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Will.i.am To Bring His Reverse Midas Touch To 'X-Men' Franchise
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 12:09 PM on February 21, 2008
There are several immutable laws of physics: The net force on a body is equal to it's mass multiplied by it's acceleration. Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. Will.i.am ruins everything he touches. Don't believe us? Check out his recent Grammy performance. Need more proof? Listen to his lifeless remixes on that 25th anniversary re-issue of Thriller. But just when you thought that Will.i.am was content with debasing the sanctity of the entire recording industry, it appears as if he is about to apply his patented reverse Midas Touch on one of the most anticipated action films of 2009.
THR is reporting that Will.i.am now has set his sights on ruining Wolverine, Hugh Jackman's formerly-anticipated X-Men spin-off. In what is the most disappointing bit of casting news we've heard in some time, the Black Eyed Peas' worst member (for argument's sake, the best is that weird long-haired dude) has been cast as Wraith, a mutant whose skin is translucent and has the power to create a field of invisibility. Ah, if only life could imitate art. Then we would have to suffer the poor man's Andre 3000 no more.
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bitchybitch
Posted 3:01 PM 21/2/08
No it's Kate Moss.
bitchybitch
aspiringexpatriate
Posted 3:01 PM 21/2/08
Wait, so this Wraith character is basically a wraith from Stargate Atlantis? Or was he in the comics before, thus Atlantis ripped it off.
aspiringexpatriate
nick_r
Posted 3:01 PM 21/2/08
Well, once the writers changed all of Wraith's lines to "Yes yes y'all!" the casting choice was obvious.
nick_r
AgitpropVT
Posted 4:21 PM 21/2/08
In fairness, he does have quite the collection of snazzy hats...
OK, I really don't know where I was going with that.
AgitpropVT
bitchybitch
Posted 4:21 PM 21/2/08
Oh that's the waif look, not the wraith look.
bitchybitch
Glass_Family
Posted 6:41 PM 21/2/08
Novel concept: why not hire an actor for the role?
Oh, and will.i.am? Worst. Emcee. Name. Motherfucking. Ever.
Glass_Family
Miss d
Posted 6:41 PM 21/2/08
should of been 'off' - but now I read that back...
Miss d
Miss d
Posted 6:41 PM 21/2/08
So essentially his entire career - he's been ripping of Michael Jackson...
Miss d
kenoma
Posted 11:21 PM 21/2/08
It's weird. Pre-Fergie, BEP were pretty well respected among the serious hip hop community. I feel like that was a million years ago.
kenoma
SugartitsMcFirecrotch
Posted 12:21 AM 22/2/08
I do not like mediocre hip hop ham. I do not like you, will.i.am.
I will not watch you on the movie screen. I will not watch you in Wolverine.
SugartitsMcFirecrotch
SteamyMcFirecrotch
Posted 2:37 AM 22/2/08
@SugartitsMcFirecrotch: Top drawer! But I'm a sucker for Seuss.
SteamyMcFirecrotch
HyperWrench
Posted 2:37 AM 22/2/08
I think he's been cast to play John Wraith, teleporting Weapon X member.
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HyperWrench
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 5:47 AM 22/2/08
@SugartitsMcFirecrotch: Someone had their Wheaties this morning. Good one.
Little Mintz Sunshine
Shumina
Posted 5:47 AM 22/2/08
@SugartitsMcFirecrotch: awesome.
Shumina
independentthinkerdude
Posted 8:26 AM 22/2/08
sorry, william isn't worse than fergie
independentthinkerdude
SeaPeople
Posted 3:12 PM 22/2/08
@SugartitsMcFirecrotch:You just made my fiancee and I laugh so hard that we drooled a little on our new couch.
SeaPeople