Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique Could Get Own ‘X-Men’ Spinoff

Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique could be the next X-Men character to have a spin-off film in the franchise. The 23-year-old Oscar winning actress reprises her role as the shapeshifter Mystique in ...
Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique Could Get Own ‘X-Men’ Spinoff
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  • Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique could be the next X-Men character to have a spin-off film in the franchise.

    The 23-year-old Oscar winning actress reprises her role as the shapeshifter Mystique in the 20th Century Fox film, X-Men: Days of Future Past, which does not release in theaters until May 23. However, there is already talk of a spin-off film with Mystique as the central character, much like the successful Wolverine series, starring Hugh Jackman.

    “There was a regime [at the studio] that didn’t see the worth in [spin-offs], and the current people who run Fox understand, embrace it, and we’re going to do right by it,” says producer Lauren Shuler Donner, who has produced all of the X-Men films.

    “I’d like to do Gambit. I’d like to do Deadpool. We’ll see. There’s a lot of really great characters,” Donner said.

    She also said she would be interested in making a film with Mystique as the focus.

    “I love what Jen Lawrence has done with her, and I feel like because she is in such a crowded ensemble, there’s so much more opportunity if you were to follow her solo,” said Simon Kinberg, writer and producer of X-Men: First Class.

    Lawrence has two more Hunger Gamesfilms scheduled to be released in the next 18 months, and possibly the next X-Men film in the spring of 2016. Harvey Weinstein, producer of Silver Linings Playbook, said in February that Lawrence might take a year off after filming for the  final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy wraps.

    The next movie in the franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse, is scheduled for release on May 27, 2016. A third Wolverine standalone movie is schedule to hit theaters on March 3, 2017.

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