Bryan Singer is back on X-Men

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I didn't see a topic on it but Bryan Singer announced he will be directing the next X-Men movie, X-Men: First Class.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/x-mennews.php?id=8929

James Cameron's Avatar had its premiere in Los Angeles tonight, and MySpace had a television crew on-hand at the "blue carpet" to interview arrivals.

One of the people there was director Bryan Singer, who directed X-Men and X2: X-Men United for Avatar distributor 20th Century Fox at the start of the decade. In recent interviews, Singer has been asked about possibly directing the planned prequel X-Men: First Class, and he always seemed interested, but earlier this evening he let slip that he has in fact just signed the deal with Fox to direct the next "Origins" film, which will reportedly look at the early days of Cyclops, Jean Grey and others at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning.

You can see for yourself what Bryan Singer told the interviewer about signing to do X-Men: First Class if you go to the Official MySpace site, click on "Next Slide" at the bottom left and then scroll forward to the 27-minute mark where he's asked about what he has coming up next. He tells the interviewers without any hesitation and complete seriousness: "I'm ramping up to do a movie called 'Jack the Giant Killer' at Warner Bros, and I just yesterday signed a deal to do an 'X-Men: First Class Origins' picture, which is kind of cool. I'm very excited."

This is very exciting news for "X-Men" fans who have been hoping Singer would return to the fold and hopefully we'll have more to report on this news soon.
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They should have gotten the Rat back. He is the best director of super hero movies. I hope he is working on another Rush Hour. ;)

Anyways, that Singer guy can make a movie; the gays are talented.
 
Prequels inherently suck.

Either the enemies are smaller time and thus there is less excitement or the enemies are incredible and you wonder why the enemies in the first films were a problem.

So, the prequels will have Jean Grey stopping a mugger (yawn) or she'll be throwing down with Apocalypse and Mr. Sinister (making Stryker look like a walk in the park).
 
Didn't they announce this like a month ago? Maybe it was just a rumor. Either way, I'm really happy that Singer is back. X1&2 were really good but 3 was an abomination. I'm not too keen on the new movie premise, but I have confidence it will put X-Men back on the right track.
 
[quote name='crunchb3rry']If he does First Class: please, no fucking Wolverine appearances. Let Cyclops have the spotlight for a change.[/QUOTE]

Who would play Cyclops? James Marsden is too old to play a teenager.

And Jean Grey? Famke is menopausal.

Beast? Short and Stocky without the fur, please.

Iceman? Oh no, a departure from the original films. Then again, the original actor might be able to pull a older teenager still.

Angel? Does anybody really care?

Xavier? Will Patrick Stewart go again? Will the movie take place before Lucifer crushed his legs?
 
Angel was introduced in X3, so he wouldn't even be a character in First Class, assuming Singer considers X3 to be canon.

Even Beast didn't seem to be part of the X-Men. And Iceman joined in the trilogy. So, really, First Class is a fucking mess to film. Just too many continuity flaws.
 
[quote name='crunchb3rry']If he does First Class: please, no fucking Wolverine appearances. Let Cyclops have the spotlight for a change.[/QUOTE]
This x 1000

Especially considering Cyclops is the center of the X-Men universe right now in the comics.
 
Continuity issues should be too bad, as long as they limit it to characters who were already with Xavier in the first movie.
 
I am really surprised that 20CF let him come back to do another x-men after he jump ship to do Superman Returns, which was an ok film.
 
Superman returns was not bad. Not great, but not bad either. I have no problems seeing the same actor play the part again in the future, but yes I did not like superboy in that one.
 
How about Picard? He would be way too old to play Professor X. I guess they are going to jump on this right after the Magneto Origin.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']Superman returns was not bad. Not great, but not bad either. I have no problems seeing the same actor play the part again in the future, but yes I did not like superboy in that one.[/QUOTE]

I have the same take on it.

I also didn't think that X3 was that bad. Big let down from the first two, but I still enjoyed it (same with Spider-man 3).

But I've also never been a comic book fan (so probably don't get upset at stuff that annoys fans), and have low expectations for super hero movies and popcorn action flicks in general.
 
You mean Sir Patrick Stewart? I was honestly impressed by the practical/digital makeup they did on X3 and Wolverine. So yea it is possible.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']You mean Sir Patrick Stewart? I was honestly impressed by the practical/digital makeup they did on X3 and Wolverine. So yea it is possible.[/QUOTE]

And Benjamin Button.

With current tech, its easy to make actors look much younger.

In a recent Newsweek there was a piece with James Cameron and Peter Jackson talking about the future of film etc. and they talked about that a bit. With the example of how Clint Eastwood could make another Dirty Harry and the technology could make him look like he did in the 1970s.
 
[quote name='crunchb3rry']Angel was introduced in X3, so he wouldn't even be a character in First Class, assuming Singer considers X3 to be canon.

Even Beast didn't seem to be part of the X-Men. And Iceman joined in the trilogy. So, really, First Class is a fucking mess to film. Just too many continuity flaws.[/QUOTE]

If they're trying to get back to roots, going back to Lee and Kirby's original five might be the right way to go.
 
[quote name='fatherofcaitlyn']Prequels inherently suck.[/QUOTE]
I was under the impression First Class was an alternate universe kind of thing. Then again I don't really follow comic thats much so I'm probably wrong...

[quote name='ITDEFX']Superman returns was not bad. Not great, but not bad either. I have no problems seeing the same actor play the part again in the future, but yes I did not like superboy in that one.[/QUOTE]
Agreed, the only problems I really had was Superkid(wtf?) and Lex being the main villain(They should have had him team up with someone else).
 
Superman Returns was great, Singer went for the feel of the old movies, and totally hit the nail on the head... I could see why people didn't like it though.

I have no interest in this... I thought X-Men first class as going to focus on the younger mutants, not a reboot situation... WTF... are we going to reboot comic movies every 8 years now??
 
[quote name='DestroVega']
I have no interest in this... I thought X-Men first class as going to focus on the younger mutants, not a reboot situation... WTF... are we going to reboot comic movies every 8 years now??[/QUOTE]

Is it a reboot? Or just a prequel with some of the characters in the current series? I was under the impression that it was just a prequel like the Wolverine movie.
 
First Class implies it would be about the founding of Xavier's school. Which pretty much means Storm, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Iceman. It could work really well, except the aforementioned fact that Singer introduced Beast and Iceman after the other three have long since graduated and became teachers at the school.

I'm sure they could retcon Beast as a student, but Iceman would just be a little kid at the time.
 
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Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Marvel Girl and Iceman were the original students.

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Storm, Banshee, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus and Thunderbird joined the X-Men during the series reboot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee_(comics)#Time_with_the_X-Men
 
Doh, I mixed up Angel and Storm. Still, in Singer's movie, Angel didn't appear until the 3rd movie and was really just a bystander. Older than Iceman but still too young.

Singer has his work cut out for him. I with he'd just continue beyond X3. A prequel is too screwed unless it was a reboot. And it would be odd for Origins to reboot the story when the whole point of Origins is to be prequels to existing material.
 
[quote name='crunchb3rry']Doh, I mixed up Angel and Storm. Still, in Singer's movie, Angel didn't appear until the 3rd movie and was really just a bystander. Older than Iceman but still too young.

Singer has his work cut out for him. I with he'd just continue beyond X3. A prequel is too screwed unless it was a reboot. And it would be odd for Origins to reboot the story when the whole point of Origins is to be prequels to existing material.[/QUOTE]

I agree with this. The only thing that I want to point out was during Wolverine Origins they had a teenage Cyclops(well Scott Summers in the movie). So if they were to go with the origin movie story they may pick up that actor and take it from there. I don't think they would hold onto the Origin title if they were going to reboot and mix up the story movie goers have pieced together by now.
 
[quote name='crunchb3rry']Singer has his work cut out for him. I with he'd just continue beyond X3.[/QUOTE]

At the end of X3, there was Storm, Iceman, Colossus, Wolverine, Shadowcat and Nightcrawler. Not a bad little team.

Beast was there, but not really in the team. Rogue was "cured", but always mishandled. Magneto was relapsing.

Rogue needs to be recast and buffed up with Miss Marvel's powers or scrapped altogether.

Magneto needs to see the light. After Xavier died in Uncanny X-Men #200, Magneto took over the school for a few years.

They could probably start the Rachel Summers or Nathan Summers saga. Pretty screwed up when a kid goes back in time to find out both of her parents are dead.

Rachel Summers works best if they bring in Nimrod.

Nathan Summers works best if they bring in Apocalypse and Mr. Sinister. Of course, Mr. Sinister would have to be retooled since he is only vulnerable to Cyclops.

I suppose the first new movie would be Rachel Summers popping up and being pursued by Nimrod. The two of them end up dead and the movie closes with Cable popping up and a cameo by Legion, Xavier's crazy son.

In the sequel, Legion steals Cable's time traveling technology to kill Jean Grey when she was a child. However, interference from Xavier and Magneto cause Legion to kill Xavier in the public eye triggering ... the Age of Apocalypse storyline. In the movie version, Cable takes on the role of Bishop due him being outside of the time stream and unaffected by Legion's actions.

If you have ever read the AoA storyline, lots of good fights and license to rewrite damn near everything.
 
My guess is this will essentially be X-Men Begins a la Christopher Nolan. All new cast, all new continuity.
 
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Oh goody, a midquel to gap the riveting, exciting conclusion to X-men Origins Wolverine and the exciting spectacular beginning of X-men.
 
[quote name='neocisco']My guess this will essentially be X-Men Begins a la Christopher Nolan. All new cast, all new continuity.[/QUOTE]

I'd be cool with that. Danny DeVito for Wolverine!
 
[quote name='crunchb3rry']If he does First Class: please, no fucking Wolverine appearances. Let Cyclops have the spotlight for a change.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, no kidding. I still haven't wrapped my head around him being the leader of the X-Men in the new cartoon.
 
[quote name='neocisco']My guess is this will essentially be X-Men Begins a la Christopher Nolan. All new cast, all new continuity.[/QUOTE]

One of the few nice things about working for a cable company is the free cable.

So, I can watch crap movies in the privacy of my home for free within the year after they are released instead of pissing away 2-3 hours of net pay on a "date" with the wife and be disappointed.
 
The easy way around this mess is to just pretend the previous movies never existed and do the original team complete with Iceman , Beast and Angel . I doubt it will happen that way but it is the route I prefer.
 
One question I have is during Wolverine Origins did Cyclops ever "see" wolverine? the first Xmen movie they were introduced and I understand that Wolverine wouldn't remember but since Wolverine physically had not changed in appearance wouldn't Cyclops remember him? Or is this all just some sort of continuity error?
 
[quote name='fatherofcaitlyn']At the end of X3, there was Storm, Iceman, Colossus, Wolverine, Shadowcat and Nightcrawler. Not a bad little team.

Beast was there, but not really in the team. Rogue was "cured", but always mishandled. Magneto was relapsing.

Rogue needs to be recast and buffed up with Miss Marvel's powers or scrapped altogether.

Magneto needs to see the light. After Xavier died in Uncanny X-Men #200, Magneto took over the school for a few years.

They could probably start the Rachel Summers or Nathan Summers saga. Pretty screwed up when a kid goes back in time to find out both of her parents are dead.

Rachel Summers works best if they bring in Nimrod.

Nathan Summers works best if they bring in Apocalypse and Mr. Sinister. Of course, Mr. Sinister would have to be retooled since he is only vulnerable to Cyclops.

I suppose the first new movie would be Rachel Summers popping up and being pursued by Nimrod. The two of them end up dead and the movie closes with Cable popping up and a cameo by Legion, Xavier's crazy son.

In the sequel, Legion steals Cable's time traveling technology to kill Jean Grey when she was a child. However, interference from Xavier and Magneto cause Legion to kill Xavier in the public eye triggering ... the Age of Apocalypse storyline. In the movie version, Cable takes on the role of Bishop due him being outside of the time stream and unaffected by Legion's actions.

If you have ever read the AoA storyline, lots of good fights and license to rewrite damn near everything.[/QUOTE]
I don't remember Nightcrawler being in X3.
 
[quote name='ImLuhkee']One question I have is during Wolverine Origins did Cyclops ever "see" wolverine? the first Xmen movie they were introduced and I understand that Wolverine wouldn't remember but since Wolverine physically had not changed in appearance wouldn't Cyclops remember him? Or is this all just some sort of continuity error?[/QUOTE]

I chalk it up to a massive plot hole. Primarily because Sabretooth sure as fuck changed in appearance. ;)
 
[quote name='dmaul1114']Is it a reboot? Or just a prequel with some of the characters in the current series? I was under the impression that it was just a prequel like the Wolverine movie.[/QUOTE]

From what I had heard this is a prequel to the first film and not a reboot. Though a reboot is really what I think the X-men brand needs right now.

I mean they're already rebooting Spidey and sending him back to high school since the fourth movie has been canceled. So if a reboot is in order for spiderman after 3 movies, then they sure can do it for x-men after 4 (just counting the Origin movie).
 
[quote name='JolietJake']I don't remember Nightcrawler being in X3.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I guess I forgot. I can't really say I watched the movie more than once.

Well, he wasn't dead yet just not there.
 
[quote name='crunchb3rry']I chalk it up to a massive plot hole. Primarily because Sabretooth sure as fuck changed in appearance. ;)[/QUOTE]

Yeah I agree, it bothers me alot actually. He changed so much between the two movies (which was only suppose to take place only 10-20 years after Origins) yet bearly changed appearance during Wolverine Origins that was suppose to take place over much much longer time. I hope they don't have those kind of major continuity issues.
 
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