Logan’s director is worried about the Fox-Disney deal

The Fantastic Four working with the Avengers! The Wolverine clashing with the Hulk! That one scene from Jabba’s Palace (you know the one, VHS kids) finally in full HD! Geeks have a lot to hope for with the idea of Disney buying Fox’s movie assets. But one man is raising a valid concern, and he’s exactly the right person to bring it up.

Talking during a recent panel, Logan director James Mangold talked about the potential deal, which may be arriving sooner than we think.

“If they’re actually changing their mandate, if what they’re supposed to do alters, that would be sad to me because it just means less movies,” he said. “I just hope what we end up with is going to be positive in terms of movies.”

Mangold’s Logan came hot on the heels of Tim Miller’s, two of the first big R-rated superhero movies, and two big performers for both Fox itself and for R-rated movies in general. That’s where Mangold’s concern lies. Marvel’s wheelhouse sits square in the middle of the PG-13 rating. They’re a little sexy, a little violent, but not enough to actually do anything interesting with either of those.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/12/13/logan-director-james-mangold-fox-disney-concern/