We reported yesterday that it was sounding as if Quicksilver is being added to the upcoming X-MEN movie DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. Joss Whedon had already announced that he would be in the AVENGERS sequel. Well now, it sounds like both studios are about to come to blows regarding the use of the character.
Bryan Singer's original tweet that mentioned the hiring of Even Peters for the role (and both movies) has been deleted and replaced with...
Thrilled to say #EvanPeters is joining #XMen #DaysOfFuturePast as #Quicksilver.
HitFix has more info about this tug-of-war...
This is not a situation where the two different companies are working together to try and create a sense of a larger shared world. In fact, if either of them could get the other to back off, they would. The thing is, Bryan Singer has designed a sequence that he feels only works with Quicksilver, and Joss Whedon feels that there is a pressing reason for Quicksilver to show up in "The Avengers 2," and so what we're going to see is a legally-negotiated stand-off in which we'll get two totally different versions of one character. While they may act like things are amicable in public, HitFix sources say otherwise.
This won't be pretty...but it will be pretty interesting. Stay tuned...