While it’s true that he’s enough of a centerpiece in the first three films of the franchise, and he will certainly be prominent in the planned “X-Men: First Class” movie, we’d love to see the genius telepath’s pre-X-Men days.
If Magneto gets his own film, it’s only fair to give one to Charles Xavier, too. To go along with the studio’s idea of hiring an unqualified filmmaker ( Gavin Hood) for the job, we also recommend a barely appropriate director for each film. That spin-off is still our first choice, but since there are so many great mutant characters in the Marvel Universe, we’d like to pitch ten more X-Men origin movies to Hollywood (not just to Fox). Recently, in another list, we called for an “Origins” film focused on the shape-shifting villain Mystique, for which we even suggested Brian DePalma to direct.
Outside of that project, which has been in the works just as long as the Wolverine film, there’s interest in solo movies for Gambit, Deadpool and Emma Frost (White Queen), as well as a spin-off about the original X-Men team as students. This list was originally posted to Spout Blog on Apand has been republished for its relevance to “X-Men: First Class”Īs long as “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” is a success this weekend (and despite all its “bad luck,” it should do very well), Fox will follow it with another “X-Men” spin-off, this one detailing the back story of Magneto.
