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X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz have already been signed to write the script, according to the report.
The 1986 original starring Kurt Russell as Jack Burton, the all-American trucker dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown, was directed by John Carpenter. While it had modest box office at the time, it’s still watched, and recently spawned a comic series from BOOM! Studios.
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Posted by Milton Griepp on June 1, 2015 @ 11:47 pm CT
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