Singer Talks More About X-men: First Class

Our favorite X-men director talks more about his next mutant movie, X-men: First Class

In the last few days, we've learned that X-Men and X2: X-Men United helmer Bryan Singer is returning to direct X-Men: First Class for Fox and that Jamie Moss will write the new script. Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg are producers.

Variety learned more from Singer, who said that the studio sparked to a detailed treatment he wrote for the film.

"This is the formative years of Xavier and Magneto, and the formation of the school and where there relationship took a wrong turn," Singer said. "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."

In the film the dynamic duo, Xavier and Magneto (hey that rhymed), will be like twenty-something and that this movie will be sort of the same as what J.J.A. did with Star Trek.

"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," Singer said. "I put myself in the fan's position, and I think this story is something I would want to see, and so will they."

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83 Comments

	They could do far, far worse than use Star Trek '09 as an influence. Just sayin' :) InTylerWeTrust - 12/18/2009, 4:37 AM
	I like Singer he was a good director he did an OK job with the first 2 X-men movies. I believe he has a good head to make first class a great movie. DTLSinger - 12/18/2009, 6:14 AM
	When he says "I dont want to say which ones" does that mean he wont stick with the 5 original members ? longbowhunter - 12/18/2009, 6:27 AM
	They should use the original group but they already screwed that up if they are keeping with the timeline set in the first X Men. I still think this will be a good film if done right and I am willing to bet we will be seeing Sinister. BruceWayneNewton - 12/18/2009, 6:30 AM
	1- they will be twenty-something? And so the x-men eight-something? Prof X And Mag had to be in their middle 30. 2- yeah,as a fan i would like to see their journey,of course,but the right journey of the right characters,done right! 3- he doesn't want to say which ones? lol who knows who are they using?!? I don't have any idea about hahahaha c'mon, MisterFixit - 12/18/2009, 6:35 AM
	Well he screwed up the original series, why not keep the ball rolling? I wonder which cartoon he's going to base this one on? Hey Singer, how about doing some actual RESEARCH this time?! PICK UP [EXPLITIVE]-ING A COMIC BOOK! loganoneil - 12/18/2009, 6:39 AM
	I dont want him messing with X-Men... The whole age factor, they're already putting this in a possible bad direction. If its suppose to be a reboot, then leave Singer out of it. He does not need to be a part of Marvel Universe anymore. Lets move on to someone better who can keep the movie in a more x-men type world. telavizion - 12/18/2009, 6:48 AM
	Can u really say Prof. X looked 20 sumthin in Wolverine? telavizion - 12/18/2009, 6:49 AM
	MisterFixit- From the timeline already established in the three previous X-Films WHICH THEY WILL KEEP cause this is NOT a reboot, Xavier and Magneto where near their 60ies. And when they whent to get Jean together, they were in their 40ies. So they should be in their 40ies in First Class. ED HARRIS FOR MAGNETO!!! As Xavier's School Headmaster!!! Shaman - 12/18/2009, 6:55 AM
	Why do people still blame Singer for Zak Penn's scripts? Anyway, he did have a lot of influence I guess. Foe me he nailed the X Men. Not in every detail, but the essence of what made the characters great and what the whole concept of the X Men always was, what made them tick, why they struggled. But I guess we all get different things from comics. RorMachine - 12/18/2009, 6:58 AM
	Fox timeline: XO:W we have a cyclops in high school,16 or 17 years old. At the same time a very very young Storm,maybe 7 and fortunally they deleted that scene. 17 years later X1: here we have Scott looking 24-25 and Ororo looking 28-30. Also,in orgins they already showed us a 'young' CGI Xavier looking 40. Now they can't replace prof X with a much more young actor,i think. They totally screwed up all the ages of all the characters. I mean, James Marsden is now 34! In 2009 A.D. and in real life. And not talking of Gambit and Grandpa Magneto... MisterFixit - 12/18/2009, 7:07 AM
	I agree with Ror. This is good news. And I DO hope they use this as some sort of a reboot point for continuity, and restart with the original 5. But if they don't, I'd still probably see it. Either way, I bet it's better than X3! Bamf7 - 12/18/2009, 7:17 AM
	I basically agree with Ror. he did a fine job with X Men, and indeed some the major problems can be attributed to Penn's usual shitty writing. But also I feel that if Singer had wanted to change the story or the script he could have. But anyway that doesn't matter. He made some choices that I don't care for, but he made many more that I do so it's a mixed bag. That's the way it goes sometimes. There's the good. Then there's the bad. I will give you an example.. I didn't like how they replaced Nightcrawler's fur with masochisticaly created self mutilation scars. I mean how religious do you have to be to sit around and cut yourself up over it? lol BUT he still got Kurt's power and his personality right so it was easy for me to overlook that. The scars were original but stupid, so if someone asked me if there were flaws that would be one of them. But that's not a game changer at all. You won't catch me saying anything negative about this project until we get more details. SixSixteen - 12/18/2009, 7:19 AM
	MisterFixit- No Scott looked like he was in his early thirties in X1 so where's the problem? What year was it at the end of Wolverine? "First Class" will probably take place in the 80/90-ies or something. Every young x-man will have to be recast while Prof X and Mags will be in their 40ies. Where's the problem??? Their doing the "teen" years, not the "young adult" years. Donner said it would be like a dark harry potter. What are you guys expecting??? Something good??? Never in a million years! Shaman - 12/18/2009, 7:28 AM
	Agree with ror@ too. It's all fox's fault. Singer did his best with the script. Dammit! There were literally TONS of x-men. If there was not in 2001 the technology to realize good Beast,Iceman and Angel,ok! They introduce Beast as one of the first class student. Great! The same treatment for Bobby and Warren! It was very simple. There were a lot of mutant to replace them. Shaman@ i love your artwork and yes, Harris could be great in the role with a little help from makeup artist MisterFixit - 12/18/2009, 7:33 AM
	After X2, I already stopped comparing the movies to the comics; and when I did so, I started enjoying them as "movies." Despite the poor script, singer still managed to make the movie fun to watch. So don't get me started on how I felt when singer decided to drop the 3rd movie for Ratner. Give me Singer for x-men any day! Mabuhay and MALIGAYANG PASKO SA IYONG LAHAT!!! (Filipino for Merry Xmas to all) padidas - 12/18/2009, 7:34 AM
	I'm with Ror on this one, Singer did a great job with the X-Men. Sure it wasn't the original team, but people seem to forget that movies are interpretations of the books and almost none of them follow the storyline to a T. Going forward with first class, I think he'll do just fine. Runefyst - 12/18/2009, 7:34 AM
	Shaman@ in X1 The real age of Scott,ororo and jean was 27,34,35. And the only that looked exactly her age was Famke Janssen. The other looked more younger. The matter with these movies,ten year ago,was no warranty of success. No warranty of one or more sequels. So fox and sony cast the actors as for a one shot movie. MisterFixit - 12/18/2009, 8:00 AM
	_Singer said. "There is a romantic element...., " Great. Veering of the reservation, over there in the tall grass, just like Superman Returns. We Do Not have time for this! We must have Meta-human combat on a grand scale! Sure there is a bit of a love aspect with some of the characters, we all know this. But to take Our Heroes (Superman, His abandonment of X3) and not do with them what We expect is asinine. (that means stupid for those of you who are asinie.) You want have "romantic element"? Fine. Go buy the rights to some Harlequin Romance Book and have at it. Knucklehead Productions continues to crank 'em out! That goes for you too Raimi! You boys should be more like that nice Favreau boy. He's seems like he knows what he's doing. LONG LIVE FAVREAU!!!!!! Skyh00k* - 12/18/2009, 8:04 AM
	There are so many different X-Men titles that have been published, that the continuity in the comics themselves is a convoluted mess. Uncanny doesn't line up with First Class. X-Men doesn't line up with Extreme. Xaviar lives with and runs four teams at once on a monthly basis. Wolverine is in every city fighting allongside every other hero at once EVERY SINGLE MONTH. X-Men continuity hasn't been cohesive since they branched off of Uncanny and launched The X-Men years ago. I choose to look at the movies as just another run of the X titles, therefore they can do just about anything they want and I'll try and enjoy it as just another title in the line. ( Even though I have never followed anything but Uncanny as the original and faithfull line.) That being said, X3 was atrocious (I did say almost anything they want) and I hope they stop taking the liberty of casually killing any X-Man they choose for whatever reason they choose. I would also like to see something that follows one line or the other a little more monogamously. I would also like to see them fix the ages of the Angel and Iceman. They were there from the get go, not chldren that came after the second wave of students. Those are probably my two bigest gripes. Hawksblueyes - 12/18/2009, 8:17 AM
	Well Hawks, your looking at it the right way as far as I can see. If you don't look at the movies as just another interpretation like Ultimates, Amazing, Astonishing..whatever, then your continuously going to be disappointed. I actually didn't even think X3 was atrocious at all. It was the worst of th e3 and it hadf a lot of problems but I would put it with the list of good CBM'c(X2, Iron Man etc) before i would put it with the bad(Warzone, FF, Ghost Rider)..maybe we need to get a new "middle of the road" category! RorMachine - 12/18/2009, 8:22 AM
	Sky@ i would like so much a combat like you said. But being an origin story we'll have 3/4 of the movie in: Prof X and Mag recognizing and assembling the students,the guys knowing themselves,practising their power,love triangles and so on. I can't able to think at their villain, supposing that the brotherhood doesn't exist and Magneto is 'good'. We'll see... like multi@ said,X3 failed but we have had the only great combat in that movie,which is a paradox :-) MisterFixit - 12/18/2009, 8:23 AM
	Im gonna love this movie! But im not sure I want anybody else in the world as Charles other than Patrick Stewart IronMarvel - 12/18/2009, 8:27 AM
	You make good points Hawksblueyes.. as usual. SixSixteen - 12/18/2009, 8:29 AM
	I know most of these points have been made already but here is my crack at: X movies are just that, movies. Look at them as a different line in the comic book universe. Many of the basic tenants are there but it has its own look. Singer is an accomplished director and not some hack. He may not be the perfect choice, but he is a hell of a lot better than someone coming in and screwing it up (Schumacher) Since Singer is directing we are on the same rough timeline as all the other X movies. There might be some small liberties to get them to a similar age but that is it. This means IF we see returning characters in their teen years it will be Cyclops, Jean, furless Beast & Storm. Everyone else is too young (including Angel & Iceman unfortunately) My guesses for new characters: Havok & Polaris with Mr Sinister being the villain. Remember, this series has its own timeline and universe. If you look at it that way you won't have an aneurysm! I enjoyed all the previous X movies. Sure, X3 and Wolverine are much further down my faves list and waay too many liberties were taken but I still liked them. DogsOfWar - 12/18/2009, 8:53 AM
	Yes! Bryan Singer is back! This is definitely going to be great. Can't wait.(Hey that rhymed too.) airbeyonder18 - 12/18/2009, 8:59 AM
	@ Dogs: Havok and Polaris would ROCK OUT! I hope so! SixSixteen - 12/18/2009, 9:10 AM
	I dont know how this film is going to go. Actually I'm disappointed they have decided to go this route. Being a long time fan of the original five X-Men I would hope that they would be in this movie but how are you gonna do it? They bring in Iceman as a kid in the first X-Men film and then bring in Angel as a new mutant in X3. BULLSHIT! They were two of the original five. Marvel Studios please, please get the rights back and show'em how its done. hewilldefytheirgravity - 12/18/2009, 9:23 AM
	Who was it that suggested RALPH FIENNES as a younger Xavier? BRILLIANT! At this point I realize and accept that it won't be the original 5, that's okay by me. No biggy. That being said, I would like to see some characters that we have yet to see or have yet to see in all their glory. Emma Frost Mastermind Havok Banshee Forge (always thought this was an underrated character) Warpath Quicksilver Scarlet Witch (I think, with a younger Magneto being represented, that these two are a must) Gambit, I would really like to see him more involved BTW, the whole thing about Xavier and Mags being in their twenties; is that what Singer said or is that what the guy who wrote this article said? I think Singer is more intelligent than that. If Mags, a holocaust survivor, was in his twenties, this movie would have to take place in the late fifties, early sixties. And if we are to assume that characters like CYCLOPS and JEAN were in their early teens in the like 1963, then in the already established films they'd be, like, in their late forties or something. This does not compute. Especially when you consider that, in the Wolverine movie, Cyclops was in his early teens fifteen years before the first X-men movie happened which was 2000. This would mean that Cyclops was born around 1970! gibbyblaylock - 12/18/2009, 9:25 AM
	hewill: This would be THE PERFECT oppertunity to fix the franchise. By the way, I love your user name . Darth: Thanks, I try to make sense, it just doesn't always happen. LOL Gibby: Havok and Banshee would be cool. I always thought Banshee was an awsome character. Hawksblueyes - 12/18/2009, 9:26 AM
	It'll be like "That Seventies X-men" gibbyblaylock - 12/18/2009, 9:29 AM
	Some people have finally got to let go of the Superman Returns disaster. All directors, including Spielberg, make a crappy movie now and then. He will always have the Usual Suspects to his credit. The X-men movies were pretty good. He did a great job with the script he had to work with and at least didn't mangle the character up too bad (i.e. see Brett Ratner). Singer's X-Men movies opened up the floodgate for all of the superhero movies we get bombarded with today. Of course, I'm skeptical too, but we shouldn't totally write Singer off yet. TNTjesus - 12/18/2009, 9:41 AM
	I was hoping they to introduce alex and lorna in X4. With a died brother Havoc obviously have to reach the school taking some informations. But i think they would work in first class. In any way what do you guy think about the year of the release? You know, it could be even 2014 lol MisterFixit - 12/18/2009, 9:48 AM
	It looks like FOX have looked in the mirror and finally have an inkling of an idea that they don't know what the [frick] they're doing with X-Men. Which is why I think they got Bryan Singer back on board. I see this as a good thing since Singer so far has been the only director to run the FOX/Donner gauntlet and come out with a decent X-Movie. In the comics it was revealed, shortly after the introduction of the third summers kid, that Xavier had already sent a team of students to the living island of Krakoa (Giant Size #1). Only to have them parish in battle way before he sent Cyclops and his team - twice. They could play up that angle and the idea that Xavier had trained a group of mutants before Scot, Jean and the rest. Making all of these age arguments pointless. I would watch the idea of Xavier training a group way before Scott and Jean, only to eventually have them fail hard (As in death for most all of the team) forcing Xavier to rethink his approach and exposing a heavy cost to his arrogance as a youth trying to save the world. Thus making him wiser and more protective when he begins to recruit Scott, Jean and the rest of them in an effort to correct the mistakes he made. Again, It's FOX so I wouldn't hold me breath but maybe with Singer on deck we might be able to get something back from the franchise. I'm also thinking Mr. Sinister as this new villain he mentions. WeaponX - 12/18/2009, 9:53 AM
	@telavizion No Prof X looked like Stretch Armstrong in Wolverine lol @Rorschach & DarthMulder You're the only people I can listen to about X-Men, everyone else puts down the X-Men movies forgetting they were the ones who made comic movies awesome again. Ok they arent as good compared to comic book movies from the last five years but they are still well-made movies and they are better than movies such as Daredevil, Batman & Robin and Ghost Rider. They are still well-made movies and who cares if they didnt use the original 5 X-Men, it doesnt ruin the movies for me, stop wanting comic book movies to be based on the comics completely, Iron Man and the Dark Knight didnt follow the comics completely and they are still brilliant dancingmonkey08 - 12/18/2009, 10:34 AM
	I am having SO much fun watching "Wolverine and the X-Men", which is so much better than the films. What is right up my alley is the whole Senator Kelley/Dr. Trask/Master Mold/Sentinels/Genosha story angle. I wish we could get a movie created by the team that is making this series. Each and every episode I have seen has been top-notch. What completely threw me over the edge in support of this series was Emma Frost and the Hellfire Club. A real surprise ending there, plus they even threw in homage to how Xavier put the whole team together, with one battle between Magneto and Xavier/Jean Grey/Cyclops/ORIGINAL Beast/Iceman/Angel. All in all, I have absolutely loved "Wolverine and the X-Men", and it was really great when Nicktoons did a full marathon of the series the day after Thanksgiving and threw in the final three premiere episodes of the season, dealing with finding Jean Grey, facing down Sinister, and wrapping up with the Cuckoos and the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club, including Sebastian and Sersei. If any of you have not given the series a chance, by all means delve in. This series delivers in spades on what the X-Men movies came up short. bropous - 12/18/2009, 10:52 AM
	Yeah I love that cartoon too. Its amazing. But even that isn't very faithful to the comics..it is more than the movies obviously. Is the second season on yet? RorMachine - 12/18/2009, 11:07 AM
	Dancing@ as fan boy i ban accept they change some SITUATION,COSTUME OR DATAIL, in order to make the movie believeble. Even a little difference in story line. But not to the change of CHARACTERS,AGE,POWERS,TIMELINE. They didn't introduce Happy Hogan as a Stark's cousin, or make him war machine instead of Rhodes. And didn't say scarecrow is a mutant. Why Da Vinci code or other movies stay true to the source as more as possible,and Fox not? MisterFixit - 12/18/2009, 11:18 AM
	this is a so excited news for me, he should hed never left the franchise, i didn't appreciate when he went to direct superman, me, personally was never a fan of superman, but i always loved x-men, and for what he said, first class has all the elemnts to be a great movie, Singer conforts me, because he knows what he s doing brazilianbatman - 12/18/2009, 11:42 AM
	@ ror-machine i don't get all the hate about singer's xmen movies either. i thought they were fine. it was the third that sucks, but some even blame him for that, since he left and all...silly haters CorndogBurglar - 12/18/2009, 11:46 AM
	sorry, cb readers, this movie is not only for u, i would like to see the original group too, but it probably wont happen, so what, general audiences would care much more, if this movie has a good script, than the original team. I'm not saying i dont, Angel and Iceman, i think they should be in there,and has some significance on the movie, but maybe not in the x- team, because of their age, so what i would is just stick with Cyclops, Jean, Beast, and Emman Frost, she is set to appear on this one. Storm could be introduced later on, and the villain i would like to see, should include Blob, Quiqcsilver, toad and others brazilianbatman - 12/18/2009, 11:49 AM
	who is this "great villain" brazilianbatman - 12/18/2009, 11:51 AM
	guys i dont understand how some of u are not happy with this news, singer back is like dream i hope im not been so optimst, i just think i ve been waiting so long to see a good x-men movie brazilianbatman - 12/18/2009, 11:53 AM
	I like singer,and clearly i'll pay to see all of future x-movies. My issue is only with fox,but not so important like seeing my mutants on screen MisterFixit - 12/18/2009, 12:23 PM
	all i can think of is rouge not flying, night crawler's tatoos, mystique's scales, sabertooth being a pro wrestler, ect.. the list goes on and on. not to mention bobby's like 17 in the first x men and angel is sucking his fathers teet in the third movie so how the [frick] can this guy make a decent first class movie when we all know he's too god damn full of himself to start over and [frick] up his continuity. deathmetalbrian - 12/18/2009, 1:32 PM
	@ deathmetal rogue didn't fly when she joined the xmen, so that made sense. i think its safe to say that the original team will be cyclops, beast, jean, storm, and someone else...unfortunately CorndogBurglar - 12/18/2009, 1:39 PM
	This is why this movie is going to be bad, because just like superman Singer focus on the "romatic element" of the story. And because I am sure he will screw up the characters. Im sure Singer will mess this up as a big F-U to the fans of X-men. HR - 12/18/2009, 2:11 PM
	Hawksblueyes - Preach! I curse the day the X-Men were split into Gold and Blue teams 18 years ago!!! It COMPLETELY screwed up everything that made the book work and has proven to be a MAJOR mistake! Ugh! JonF - 12/18/2009, 2:49 PM
	i love iceman. hes my favorite xmen. i just wished they made him part of the original xmen in the first 2 wich they made him a new one so that screws him being in first class which sucks cuz he rules! but i have nothing against it really. joob234 - 12/18/2009, 2:50 PM
	I still can't believe this is true! Singer back into making another X-Men film? I hope he hires the right writers (not some stupid kids) and that he keeps the romantic drama out of this new film!! CaptainProg - 12/18/2009, 2:55 PM
	HR@ Did Singer ever messed with x-men, his movies were the best x-men, and have no fear to say that revoluti brazilianbatman - 12/18/2009, 3:18 PM
	revolutionized the hero movies brazilianbatman - 12/18/2009, 3:19 PM
	Romantic Element, has to happen, it doesnt have to be new moon style the only think i didn't agree with Singer was to let CYCLOPs in the sidelines brazilianbatman - 12/18/2009, 3:23 PM
	Hasn't this guy screwed up this franchise enough already!? I would have more hope for this movie if Tim Burton was in charge. Atleast he keeps the costumes and personalities of the characters intact. Juskool2000 - 12/18/2009, 3:34 PM
	@ Rock did Singer say this movie will have Xavier and Magneto be twenty something or was that just you saying that bc in Xmen 1 or Xmen 2 I forget which it shows Magneto as a boy during WW2? So when the hell is the movie supposed to take place.I think if it has them being that young this has to be a reboot. Plus this time I hope the actors they get to play Cyclops and Jean are the same age. The actors that played them the last time had a 10 year age difference. But I dont know if I want to see a reboot or a prequel. As much as I hate all the focus on Wolverine in the movies and lothe X3 I would rather see an X4 where they fix the problems with the 3rd film like bring Cyclops Jean and Xavier back. Maybe the 3rd film could have been a dream of Jean's lol Dmon - 12/18/2009, 3:47 PM
	@ HR he never said he was going to "focus on the romantic element." he said "there is "A" romantic element." that shouldn't be a surprise man, just about every movie that ever gets made has "A" romantic element. i'm sure the romantic element will between scott and jean, and i'm sorry buddy, but that NEEDS to be there. CorndogBurglar - 12/18/2009, 4:45 PM
	@ juskool and no, bryan singer DID NOT screw up this franchise, that would be the work of zack penn and brett fatner with X3. CorndogBurglar - 12/18/2009, 4:47 PM
	ARE THEY GONNA AGE FIX PROF AND MAGS? OR GET NEW ACTORS?, BEAST GOTTA BE IN THERE, WILL HE BE BLUE?..NEW MUTANTS, DOES HE MEAN VILLAINS?..WHAT ABOUT THE X MEN..ANGEL AND ICEMAN WILL NOT BE IN IT(IF HE'S GOING TO FOLLOW THE FILM CONTINUITY...) HE'S THE REASON WHY X-MEN WORKED, HE BURNED ME A BIT WHEN HE ABANDONED THE FRANCHISE TO MAKE STUPERMAN REBURNS..BUT EHH..LETS SEE WHAT HE DOES, I MEAN SO FAR HIS PAST COUPLE MOVIES HAVE BEEN..MEH. I FELL ASLEEP WATCHING VALKYRIE GUNSMITH - 12/18/2009, 5:27 PM
	I'm actually just a tad bit curious about this movie. Although, I don't really know if I want Bryan Singer to direct it. Granted, he did a decent job with X-Mens 1 and 2, but they could just as well have been better. AND I do think that the X-Men franchise deserves to have a fresh start with an all-new director. abw2 - 12/18/2009, 5:43 PM
	he will make a good x-men first class movie and the villain should be magneto or they making the second villain for the second x-men first class if the first movie does well which i hope it does. flames809 - 12/18/2009, 6:07 PM
	I think Singer will continue directing x-men movies after first class, i would say it will be x-men 4 brazilianbatman - 12/18/2009, 8:46 PM
	i am so happy about this news, Singer is back! brazilianbatman - 12/18/2009, 8:48 PM
	I gotta hand it to DDD for suggesting RALPH FIENNES as a young Professor X on an earlier thread... gibbyblaylock - 12/18/2009, 11:32 PM
	And what about 'ol Mags? I'd like to see one o' these dudes play a younger Magneto. I think I'm leaning toward Owen as preferable. Also I have to acknowledge that, though Owen had occured to me before I saw it, LEEE had also suggested Clive in another thread. gibbyblaylock - 12/18/2009, 11:43 PM
	I hope they don't use Mag as a villain again,until the 3rd movie. MisterFixit - 12/19/2009, 1:56 AM
	great picks gibbyblaylock,and im glad singers back,but if he doesnot use patrick stewart in first class then the continuity of wolverine origins and first class are broken. stewart was in wolverine if eveyone remembers,and was building the first class.but if they do it before the wolverine film then cyclops cannot be in it or the continuity is broken.so there is somethings to think about i hope singer uses his head like he did in previouse films. 1chris2 - 12/19/2009, 7:05 AM
	they should use the sentinels story and have stryker head of the programm,and use sinister,and apocalypse as main villains.they should bring in characters like beak,chamber,glob herman,husk,angel salvador,anole,and rockslide to show some really unusual mutants and how its hard to live in the open when humans hate and fear mutants.those characters are some of the best new one and i love strange looking mutants. i think guilmoro del toro or peter jackson would do a great job on one of these film they make great srange looking characters. maybe they could do the new mutants film and add in these characters,and i hope bryan does x-4,and x-5 back to back and gives characters like colossus,iceman,cyclops,angel/archangel,nightcrawler,gambit,beast,rogue,beak,chamber,angels salvador,and the other characters more screen time and story. 1chris2 - 12/19/2009, 7:10 AM
	they should use the sentinels story and have stryker head of the programm,and use sinister,and apocalypse as main villains.they should bring in characters like beak,chamber,glob herman,husk,angel salvador,anole,and rockslide to show some really unusual mutants and how its hard to live in the open when humans hate and fear mutants.those characters are some of the best new one and i love strange looking mutants. i think guilmoro del toro or peter jackson would do a great job on one of these film they make great srange looking characters. maybe they could do the new mutants film and add in these characters,and i hope bryan does x-4,and x-5 back to back and gives characters like colossus,iceman,cyclops,angel/archangel,nightcrawler,gambit,beast,rogue,beak,chamber,angels salvador,and the other characters more screen time and story. 1chris2 - 12/19/2009, 7:11 AM
	Mr. Sinister for the villain!!!!! Osiris - 12/19/2009, 9:07 AM
	@brazil True each movie does have some what of a love interest or romantic element, but the level of that element in these movies shouldnt be so much. Star wars is revolutionary, the matrix is revolutionary movies not comic book movies but.Tim burton and Nolan are a good example of revolutionary comic book movies Bryan singer took X-men something that only the comic book world knew about and twisted into his own creation making it into something that resembels the X-men. Singers followers make it seem like Bryan singer actually did something special for the X-men franchise. @corndog bugler, I know he didnt say he was going to focus on the romantic element, but I am afraid that he might do that just like super man return. HR - 12/19/2009, 1:22 PM
	X-men should get a new slate and get a whole new director and cast. HR - 12/19/2009, 1:31 PM
	THIS CLOWN DESTROY THE CHARACTER OF SCOTT SUMMERS-CYCLOPS, BAD NEWS FOR THE UNIVERSE X-MEN. CYCLOPS WAS A LEADER TEAM, BUT IN X-MEN MOVIES, ALL AROUND WOLVERINE. THIS DIRECTOR BREAKE MY BALLS. OSCURO - 12/19/2009, 4:32 PM
	great picks GIBBYBLAYLOCK brazilianbatman - 12/19/2009, 11:43 PM
	1chris@ they will probably follow that, and i also think patrick should be back, but they also will tell the story of how magneto and xavier met each other. Sorry to say this, but for the people who was hoping to see a Magneto movie, i think the chances are minimum, because first class will probably contain substories about the early years of Magneto brazilianbatman - 12/19/2009, 11:50 PM
	oscuro@ i know what u r saying, cyclops is my favorite mutant, and i din't like the way he was treated, but think about, Ratner did worse, he killed him, he is the guy who everybody must hate, Singer did a very good job in both films, first class must be a cyclops movie brazilianbatman - 12/19/2009, 11:54 PM
	Hej im 90,2% sure to say that the x-men will be cyclops, Jean Grey ,Storm ,Beast and maby one or two more becorse in the first film xavier says to wolverine that cyclops Storm and jean whas one of my first studens and in x-men 3 storm knows who beast is like they have a past together so i think it is them who will be in it and maby some others hb - 12/20/2009, 2:17 PM
	And maby they shoude use sabeltouth to make op for the fakt that in x-men origns wolverine u hear whay wolverine dont rember enithing but whay dont sabeltouth regenesis wolverine in x-men 1 hb - 12/20/2009, 2:22 PM
	@1chris2 it sounds like a dream lineup but characters like Beak, Chamber, Husk etc, would be far too much of a deviation from Singer's previous approach. Harris and Dougherty still to this day say in interviews about how ball breaking Singer was in keeping things 'grounded in reality'. Those characters would seem ridiculous in his universe. He doesn't do (the) 616 (universe), he doesnt do Ultimate. He writes a mutant universe with one foot in reality. His x-movies were far more successful than those that have trailed off elsewhere. @hr, he FINALLY brought a representation of the X-Men to the big screen, against a mountain of shitty scripts and made a place for good CBM's. That is a pretty substantial contribution. Also without his movies we wouldnt have had Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men! DownUnderThunder - 12/21/2009, 2:27 PM
	hmmm, does he mean mutants never seen on the big screen, or literally "New Mutants"... heh maybe he really will do a star trek and do the "back in time" thing and changed the events so they can explain all the fricked up ages and timelines of the characters. maybe in the "new" altered timeline the xmen can actually wear xmen uniforms... maybe rogue actually has flight and super strength and the beast has a sense of humor and isnt played by a pompous ass, but i digress... come to think of it marvel probably did the alternate universe/timeline thing before star trek anyway, hee hee manofmidgard - 12/21/2009, 7:38 PM
	I don't know why people are saying he "screwed up" the original X-Men line-up. The original X-Men line-up has been rearranged in so many different ways throughout the comics anyway. The movies are their own canon, people. I'm so sick of having to say this all the time. MovieTheaterLad - 12/21/2009, 8:50 PM
	All right, this is great news that Bryan Singer is going back to his roots. X1 and X2 are some of the best Marvel movies you can watch. For a younger Xavier Ralph Fiennes would be perfect and for a younger Magneto Daniel Craig would be great as well. Good casting! Now this movies main character should be Scott Summers without a question of a doubt. norrinradd85 - 12/22/2009, 2:51 AM
	brazilianbatman @. Agree whit you in some parts. Yes, X-1 and X-2 GREAT MOVIES, yes, Brett kill CYCLOPS and X-4, AND I HATE THAT. OSCURO - 12/22/2009, 8:30 AM
	I to go against nearly everyone, find X-Men 3 the best of all of them. In my opinion we saw more of the comics in that one, that on the other two. Actually most of you have mentioned X2 as being the best one, but I found it quite irregular even the first time I watched it. Hope not to insult anybody but to me was not clearly better than the F4 movies... I'm really not happy with Singer being back to the franchise, he didn't do a great job in the past and made a huge crap out of Superman (how can someone manage that having Kevin Spacey as the bad guy!?!). If its a origin kind of movie than someone else could take over the job, but I do like the idea of young Xavier/Magneto.... Halatir - 12/28/2009, 11:54 AM

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