The future of X movies: 'X-Men 4' doubtful, but 'First Class' sequel in talking stages

X-Men: What's their next move?

Popcornbiz, going straight to the source for its X-Men news, interviewed producer Lauren Shuler-Donner about future projects. She should know, since she helped bring all five X-Men-related movies to the big screen. What's coming up?

On "First Class:"

“For now we're talking internally about the possibility of having another 'First Class', following our characters. We're talking about doing them, but we're just in discussions now.”

On "Wolverine:"

“We're figuring out where we're going to shoot it and working on the budget and the script and all that sort of stuff – we're in good prep,” she explains. “Hugh (Jackman) and I wanted to do this originally. I showed him ‘The Wolverine Saga' (a comic book series collecting the integral moments of Wolverine’s once-mysterious life) and we're both very passionate about it, for years now, and so, yes, we're very excited to get this to the screen finally. It's a great story.”

On "Deadpool," with Ryan Reynolds:

“Absolutely – I wouldn't make 'Deadpool' without Ryan. I wouldn't be involved. He's been extremely involved in the process. He was involved with the script. He worked with the writers, throwing out a lot of ideas. We have a great director in Tim Miller from 'Blur' and will give it a different kind of look than all the other movies. Its tone is insane. Oh, it's really funny. It's outrageous, irreverent, violent. I mean – It's Deadpool!”

On "X-Men 4:"

“In the future – way in the future – would I like to do an 'X-Men 4'? I would, but again there's no reason to saturate the market. So I would say no – I'm happy with what I'm doing right now.”