X-Force will likely be the last Marvel film to be released from Fox. With no release date set, and the Disney merger expected to close anywhere between May and September, fans have been itching to hear how far director Drew Goddard is into development. But according to Goddard, "there is no real update"
I tend to focus very intensely on one movie at a time. We’re just sort of finishing Bad Times now, Ryan is off shooting a movie and everyone sort of scattered, like dandelions to the wind. I think as we finish this up, we’ll all get together and start hammering out what we want to do next, but there’s no real update at this point.
Following his hiring, the X-Force director was deep into preproduction for his latest film, Bad Times at the El Royale. Considering how he describes his work ethic, Goddard must have not worked too much on furthering the superhero film during the past year.
If the Disney merger were to close during May, Fox would need to have started production on the film by then to be released. But is this possible? Due to the fact that X-Force does not have a release date, one can assume that Fox is unsure of how fast the pre-production process would take considering the busyness of its producers and director. Along with Gambit, X-Force will NEEDS to start production in the first quarter of 2019. Gambit is already planning for this without a director on board, but unlike X-Force, the script is already finished. Hopefully, Goddard comes up with a quality screenplay during that timetable. The director has previously stated that he has the story down.
Do you think Fox make it all work out?
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