Joss Whedon Denies 'X-Men 3' Involvement

[Tuesday, October 26th, 2004]
Joss Whedon'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' creator Joss Whedon dismissed rumors and confirmed that he won't be writing or directing X-Men 3. "I did promise I would say whether or not I'm going to be directing the third X-Men movie, and the answer is, I'm sorry to say, no," Whedon told Sci-Fi Wire. "Quite frankly, I thought about it for a long time, I looked into my heart, and I realized that Fox didn't ask me to," he added, with tongue in cheek.

Whedon added, "Ultimately, the fact that I'm writing the X-Men every month in the Astonishing X-Men [Marvel comic] and that I have the best artists in comic books working with me is getting my 'X' fix on just fine. I'm writing a screenplay of my own right now, and it'll be nice to work on something that wasn't created by me or anybody else many years ago."

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