James Franco is gonna be Multiple Man

[Kevin Hamilton]

Maybe?


www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/multiple-man-movie-james-franco-star-1059031

James Franco may be the next star to join Fox's X-Men universe.

The multi-hyphenate is negotiations to play Multiple Man in a stand-alone being developed by X-Men producer Simon Kinberg, godfather of Fox's universe based on the Marvel mutants.

Allan Heinberg, one of the writers behind Warner Bros.' Wonder Woman, is set to pen the feature. Kinberg would produce under his Genre Films label, along with Franco and his Ramona Films.

Jamie Madrox, also known as Multiple Man, has the mutant power to create and control duplicates of himself. The character first appeared in 1975's Giant-Size Fantastic Four No. 4 and was created by the late Len Wein, the comic book mind behind classic characters such as Wolverine. He's appeared on the big screen before, with Eric Dane playing him in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand, which was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Kinberg.

The move comes as Fox has been ramping up its X-Men universe. It will release three films next year, with New Mutants (April 13), Deadpool 2 (June 1) and the Kinberg-directed X-Men: Dark Phoenix (Nov. 2) on the docket. A Gambit movie starring Channing Tatum has Gore Verbinski set to helm, while Logan filmmaker James Mangold is developing a spinoff centering on the young breakout character Laura (Dafne Keen).

[Lupin the Third]

Anyone else first think of Multi-Man from Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles?

[A Platypus Rave]

Nov 16, 2017 13:26:15 GMT -5 Lupin the Third said:

Anyone else first think of Multi-Man from Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles?

I think he can pull it off

But who will be Coil-Man and Fluid man?

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I really like what Fox is doing with its solo films right now.

They're counter-programming WB&MCU by going smaller, which is a nice variety to have. New mutants, Deadpool 2. Not sure about Dark Phoenix but hopefully they don't go the straight-up superhero movie route with it.

I really hope they come at it from the Private Eye angle. I can see Franco really diving in to the whole idea of playing someone with multiple personalities and yelling at different versions of himself for disobeying him.

[Lupin the Third]

Nov 16, 2017 13:28:18 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Nov 16, 2017 13:26:15 GMT -5 Lupin the Third said:

Anyone else first think of Multi-Man from Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles?

I think he can pull it off

But who will be Coil-Man and Fluid man?

Hmm, Coil-Man is short, stout, and has blonde hair. Not sure there.

Fluid Man is skinny and has black hair.

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And here I thought I was gonna be the first making an Impossibles joke.

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I'm on board IF he plays the part as if it were being played by Tommy Wiseau.

[A Platypus Rave]

Nov 16, 2017 13:49:26 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I'm on board IF he plays the part as if it were being played by Tommy Wiseau.

YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LORNA!

[Legion]

Too old imo

[Zone Was Wrong]

Man I must be a bigger comic fan than old cartoon fan lol. I don't think I even remember that cartoon. Franco is amazing and can play just about anything. His Multiple Man could be amazing.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Does Jamie Madrox really warrant a solo movie?

[eJm]

Nov 16, 2017 13:28:18 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Nov 16, 2017 13:26:15 GMT -5 Lupin the Third said:

Anyone else first think of Multi-Man from Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles?

I think he can pull it off

But who will be Coil-Man and Fluid man?

Side note, how the f*** hasn’t this happened yet?

Seriously, this whole Hanna Barbera universe idea is better off just having Future Quest be adapted as a movie because that book kicked so much ass.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Nov 16, 2017 14:32:32 GMT -5 TWERKIN' MAGGLE said:

Does Jamie Madrox really warrant a solo movie?

Eh, there are stupider characters to roll the dice on, especially if they play it with Madrox being a "noir-ish" detective who has to struggle with the fact that his copies are independent entities. Could be a fresh take on a genre that's in danger of getting bloated on it's own cliches.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

If it's X Factor investigations it could be fun

[Bub (BLM)]

Nov 16, 2017 13:34:46 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

I really like what Fox is doing with its solo films right now.

They're counter-programming WB&MCU by going smaller, which is a nice variety to have. New mutants, Deadpool 2. Not sure about Dark Phoenix but hopefully they don't go the straight-up superhero movie route with it.

I like the smaller scale for most of the stuff Fox has been doing, but I think going small with Dark Phoneix for the second time is a mistake. It should have cosmic consequences, otherwise it demeans the true power of the Phoenix Force. I want to see her destroy a planet and face galactic ramifications as the X-Men battle for her life.

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Nov 16, 2017 17:52:38 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

Nov 16, 2017 13:34:46 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

I really like what Fox is doing with its solo films right now.

They're counter-programming WB&MCU by going smaller, which is a nice variety to have. New mutants, Deadpool 2. Not sure about Dark Phoenix but hopefully they don't go the straight-up superhero movie route with it.

I like the smaller scale for most of the stuff Fox has been doing, but I think going small with Dark Phoneix for the second time is a mistake. It should have cosmic consequences, otherwise it demeans the true power of the Phoenix Force. I want to see her destroy a planet and face galactic ramifications as the X-Men battle for her life.

Making it a B-story for the mutant war was a bigger misstep to me.

I've heard rumblings its a 2-parter so for film 1 they could do a grounded psychological thriller kind of movie. Jean thinks she's going crazy, the Hellfire Club is trying to manipulate her, etc. X-men vs Hellfire club happen and ends with Phoenix taking over Jean and her flying away from Earth to end it.

Then part 2 could loop in the Shi'ar and do something in space.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Nov 16, 2017 13:34:46 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

I really like what Fox is doing with its solo films right now.

They're counter-programming WB&MCU by going smaller, which is a nice variety to have. New mutants, Deadpool 2. Not sure about Dark Phoenix but hopefully they don't go the straight-up superhero movie route with it.

I really hope they come at it from the Private Eye angle. I can see Franco really diving in to the whole idea of playing someone with multiple personalities and yelling at different versions of himself for disobeying him.

I'll agree there. I love the straight up superhero stuff and probably always will, but sub-genres within bringing variety is never a bad thing. Sorta like Vertigo, Epic, Kitchen Sink et al for the books.

[Savage Gambino]

Apparently, this James Franco/Multiple Man movie, it if still happens, will be hard-R:

James Franco said:

"Our bottom line MO is, how can we push this into new ground? A little bit, but still make it entertaining? [But] what I love about what Simon Kinberg and Fox and the X-Men people have done with Deadpool and Logan — it took a while to get there, maybe 10 years — but they are going to go hard R. And we’re going to take this superhero thing and really just push it into a new genre. So we’re working with Simon Kinberg on an X-Men property."

Source: nerdist.com/james-franco-x-men-r-rated-multiple-man/

Not gonna lie, hard-R Multiple Man movie starring James Franco almost sounds like something out of superhero movie Madlibs. If nothing else, it should be quite interesting.