Stormy Weather.

In comic film news, Halle Berry drops out of X3, because, as her agent puts it, Berry’s “an Oscar winner and she wants roles that test her.” Yeah, like Catwoman. She may be replaced by former FF contender Christina Milian. Speaking of which, the same article also announces the current short list for FF casting: Ioan Gruffudd (Lancelot of King Arthur) as Mr. Fantastic (maybe…seems a little too young), Rachel McAdams (The Notebook and Mean Girls, y’all) as Sue Storm (that definitely could work), Chris Evans (Not Another Teen Movie) as the Human Torch (ok, whatever, this could be any young actor), and Michael Chiklis (The Shield) as The Thing (depends on the makeup.) Update: Apparently, 3 of these 4 are now signed, with only Invisible Girl left to cast, and Jessica Alba’s making a run for it.

Also regarding X3, will Jessica Simpson play Dazzler? Well, it might work as a Colossus-type cameo. I can think of at least two dozen other muties I’d prefer to see as leads, though.

3 thoughts on “Stormy Weather.”

  1. The academy should institute a process by which Oscars can be revoked. I’m not a merchant-ivory fan, and I like kung-fu-explosion movies as much as any other intellectually challenged American, but Catwoman? Come on, now.

  2. I’m not surprised Berry’s gone. They didn’t seem to really know what to do with Storm and I didn’t think she really got what to do as Storm. I’m confused about why they might replace her. She doesn’t hold down any key dynamic in the movies. Lift the character right out and they could create much needed space for other characters, such as Nightcrawler.

    Even Dazzler, but not Jessica Simpson as Dazzler. I agree, she’s not a major character, but the light powers might be pretty cool on the big screen.

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