Not many would go to bat for the disgraced director Bryan Singer, not even his longtime creative collaborator John Ottman. The composer-editor, who worked with Singer on several films and won an Oscar — rather controversially — for his work on the blockbuster biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, recently spoke about the disastrous production of their final X-Men movie together. Appearing on the Half the Picture podcast recently, Ottman said that Singer and the creatives behind the X-Men franchise were in a state of complacency following the success of X-Men: Days of Future Past. Widely considered to be one of the best superhero movies of the 2010s, the film was released to massive success in 2014. Ottman said that he would provide instant feedback while working on the edit of X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Simon Kinberg and his team of writers would implement his notes and shoot the necessary scenes. The movie barely had any reshoots because of how well-executed it was.
June 17, 2026
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Marvel’s Messiest X-Men Movie Was a "Total Nightmare" Behind the Scenes
By Emma Richardson
Not many would go to bat for the disgraced director Bryan Singer, not even his longtime creative collaborator John Ottman. The composer-editor, who worked with Singer on several films and won an Oscar — rather controversially — for his work on the blockbuster biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, recently spoke about the disastrou
