Story and Full Screenplay for Abandoned X-MEN: FEAR THE BEAST Revealed

Story and Full Screenplay for Abandoned X-MEN: FEAR THE BEAST Revealed

In an interview with Hollywood Reporter, John Ottman, a long-time contributor to the X-MEN franchise, shares details on a spin-off which would have starred Hank McCoy

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By AmblinAlien - Jun 16, 2019 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Not only the story, but the complete screenplay from a possible X-Men spin-off movie have been revealed and are now online. Set in the late 80's between X-MEN: APOCALYPSE and DARK PHOENIX, the film was a horror/monster story influenced by John Carpenter's THE THING and would have seen Hank McCoy/Beast facing off with a monstrous mad scientist-turned-"Windigo" in a snow-covered Alaskan village while still battling his inner "beast". Wolverine and Professor X were also to be included, and Mr. Sinister was to be introduced, but it seems that franchise honcho Simon Kinberg refused to even read this completed draft.

For more details and the complete screenplay itself, check out the links below:

Hollywood Reporter Interview

Complete Screenplay


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StarlordsDad
StarlordsDad - 6/16/2019, 8:32 AM
WTF?
Armageddon26
Armageddon26 - 6/16/2019, 8:33 AM
This actually sounds like it could have been pretty interesting, but completely out of left field
Forthas
Forthas - 6/16/2019, 8:45 AM

Kyos
Kyos - 6/16/2019, 8:46 AM
After a harsh drop in its second weekend Dark Phoenix's domestic gross might well still be behind the opening weekend of The Wolverine, previously the lowest opening in the franchise. That is... something.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 6/16/2019, 9:01 AM
OT
Endgame is $45M behind Avatar, but only $12M behind its original release. It could potentially outgross the latter.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 6/16/2019, 9:17 AM
FOX: good ideas ? Gross get em away from me. We only make trash around here
BobbyDrake
BobbyDrake - 6/16/2019, 9:56 AM
Guess they realized their version of Beast was nothing like the comics and nobody wanted that crap. Lookin like a blue wolfman that transforms back and forth when he gets angry. He’s Bulk the blue Hulk!!!
Stinkor1
Stinkor1 - 6/16/2019, 10:39 AM
Oh, yeah. Whatever happened to those Mr Sinister hints? When’s that going to pay off?
Armageddon26
Armageddon26 - 6/16/2019, 11:05 AM
@Stinkor1 - Never
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/16/2019, 11:49 AM
X-Men:Fear The Beast? So X-Men Vs Brock Lesnar.
mnc
mnc - 6/16/2019, 12:18 PM
A few years ago marvel got the trademarks for Alpha flight and few other characters. Also, Fox talked about doing an Alpha Flight movie, I guess this movie would have been their intro or precursor to own movie.
LeonNova
LeonNova - 6/16/2019, 8:21 PM
I’m so glad the X-Men are going back where they belong.
Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon - 6/16/2019, 10:12 PM
Seems pretty obvious that they didn't go for this because it has Wolverine in it and Jackman was already leaving at that point.
benjithegreat
benjithegreat - 6/17/2019, 10:19 AM
Thank [frick]ing god they didn't let this happen - now LET IT DIE.
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