Bryan Singer Would Like to See Mystique Get Her Own X-Men Movie
I don't know about you, but I was pretty disappointed with X-Men: Apocalypse. It had some really cool moments, but for the most part, the story, script, and villain were weak. Hell, Apocalypse spent most of his time decorating his new world and his four horsemen.
I was happy to hear that director Bryan Singer would be taking a break from the franchise. During an interview with the LA Times he said:
"I recently met Danny Boyle -- he and I have known of each other for many years but never met. He was prepping 'Steve Jobs' at the time and I was doing this and he said, 'Are you going to be doing 'X-Men' movies forever?' And I didn’t actually say no. The reality is, even though I’m very desperate to jump to something completely different, I’ve spent so many years in this universe and I love this cast and the characters so much, I just don't see myself abandoning them forever. Perhaps as a consultant, as a producer, even as a director, I could see myself returning in the future. Just right now, once this one is done, I’d like to do something really different."
His next film project is an adaptation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, hopefully when he's done with that he'll continue to do different films other than X-Men movies. He really needs to let someone with a fresh perspective have a crack at the franchise. Singer will obviously still be a part of it, and he'd like to see the X-Men characters he's developed for the big screen explored more. In a recent interview with Empire Podcast, he said he'd like to see Mystique get her own spinoff film:
"[It's my] kind of my homage to the Age Of Apocalypse comic - everyone sort of switches roles. Obviously I didn't tell that full story, but people's sides are switched, alliances are changed. I think [Mystique's] right for [a standalone], whether it's Jennifer or not. She has this different view of the world: Xavier can get into Cerebro and look at the world but he'd rather just teach classes and see the beauty of mutants and humans co-existing in his mansion in Westchester. Along comes Raven with a reality check on the state of the world. It opens up a lot of avenues."
I could get behind a Mystique solo film with Jennifer Lawrence. She pretty much took on the lead role of X-Men: Apocalypse, and she's certainly proven to be an interesting character that would be fun to explore more. Even if she doesn't get a solo film, I'm sure she'll be back for more X-Men adventures.