Jessica Simpson to appear in X3

Ranger REG said:
Well, I've hated Arad being the Marvel's head honcho. I missed Stan Lee.
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You may hate him, but Stan Lee said in his autobiography that Avi Arad does his job (promoting Marvel properties to film and TV) better than he ever could.

His reasons? Time is one- hollywood is an insider's town and Stan was not willing to putz around for YEARS building contacts and networking in order to get great movies made and find out who the great filmmakers were.

Also, Avi came over from a toy company which bought Marvel during its "dark days" when it seemed it was being bought or trying to be bought all the time- his specialty always was and always has been marketing and merchandising.

I love Stan and miss him dearly, but if he returned to Marvel I would prefer it be as a writer or creative consultant.

Chuck

Edit: Also I'm not sure I'd call Avi Marvel's "head honcho". He seems to run Marvel Enterprises (the movie and TV division) with a great of autonomy, but Qusada is the Editor in Chief and Bill Jemas is the President.

So there's at least three people to hate :)
 
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yeah im almost positive arad is only in charge of the movies and tv deals.

with the sucess of spidey and xmen and the some people like em some people dont of dd, punisher, blade and hulk

the upcoming man-thing, elektra, ff, and sequels.

and the straight to DVD features that they have coming

I'd say the man is doing a great job.
 

Dark Jezter said:
While channel surfing one night, I happened to see a segment on Entertainment Tonight (or maybe it was Extra) where Jessica Simpson said that she regrets agreeing to let cameras into her house for the show the Newlyweds because she knows that if she says anything that could be interpreted as clueless or stupid, the producers of the show are going to edit it to look that way.

So, while Jessica Simpson has been typecast as a stereotypical "dumb blond", I'm willing to bet that she isn't really as dumb as she's been made out to be.
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I have to agree, I think she plays it up and I am willing to think some of it was lack of maturity BUT every now and then... ;) She does so remind me of early Farah Faucet.
 

stevelabny said:
yeah im almost positive arad is only in charge of the movies and tv deals.

with the sucess of spidey and xmen and the some people like em some people dont of dd, punisher, blade and hulk

the upcoming man-thing, elektra, ff, and sequels.

and the straight to DVD features that they have coming

I'd say the man is doing a great job.
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His impact on Marvel's bottom line has, of late, been nothing short of astonishing, prompting Quesada to joke that the comics are just the "pre-development" area for Marvel's movie scripts (or something to that effect).

Granted Quesada and Jemas have returned the comics division to the black for the first time in over a decade as well, so I'd say Marvel has three good management people running the show.

And that is definitely not something we have been able to say since Stan Lee left the building.

Chuck
 


Vigilance said:
Also I'm not sure I'd call Avi Marvel's "head honcho". He seems to run Marvel Enterprises (the movie and TV division) with a great of autonomy, but Qusada is the Editor in Chief and Bill Jemas is the President.

So there's at least three people to hate :)
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Bill Jemas is no longer president. He's still with Marvel, but in some other capacity. Former Fleer/Skybox product director Dan Buckley has taken his place under the position of Publisher. Here's a link:
http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6092
 

Xmen is one of my favorite movies, if they put Simpson in, it will be an injustice the the mutant gene......Though the movie may not be so bad if she happens to die somewhere in it. :] :] :]
 

Enchantress said:
Xmen is one of my favorite movies, if they put Simpson in, it will be an injustice the the mutant gene......
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Looks to be just a rumor but I think its nearly that bad but it pretty much depends upon what mutant she is playing... While I would have a fit of she played Emma Frost, Jubilee, or most of the mutants in the marvel universe I see no issue with her playing dazzler... She's perfect for the role, and I'm glad I'm not alone in this, I've see allot of very opinionated people agree with it... :)

Enchantress said:
Though the movie may not be so bad if she happens to die somewhere in it. :] :] :]
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:lol: Well I never did like dazzler... ;)
 


myrdden said:
Me neither.
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Are you kidding me?
Dazzler will kill the xmen for me. I cannot stand that character.. It's just one of those things in the comic world that should never have been.
I say we have a pyro vs Iceman match fianally!
The fan-boy in me also asks that we see Gambit. But I can wait on that.
 

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