Bryan Singer

...as the "geek's Anti-Christ". Die-hard fans of the Marvel series were sceptical when Ratner was chosen to replace Bryan Singer at the franchise's helm, and they were equally critical of his end product. But Ratner refused to be rattled...

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...to make a few more mutant films. Bryan Singer directed X-Men and X2: X-Men United before passing the baton to Brett Ratner for X-Men: The Last Stand in order to make the less-than-super Superman Returns. Now Singer is talking to 20th...

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...like "taking joy in the misfortune of others. " Now, I'm not saying that's the Deutch wort that was floating through director Bryan Singer's head when X-Men: The Last Stand - directed by Brett Ratner, who stepped in after Singer left the...

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...sequences and a real sense of scope. What new director Gavin Hood gives this fourth film in the franchise that both Bryan Singer and part-three replacement Brett Ratner missed is the concept of scope. By focusing on only a select group of...

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...''Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007). Ratner was under consideration to direct X-Men '' (2000) and ''Superman Returns (2006), although both were eventually directed by Bryan Singer. After Singer left the X-Men franchise to direct...

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...whole Dark Phoenix thing. Bryan Singer crafted a pair of excellent superhero flicks with the first two X-Men movies, but now he has moved on to the Man of Steel himself ("Superman Returns" will be out this summer). Replacing Singer is Brett...

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...core, and then you can have as much fun and action in it as you want." Bryan Singer tackled the first two "X-Men" pics, with Brett Ratner handling the third. Gavin Hood ("Tsotsi" and "Rendition") helmed "Wolverine." Watch the first...

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...X! How dare he do that!" He died in five different comic books and came back! Then people weren't happy with Bryan Singer when he went on to "Superman Returns." You can't make these people happy. I'm kind of the Anti-Christ to these comic...

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Bryan Singer's first two "X-Men" flicks delivered well on a far more daunting task, herding a large ensemble and delving into big ideas (big for a comic-book adaptation, at least) about racist fear of mutants with superhuman powers.

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