New X-Men origins Cyclops movie directed by Bryan Singer

18 December 2009

John Howell

SciFi Wire reports that at the premier for James Cameron's Avatar, Bryan Singer said he had just signed a deal with Fox to direct the next X-Men movie, an "origins" movie similar to X-Men Origins: Wolverine that starred Hugh Jackman.

The movie will deal with the early days of Cyclops, along with Jean Grey and others at the Xavier Institute (X-Men: the Teenage Years perhaps?). If you remember the earlier X-Men film, Cyclops (Scott Summers) was played by James Marsden and was forced to wear special sunglasses to block a strong energy beam that streamed constantly out of his eyesballs (sounds a bit silly when you write it down).

There have been 4 X-Men movies so far, including X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Jamie Moss (Ghost in the Shell) will write the screenplay and new characters with new powers are likely to be included.

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