hoult’s Hank McCoy/Beast, who finds himself struggling to control his own mutation and subsequently going on a solo mission to save an old friend – which Complex reports is the near exact plot for Ottman's screenplay. Major players in the unproduced film include Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, Professor Xavier, Wendigo, and Mr. Sinister – whose arrival was teased in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:X-Men: Apocalypse.

Though the film was ultimately shelved, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dark Phoenix and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:New Mutants were given the go-ahead – though both films were released to mixed re🌠views.

It's worth noting that the script was apparently written before the merger that put Disney in control of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Studios has since retained the rights to X-Men from Fox, though there aren't any plans for standalone X-Men films in the upcoming 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Phase 5 or 6. Namor, a mutant, made a significant appearance in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Deadpool 3 sees Jackman put on the Wolverine suit once more. Should Beast make his official MCU debut, it's unclear whether Nicholas Hoult, who played a younger Beast in Apocalypse, or Kelse𝓀y Grammer, who played Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand a🎶nd X-Men: Days of Future Past, would reprise the role.

For more, check out our list of all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new superhero movies flying your way in 2023 and beyond.

Lauren Milici
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