Discussions of X-Men Origins: Magneto stopped about the same time that X-Men: First Class was announced. Last we heard about it, Bryan Singer was still signed on to direct First Class, and he said that the film might supersede the Magneto prequel. Now we've got an update from producer Lauren Shuler Donner, providing a slightly…
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News that Bryan Singer had signed to direct X-Men: First Class created a lot of excitement, but just as many questions, in the world of comic book movie fandom. We know that Jamie Moss has been hired to write, and the director had also revealed that the film would cover "the formative years of Xavier…
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Later this week we'll be publishing our full interview with director James McTeigue (V For Vendetta, Ninja Assassin), but until then I've been posting some of the more newsworthy bits to come out of our discussion. Yesterday, McTeigue revealed his next project, a Se7en-stlye thriller titled The Raven, and he gave us an update on…
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The latest issue of Production Weekly features a new plot synopsis for David Goyer's X-Men Origins: Magneto: "The original X-Men film began with a prologue that showed the character as a child being led to a concentration camp by Nazis and that is the period in which the Magneto film will take place. This setup…
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The official title of Gavin Hood's Wolverine X-Men spinoff feature film is X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which makes complete sense. I'm guessing that David Goyer's Magneto spin-off will get the same title treatment (X-Men Origins: Magneto). Liev Schrieber (The Hurricane, The Painted Veil) is in final talks to star as William Stryker, who was played by…
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