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alohabear
April 29th, 2007, 11:06 PM
My favorite mutant is coming soon.....David Goyer will direct "Magneto," the "X-Men" spinoff in development from 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios that centers on the villain played in the original trilogy by Ian McKellen.This is great news. Here's more....McKellen's participation in "Magneto" will likely be limited since the film is an origin story. In a storyline hinted at by the original "X-Men" films, Magneto comes to grips with his mutant ability to manipulate metal objects as he and his parents try to survive in Auschwitz. Magneto meets Professor Xavier (played as the wheelchair-bound mutant leader by Patrick Stewart) when the latter is a soldier liberating the concentration camp.

Magneto hones his powers by hunting down and killing Nazi war criminals who tortured him, and his lust for vengeance turns Xavier and Magneto into enemies. Both characters will be played by actors in their 20s.


ARTICLE (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963871.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)
shaveice
April 29th, 2007, 11:14 PM
that is cool news. hope it won't take to long to see it on the big screen!
Random
April 30th, 2007, 12:11 AM
Sorry, not so cool to me when I heard Goyer's name attached to the film production.
alohabear
April 30th, 2007, 06:38 AM
Sorry, not so cool to me when I heard Goyer's name attached to the film production.I think it'll be ok.The Blade movies were not too bad. He also wrote Batman Begins, so I'll give it a chance.
Random
April 30th, 2007, 03:56 PM
I think it'll be ok.The Blade movies were not too bad. He also wrote Batman Begins, so I'll give it a chance.
He co-wrote Batman Begins with director Christopher Nolan.

He's better off as a screenwriter than being a director, unless he wants to redeem himself with another Blade film or work on The Black Panther.
Pali
April 30th, 2007, 11:55 PM
He co-wrote Batman Begins with director Christopher Nolan.

He's better off as a screenwriter than being a director, unless he wants to redeem himself with another Blade film or work on The Black Panther.

I kinda agree.. I wanted to give Blade 3 a chance as I loved 2... 3 was baaaaad-tho Goyer's writing is pretty great (can't wait to see his Super Max/Green Arrow movie come to pass)... but IMHO, as a director, kinda scared.

LOVE the comic history of Magneto, and he was played pretty well in the X-Men movies, just not sure about him handled by Goyer.
Hellbent
May 1st, 2007, 12:38 AM
it could always be worse.... uwe boll or that guy who did daredevil/electra/ghost rider...
Pali
May 6th, 2007, 01:09 PM
Oh geez... true-dat... Uwe Boll... yikes...