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Ratner revealed as new X-Men 3 director
Marvel Entertainment and 20th Century Fox have confirmed that Brett Ratner is to be the new director of X-Men 3.Matthew Vaughn, the director behind Layer Cake, and producer of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, was meant to direct the film, but pulled out just last week, citing personal reasons. With filming due to begin this August, the appointment of Ratner will keep the project on track. Ratner has previously directed The Family Man, a comedy starring Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni, as well as the Rush Hour movies with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. More recently he directed Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Woody Harrelson in After The Sunset, and was the man behind horror movie Red Dragon, starring Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton. Ratner is said to be a fan of comic books, and had been rumoured to direct the original X-Men movie back in 2000. Ironically, the man who beat him to that job, Bryan Singer, is to direct Superman Returns, another film Ratner had been associated with. Titles related to this articleRelated/similar articles
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