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Geek Tyrant
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Tim Miller Opens Up About The X-MEN Horror Movie He Almost Made: 'Home Alone Meets Alien' — GeekTyrant
While Marvel fans eagerly await the full-fledged return of the X-Men in the MCU, there's always a lingering curiosity about the mutant stories that never made it to screen. One of those lost gems was a Kitty Pryde horror movie pitched by Deadpool director Tim Miller, something he described as 'Home Alone meets Alien.' In a recent chat with The Hollywood Reporter, Miller revealed that he had once been developing an X-Men film based on Uncanny X-Men #143 by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. The story centers on a young Kitty Pryde left alone in the X-Mansion during the holidays. As the rest of the team takes a break, a demonic N'Garai creature infiltrates the house, leaving Kitty to face off against it in a terrifying solo survival scenario. No backup. No Wolverine. Just Kitty and a whole lot of monster-induced chaos. Miller talked about the project, calling Marvel's mutants their 'secret weapon,' and shared how passionate he was about the opportunity: 'The X-Men are my favorite characters, and I wrote to Kevin Feige like, 'If there was anything you'd ever let me do in the Marvel universe, the X-Men would be it.'' At one point, the project was actually taking shape. Miller was set to direct, and the script came from comic book legend Brian Michael Bendis. This was around 2018, right when Kitty was enjoying a run as Star-Lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy comics written by Bendis himself. But timing is everything, and this project was swept away during the Fox-Disney merger, joining the ranks of never-made X-projects like Gambit , Multiple Man , and a Fantastic Four crossover. While Fox's New Mutants flirted with horror, Miller's take would've been something totally different… intimate, suspenseful, and creature-focused. A mutant monster movie set entirely inside the X-Mansion? It's hard not to imagine what could've been. Still, Miller isn't dwelling in regret. He's grateful for the wild ride he's already had: 'I didn't expect to have my own studio, or to do Terminator: Dark Fate. Being able to do Love Death + Robots is probably my achievement I'm most proud of. I'm old, but I'm not done yet.' I love the idea of Kitty vs. Demon in a Haunted Mansion! That sounds like a fun flick and the kind of genre twist superhero movies still need.
Gizmodo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Tim Miller Dishes On the ‘X-Men' Horror Movie He Almost Made
Slowly, but surely, Marvel's making moves to bring the X-Men to the big screen again in the next few years. As everyone waits to find out what all that entails (and who it'll involve), filmmaker Tim Miller looked back on the one he nearly did once upon a time. During a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the Deadpool director talked about Marvel's mutant corner as the company's 'secret weapon. […] The X-Men are my favorite characters, and I wrote to Kevin Feige like, 'If there was anything you'd ever let me do in the Marvel universe, the X-Men would be it.'' In fact, he had an X-film in development at one point, which would've been based on Chris Claremont and John Byrne's Uncanny X-Men #143. In that, the team departs the mansion for the holidays, leaving Kitty Pryde on her own. While left to her own devices, an N'Garai—demons the team previously fought over the years—invades the mansion, and she's got to hold her own against it. Miller described the film as 'Home Alone meets Alien,' and it seems this was the Kitty solo movie Fox announced back in 2018 that he would've directed from a script by comics scribe Brian Michael Bendis. (At the time, Kitty was part of the Guardians of the Galaxy as Star-Lord during Bendis and Valerio Schiti's 2015-2017 run). Unfortunately, this was in development at Fox around the time of its merger with Disney, so it was one of many ideas—along with publicized solo films for Gambit and Multiple Man, plus a hopeful Fantastic Four crossover—which never came to cinematic fruition. X-Men movies were typically action affairs, but Fox let the characters dip into horror with New Mutants. It was the last franchise movie of the Fox era, but once they've properly settled into the MCU, maybe they can be taken for a scary spin again. Either way, Miller seems to be happy with how everything's settled: he called himself 'the luckiest nerd on the planet' for bringing a proper Deadpool to the silver screen, and feels things have gone up from there. 'I didn't expect to have my own studio, or to do Terminator: Dark Fate,' he told THR. 'Being able to do Love Death + Robots is probably my achievement I'm most of. I'm old, but I'm not done yet.'
Geek Tyrant
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
IRONHEART Co-Creator Says Marvel Studios Didn't Pay Him a Dime for Disney+ Series — GeekTyrant
Mike Deodato Jr. is proud to see Ironheart on screen, but he's not exactly celebrating. The veteran comic book artist, who co-created Riri Williams (aka Ironheart) with writer Brian Michael Bendis in Invincible Iron Man Vol. 3 #7 back in 2016, took to Instagram to share his complicated feelings about Marvel's upcoming Ironheart Disney+ series. While he's thrilled to see a character he helped bring to life in comics step into live-action, he's also making it clear that Marvel didn't compensate him for any of it. 'As a comic book artist, there are few feelings more satisfying than seeing a character you helped create come to life on the big screen. 'But as much as I celebrate this moment, there's a bitter edge to it. You see, while Marvel has built an empire worth billions on the backs of its creators, the compensation model hasn't kept pace with the success.' Typically, Marvel pays creators a one-time fee when their characters or storylines are adapted, and that's usually around $5,000, plus a red carpet invite. It's more of a token 'thank you' than meaningful compensation. In many cases, that token feels more like an afterthought. Just ask Ed Brubaker, who was reportedly paid more for his cameo in The Winter Soldier than for creating the Winter Soldier character. Then there's Jim Starlin, who said DC paid him more for a KGBeast cameo in Batman v Superman than what Marvel paid him for using Thanos, Gamora, and Drax. Deodato Jr. added: 'It's not about me. It's about the principle. When a character you poured your heart into helps fuel the engine of a multi-billion-dollar machine, a small share of that success feels only fair.' Deodato's frustration echoes a bigger issue that's been bubbling under the surface of Marvel and DC's media expansions and that's the lack of meaningful recognition for the original creators behind the intellectual property driving billion-dollar films and streaming content. 'Creators don't ask for billions or even millions. Just a nod, a bit of recognition, and a share that reflects the contribution they've made. It's not just good ethics—it's good business.' Deodato warned that if the trend continues, more artists and writers will shift their focus to creator-owned projects where they retain control and profit from their work rather than giving their best ideas to Marvel or DC under work-for-hire agreements. 'Marvel, you can do better. And I genuinely hope you will, for the sake of the characters we love and the creators who bring them to life.' Ironheart premieres June 24 on Disney+ with a three-episode drop, and will run for six episodes total. Despite introducing a major new character, the series has had minimal promotion, and judging from the response of fans when the trailer was released, their not much excitement for the show. Regardless, Disney and Marvel should really rethink how they treat their comic book writers and artists who create they things that they utilize in the MCU.
