Singer Talks (Even More) About X-Men: First Class

Singer Talks (Even More) About X-Men: First Class

Bryan Singer said last week his new X-Men adaption First Class, would show "the formative years of Xavier and Magneto". You'd think could replace the origins Magneto movie, but it seems that's not the case.

By LEEE777 - Dec 22, 2009 05:12 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men: First Class
Source: HeatVisionBlog



X-Men director Singer admmitted: "This story would probably utilise some of the Magneto story because it deals with a young Magneto, so it might supersede that because this would explore that relationship between a young energetic professor and a disenfranchised victim of the Holocaust."

The X-Men Origins: Magneto screenplay for the spin off mutant, the two men first meet in Israel.

Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision, talked to Singer and he explained why he had decided to return to the X-franchise: "It started with a conversation between (Fox co-chairman) Tom Rothman and me some time ago. We not only concluded a deal, but I've written a pretty concise treatment. There's a story that I really want to tell.

"It's basically about the formation of the X-Men. How they began and the relationship between a young Xavier and a young Magneto.

"It's been about 10 years since the first X-Men, and this is a nice opportunity to look back at the origins of that universe. The X-Men universe is boundless. These are great characters. And as young characters, they are quite different than the characters we have seen in the contemporary movies."


Choosing the writer Jamie Moss, Singer said: "He's a really good writer, and of the writers I met with, he interpreted my story the best and brought the most to it.

"Because I'm so actively involved in the script development of my movies, I'm very hands-on, I need a certain kind of writer and a certain kind of availability to me. And he fitted that bill. He's quite talented."


Singer will be first directing the remake of "Jack the Giant Killer."

Many thanks to Heat Vision and the whole article is below on the link.


LEEE777 - Man I remember saying all those months ago Singer should go back to where he belongs, the X-Universe and leave Supes alone. Well looks like some of us are getting our wish. Hopefully he'll keep to the original five and leave Storm out. It'll work. The X-Men surely need to be saved from "Last Stand" and if they're not doing an "X4" anytime soon, this is the next best thing. Hey, he's involved in an "Excalibur" movie project too, but no not the Marvel one mores the pity, anyway thoughts below.


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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/22/2009, 5:06 AM
Damn, that come up quick.

Oh yeah, Clive Owen for MAGNETO! ; D
Spilox
Spilox - 12/22/2009, 5:48 AM
Sooow, what are they gonna do about Angel and Iceman. Or can we just forget about x3 (yes please) but that only takes care of angel. Any idears?
Spilox
Spilox - 12/22/2009, 5:48 AM
Hey Tea, how did your back surgery go?
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 6:02 AM
1st and 4most...WELCOME BACK TEA!!! good 2 see u still bring us the comedy we need! lol
LEE@ im deff up 4 another singer/x-men film!..i think every1 will be pleasently surprised..i luv how everybuddy sh!ts on the x-films yet when they come out they r the talk of the town...they were amazing when they came out...seeing ur fav heros portrayed on the big screen...ppl 4get that feeling and start taking them 4 granted..and when u do that...u tend 2 find the negative in things instead of being grateful 4 what u have!
~X
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/22/2009, 6:07 AM
Lansdowne5 @ Thats a great idea man!!

TEA @ Dude cheers buddy an wb again dude!!

Damn, i want a Mackie D's now lol! ; D

XmutantX @ Exactly man, exactly!
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 6:30 AM
jesus hopefully we dont hav that retard come on here and tell us how ratner is god and way betta then singer...how ratner is the ben affleck of directing or whateva the hell he was goin on about hahaha
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 6:33 AM
TEA@ damn..that BK girl is hott..how come they neva look like that in real life???
tazmaniak
tazmaniak - 12/22/2009, 7:33 AM
Well, it seems they're going to stick with this continuity.I guess they have to, with Wolverine still going and Deadpool coming up.Since they can't use Iceman and Angel, they could replace them with Havok, Polaris, Banshee, Scarlet Witch or Quicksilver.

I think the story would be about how Xavier and Magneto initially started out with the same ideals.So, they stared gathering mutants in order to train them in their powers.Eventually Magneto decides the mutants need to prepare for the eventual war he sees is coming.He starts training some of the students secretly.Maybe he sends them out on some missions Xavier isn't aware of.When Xavier finds out, the lines are drawn.The students would be split between the original X-Men and the original Brotherhood.Then we would see that could battle that would end with Xavier being crippled.

There was a character in "Wolverine" who was probably Quicksilver, so it makes sense that he and Scarlet Witch would be students.I think in this version, it would be known they were his kids.That would be why they are loyal to him.Even though Xavier contacted Scott when they were escaping the island in "Wolverine", maybe Xavier was there because he was tracking Magneto's son.Hell, that would be another reason for Magneto to hate humans.They were experimenting on mutants.

Maybe we'll see Mystique in the movie.They could also use Toad.He was in the first movie, and I'm pretty sure he was one of the mutants rescued in "Wolverine", as well as Banshee.
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 8:06 AM
I dont see y iceman cant be in 1st class...he was in the 1st x-men movie....i guess i jus dont understand the logic...i mean if u r goin by the comics or whatnot...these movies dont exactly follow them 2 a T...so 4 them 2 put whoever they want in it makes sense 2 me...in x-men 3 there was a big time gap between angel being a lil kid and then being grown up...y couldnt 1st class fill in that gap??...if sum 1 could explain the logic as 2 y these ppl cant be in 1st class it would help alot...
~X
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 12/22/2009, 8:06 AM
I have to hand it to ya Lee, you really are the last of the great dreamers! Singer wont go against the established movie reality..which HE himself helped to establish. Its gonna be Cyc, Jean, Beast and Storm...then some of the mutants from the end of Origins. Most likely Emma Frost, Banshee. You want the original team..hope for a reboot in, ooooh, about 10 years.

Mutantx, the logic is, Ice ,an is a child in the first X movie..he would have been a baby when the school was founded! And Angel is a teen ager in the 3rd movie, meaning he wouldn't even have been born probably. They can mess with that if they like, but for me that would be ridiculous. They have made the X bed and it will be lay in.
Shaman
Shaman - 12/22/2009, 8:11 AM
It worries me to hear him say that Charles and Erik will be "young". How young??? Cause it could screw the continuity alot more if they go too young. Remember, they were in their 50ies when they went to recrute Jean which is one of the founding team members. So if they go too young, you can expect that the original team won't even have Jean or Scott in it. They might pull off a total brainfart and make up a whole team of mutants that actually have nothing to do with "First Class" X-Men. That would suck mega ass!!! But seeing the duo of Ralph Fiennes and Clive Owen as Xavier and Mags would totaly make me squirt!!!
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 8:13 AM
once agian i wonder...y would storm be in it?..cus she was in the other 1's?...the 1st x-men movie wasnt 1st class...neither was the x-men team in the 1st movie...im soo confused...and y all the hate on singer?..instead of all the b!tching and moaning about what he did wronge..how about all the things he did right!!!...ungrateful BASTARDS!!!!!! lol
~X
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 8:17 AM
ROR@ iceman may hav been a child...but once again ur comparing the x-men movie..with comicbook facts....who says that timeline in the x-men movies follows the timeline from the comics?..they've already changed things 2 make it work..y wouldnt they change this...y couldnt 1st class be jus a matter of a few years prior 2 the 1st x-men movie?
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 8:19 AM
and where was it said that angel was a teen in x-3?...cus ben foster is far from a teen...im not dissing u guys..im jus curious...maybe u can answer some of my questions...and im looking 4 open minded answers..not biased
~X
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 8:29 AM
Tea@ see now u make a great point...thank u...now i agree that iceman cant be part of 1st class...which sux...my guess is they will hav a young scoot, jean and human beast...and im guessing..filler characters...so outside of iceman and angel...what mutants should they hav??...this could be our chance 2 see sum characters that we hav been waiting 2 see!...i kno its a bit sac religious..but we should try 2 stay positive here...so lets here it..what mutants r we dying 2 see on the big screen???...who deserves 2 be on 1st class???
superdog
superdog - 12/22/2009, 8:39 AM
ror is correct, it will be scott jean beast storm and probably frost (she has had a thing for scott in the comics so that will cause some antagonism with jean) and probably a few bad guys like toad and quicksilver to show the early formation of the brotherhood as well. and yes it will be a love story between xavier and magneto, as well as jean and scott. so be it.
SuperSpiderMan5778
SuperSpiderMan5778 - 12/22/2009, 8:41 AM
hell yeah singer belongs in the x-universe. the last stand would've been so much better with singer of course but at least he's back hyped and ready to do another x-men film. God bless Bryan Singer.
Shaman
Shaman - 12/22/2009, 8:57 AM
I guess with all the mess they shat, i'll be pulling for Jean(Daneel Harris), Scott(Scott Porter), Beast(?), Emma Frost(Elisha Cuthbert) and Banshee(young irish kid). I'm not too keen on having storm in there. They could just find her at the end of the movie or something, without control of her powers.
Betty
Betty - 12/22/2009, 9:02 AM
Ror-- I really hope he doesn't adhere to his own established story line. Of the X-Men movie related stuff, his is the best but it still has it's problems.

I think he should start with the original team and make more movies from there. Easy, done, fenito, make it so #1, engage, Avengers Assemble, I love it when a plan comes together, and that right soon!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 12/22/2009, 9:03 AM
SINGER TO XMEN AFTER RATNER IS LIKE OBAMA TO AMERICA AFTER BUSH...."LEAVING CRAP FOR U TO DEAL WITH.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/22/2009, 9:05 AM
ROR @ Lol, we will see, the X-Franchise screams REBOOT!

All the FOX guys have got to do is go and look on the NET!!

Theres a reason DEADPOOL wont have nothing to do with the Wolvie movie, that cough, wasn't the greatest!

Come on, you gotta be proud of me, didn't say the B word !

It's Christmas!!! : D
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 12/22/2009, 9:16 AM
@Betty

THANK YOU! reboot it! start with the original 5 - beast, marvel girl, cyclops, iceman and angel. you can't go wrong!

However if you do a prequel to the established story there are 1,000,000 ways to go wrong!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/22/2009, 9:23 AM
SuperAlex @ Exactly, i second that!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/22/2009, 9:26 AM


Talking original 5, check out the X-FACTOR casting i did when ya got the time! Click this >>>>>> X-FACTOR



DDD
DDD - 12/22/2009, 9:35 AM
Welcome back Tea@! So glad to see you here and just
in time for Xmas! Yeehaaww! I know what an injured back
is all about and I'm glad to see ya here kickin'! Merry
Xmas!

Yep Leee@ & Tea@ reboot it with the originals! And Clive
and Ralph as Mags and Prof-X would blow all the marbles
out I have left! :D :D ;D
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 9:39 AM
1-make 1st class a tv series not a movie! that way u hav ur original 5 and hav cameos of other characters thru out the show...that way u can start from scratch...reboot solved!

2- drop the x-men movies 4 awhile...make a cable solo movie that leads 2 an x-force movie...MOVE ON 2 ANOTHER X-TEAM ALREADY!

3- if singer does make a 1st class movie...drop sum of the lovey dovey crap and giv us a lil more damn action..

4- lets name sum GOOD stuff that singer brought us lol...umm NIGHTCRAWLER!...that in itself was prolly the best character that came from the x-men movie franchise!...HUGHE JACKMAN, JAMES MARSTON, PATRICK STEWART, REBECCA ROMJIN, RAY PARK..lets face it...they were perfect born 4 those roles!
Shaman
Shaman - 12/22/2009, 9:43 AM
Ray Park sucked ass but other than that you're pretty spot on, XmX ;)
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 9:44 AM
I thought ray was awsum...2 each his own i guess
lc
lc - 12/22/2009, 9:56 AM
@ror lee a dreamer god what ever put that into your head the lad dont sleep to dream lmao
XmutantX
XmutantX - 12/22/2009, 10:04 AM
any idea when wolverine and the x-men tv show's 2nd season starts?????
DDD
DDD - 12/22/2009, 10:05 AM
Yeah, Xmutantx@, I wanna see an X-FORCE movie about
the X-MEN black ops team that handles the really
secret and nasty stuff of the mutant universe! I wanna
see WOLVERINE, WARPATH, X-23, DOMINO, WOLF'SBANE,
ARCHANGEL, VANISHER, ELIXER, and CABLE up against
STRYFE! LET'S SEE SOME REAL BLOODY ACTION!





















LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/22/2009, 10:08 AM
GEEZUZ @ DDD i was gonna say stick a LINK here for your X-FORCE casting, but you've brought your whole article here lol!! ; D

[frick]ing A1 casting though man, kudos!! ; )

Lc @ Lmao!! : D
Rolanddeschain19
Rolanddeschain19 - 12/22/2009, 10:22 AM
kenny@ i was going to complain about the first class idea, but reading what your concept, actually makes it sound quite good,

but i still dont understand why we are going back wards and not fowards, i like wolverine, it made sense to make that, but first class, just seems stupid.

doesnt matter if last stand did not get the ratings
, doesnt mean x4 will have the same reaction.

personally i have loved all x fims so far, but im sceptical bout this one
DDD
DDD - 12/22/2009, 10:22 AM
Sorry about that Leee@! I don't know how to make a link!
I didn't realize the pics would come out so huge! Sorry
everybody! I was not tryin' to cram my cast down any-
body's throat just wanna see an X-FORCE movie! I guess
I got a little excited! :) :I lol
Makiveli21
Makiveli21 - 12/22/2009, 10:22 AM
when iceman was in the first one he was like 16 so how about in this one hes like 10? that would be kinda cool some lil kid runnin around freezin people!
DDD
DDD - 12/22/2009, 10:27 AM
I would love to write this X-FORCE movie into a script!

They would need blood, buckets of blood to make the
movie I would pen!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 12/22/2009, 10:29 AM
DDD @ Heh heh, its all good dude!!

It's a worthy cast anyways, more ppl need to see it!!!

Hey i can send you the link thing if you want, hey if i worked it out anyone can lol!

brazilianbatman @ Good point!
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