Scott Summers, still distraught over the loss of Jean Grey, drives to her resting location at Alkali Lake. Mystique shields Magneto from a cure dart and loses her mutant abilities. With help from Pyro, Callisto and several other mutants, Magneto attacks a mobile prison and frees Mystique, Multiple Man and Juggernaut. Magneto re-establishes his Brotherhood of Mutants with those who oppose the cure, warning it will be weaponized to exterminate the mutant race. The cure interests some mutants such as Rogue, who cannot touch anyone without harming them, while others are wary of it. In the present, Worthington Labs announces an inoculation, to suppress the X-gene that gives mutants their abilities and offers the "cure" to any mutant who wants it. Ten years later in 1996, industrialist Warren Worthington II discovers his son is a mutant as the latter tries to cut off his wings. In 1986, Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr meet young Jean Grey at her parents' house to invite her to join their school, the X-Mansion. It received mixed reviews from critics and was deemed inferior to its predecessors.Ī standalone sequel, The Wolverine, was released in 2013 it was followed by X-Men: Days of Future Past a year later in 2014, which retconned the events of The Last Stand. It grossed approximately $459 million worldwide, becoming the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2006 it was at the time the highest-grossing film in the series and after 2018 stood as the fourth-highest-grossing film of the franchise. X-Men: The Last Stand premiered in the Out of Competition section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States on May 26 by 20th Century Fox. It had extensive visual effects created by 11 different companies. Filming took place from August 2005 to January 2006 with a budget of $210 million, and was consequently the most expensive film made at the time of its release. Matthew Vaughn, who co-wrote the script (though was uncredited) and was initially hired as the new director, left due to personal and professional issues, and was replaced with Ratner. Singer had not even defined the storyline for a third film. X2 composer and editor John Ottman and X2 writers Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty also left to work on Superman Returns, as did James Marsden, who had very limited screen time in The Last Stand before his character was killed off due to his departure from the film. Written by Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn, the film is loosely based on two X-Men comic book story arcs, " Gifted" and " The Dark Phoenix Saga", with a plot that revolves around a "mutant cure" that causes serious repercussions among mutants and humans, and on the resurrection of Jean Grey who unleashes a dark force.īryan Singer, who had directed the two previous films, X-Men and X2, decided to leave the sequel to work on Superman Returns (2006).
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It features an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Vinnie Jones, and Patrick Stewart. It is the sequel to X2, as well as the third installment in the X-Men film series, and was directed by Brett Ratner. X-Men: The Last Stand (also marketed as X3: The Last Stand, or X-Men 3) is a 2006 superhero film based on the X-Men comic books published by Marvel Entertainment Group.