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Bryan Singer Might be Out of X-MEN: FIRST CLASS

I remember it like it was yesterday hearing about director Bryan Singer and how he had announced he would be taking on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS just as soon as he finished work on JACK THE GIANT KILLER.  Well, it appears another giant Jack might be slaying is that dream of another Singer-directed X-MEN movie, as Hitfix is reporting they have it on authority from multiple sources Singer might be off the FIRST CLASS project.

With Singer working on getting JACK THE GIANT KILLER done for Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox isn’t waiting around, and is “actively searching” for a director to step in and take over the next X-MEN film.  Judging from the Hitfix article and a recent interview that ran in the LA Times featuring Singer and Lauren Shuler Donner, it would appear Singer stepping aside as director of FIRST CLASS is an amicable decision.  He could be on board as the film’s producer, or even as producer of the planned WOLVERINE 2.

However, the idea of Singer acting as director of FIRST CLASS seems to be diminishing hope.  That isn’t to say we will never see Singer step behind the camera on another X-MEN movie.  There are always plans to do a fourth film chronologically in the series, something the Hitfix article touches on.  We should know by sometime this Summer what Singer’s next directorial project really is.

Bryan Singer Sheds Some FIRST CLASS Light on the New X-MEN

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Just yesterday, we brought you word that Bryan Singer, the man who initially brought the X-MEN story to feature film life, is coming back to the franchise for X-MEN: FIRST CLASS.   Today, with the official word coming from Variety, some details on what the new film is going to be about emerge.

This is the formative years of Xavier and Magneto, and the formation of the school and where there relationship took a wrong turn.   There is a romantic element, and some of the mutants from X-MEN will figure into the plot, though I don’t want to say which ones. There will be a lot of new mutants and a great villain.

Singer went on to tell Variety that Xavier and Magneto would be in their 20’s in the film, it would be like Abrams’ STAR TREK in tone, and he wanted to come up with a story that would stand on its own.   There has been no word on whether new actors will be portraying the leads or if Singer will utilize the same style of aging special effects Brett Ratner used in the third X-MEN movie.

Whether it’s BATMAN, LORD OF THE RINGS, or STAR TREK, if the characters are good, you want to see them on their journey even if you know their destiny.   I put myself in the fan’s position, and I think this story is something I would want to see, and so will they.

While X-MEN: FIRST CLASS won’t be Singer’s next film, he hasn’t officially signed on to direct JACK THE GIANT KILLER for New Line.   He is also attached to helm a BATTLESTAR GALACTICA feature film.