X-Men: First Class and X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2

30 March 2010

John Howell

Fans of the X-Men film series rejoice! Two new X-Men films are being developed, even after the relative box office disappointment of X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

First up is X-Men: First Class, which is intended to tell the story of a young Cyclops, Jean, Beast, Storm and others who attended Xavier's school. Bryan Singer originally signed on to direct the film in December 2009 and stated that X-Men: First Class will show "the formative years of Xavier and Magneto, and the formation of the school and where their relationship took a wrong turn" with "romantic" elements to be included in the script (isn't that always the case?). Some of the mutants from X-Men will appear, along with new mutants and villains.

According to a recent Cinematical article, Bryan Singer will now be producing rather than directing X-Men: First Class because the studio wants the film to start production as soon as possible in order to release it in 2011. Singer is working on a Jack the Giant Killer adaptation for Warner Bros., which would have delayed filming.

Additionally, First Showing reports that Fox is envisioning X-Men: First Class to be the start of a new X-Men trilogy. No new director has been announced.

Fox is also working on a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, again starring Hugh Jackman. At the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, Jackman stated that the sequel, X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2, will take place in Japan. In January 2010, at the People's Choice Awards, Jackman said that the film will start shooting sometime in 2011.

There have been four X-Men films so far, X-Men in 2000, X2: X-Men United in 2003, X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009. Looks like we haven’t reached the end of the X-Men saga just yet.

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