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X2 (also marketed as X2: X-Men United, [2] [5] and internationally as X-Men 2) [6] [7] is a 2003 American superhero film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and David Hayter, from a story by Singer, Hayter and Zak Penn. The film is based on the X-Men superhero team appearing in Marvel Comics.
Numerous X-Men cast members reprised their respective roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise; Reynolds and Jackman reprised their respective roles in the film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) serves as a sequel to the Deadpool films.
Director Bryan Singer was impressed with Stanford's performance in Tadpole, and cast him as Pyro in the 2003 blockbuster X2, a sequel to X-Men. He continued the role in the third installment, X-Men: The Last Stand, released in May 2006. Both movies are based on the Marvel Comics series X-Men. [7]
X-Men is an American superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name.The series was produced by 20th Century Fox [a] and Marvel Entertainment from 2000 to 2020, and was retroactively concluded in 2024.
Cudmore's first major role came in 2003 when he appeared as Piotr Rasputin in the second installment of the X-Men film franchise, X2.He auditioned for the title role in Superman Returns, but lost the role to Brandon Routh.
Marsden was cast as Cyclops in the X-Men films. His character is prominent in the comics; his screen time in the films, however, is reduced in the sequels. Marsden also appeared in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns. Singer had dropped out of the third X-Men film to direct Superman and Marsden was cast as Lois Lane's fiancé, Richard
Shawn Robert Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) [1] is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Bobby Drake / Iceman in the X-Men film series, Jake in the television series Animorphs, Agent Mike Weston in the television drama series The Following, Eric in the horror film The Ruins, Sam Spencer in the ABC series Conviction, Wesley Evers in the ABC series The Rookie, and Lamplighter in the ...
Shortly after his work on X-Men, Hayter was hired to write and direct a project based on the heroine Black Widow. [12] However, due to the limited success of similar themed films featuring female vigilante protagonists at the time, Marvel withdrew their offer to Hayter stating, "We don't think it's time to do this movie".