Magneto Spin-Off Shooting Next Year?

Vegito728 · 08-04-2008, 01:12 AM

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With incredible buzz for X-Men Origins: Wolverine coming out of Comic-Con, it's no wonder that Fox really wants to get production started on their other confirmed X-Men spin-off: Magneto!

If anyone remembers, this film first got the green light back in April last year, but as we all know, that doesn't mean it will ever get made. Fifteen months later and it still hasn't even started production, but that hopefully will change next year.

IGN caught up with David Goyer at Comic-Con, who wrote the screenplay and has been attached to direct X-Men Origins: Magneto for a while. Goyer said that Fox still wants to make Magneto and called him a few weeks ago, to which he told them once he finishes The Unborn this November, they'll talk about Magneto again and possibly get it going next year.

So why is this still a rumor if Goyer said it himself? Well, it all goes back to the idea that just because something is announced, it may never get made. Fox may still keep this one in limbo, although I'm guessing they want to line up Magneto in 2010 after Wolverine debuts next May. Goyer specifically told IGN: "Magneto seems to be a movie that Fox still wants to make.

They called me about it a couple of weeks ago, and I'm still working on Unborn through November, and so we said, when I finish Unborn, we'll talk, and maybe we'll get that going next year." So case in point, Goyer hasn't even started talking with them at length about starting production on the film, but it sounds like it's going to happen quite soon and Fox is adamant on getting Magneto into production. With the summer of 2008 wrapping up, all the major studios are filling their summer of 2010 slates and this seems like the film Fox wants.

I'm a fan of Goyer's writing - he penned the scripts for Dark City, Blade, Batman Begins, and The Dark Knight - but I'm not sure if he's the best director - his credits include Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, and the upcoming horror film The Unborn.

I really hope that directing Magneto is his true calling, because this is a film that I'm hoping turns out amazing. As we outlined last year, X-Men Origins: Magneto will be an origin story focusing on Magneto coming to grips with his mutant ability to manipulate metal as he and his parents try to survive in Auschwitz, a scene you may remember at the beginning of the first X-Men.

Magneto later meets Professor Xavier and further hones his powers by hunting down and killing Nazi war criminals. Anyone excited to see this finally see the light of day?

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Magneto is one of my fav X-Men villains. I would love to see a movie based on just Magneto explaining how he got his powers and such.

Thoughts everyone?

Hybrix · 08-04-2008, 01:24 AM

I'd like to see this too. First things first though. Who will play Magneto and at what age will he be for this movie? I'd like to see Ian McKellen reprise the role unless the movie will follow a younger Magneto.

ysabel · 08-04-2008, 03:55 AM

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As we outlined last year, X-Men Origins: Magneto will be an origin story focusing on Magneto coming to grips with his mutant ability to manipulate metal as he and his parents try to survive in Auschwitz, a scene you may remember at the beginning of the first X-Men.

Magneto later meets Professor Xavier and further hones his powers by hunting down and killing Nazi war criminals. Anyone excited to see this finally see the light of day?

I'll be looking forward to this. Like Hybrix said, I'll be interested with the cast. Hopefully when the characters would have grown up in the movie, they'll still have McKellen and Stewart play the roles of Magento and Prof. Xavier.

Blueyes · 08-04-2008, 06:18 AM

I knew they were going to do a spinoff of him when they did X-Men 3 but honestly I never really like that character. Now depending on which other characters they put in there might be interesting and I would hope they would show more of his upbringing then what we initially saw when he got separated from his mother going into the camp.

icegoat63 · 08-04-2008, 11:47 AM

Magneto is a very Deep character and one of those villains you just love to hate. Ian McKellen has basically owned that role, much like anything else he ever does. Like Hybrix said, hopefully hes the star unless we see some younger versions of Eric Lensherr

Altanzitarron · 08-04-2008, 12:34 PM

I can't imagine a Magneto movie without Ian McKellen but I suppose the important word in this title is "Origins". Surely there will have to be someone younger for atleast a substantial part of the film unless they're going to do that CGI anti-ageing thing from X-3 on a much larger scale.

DaStevez · 08-04-2008, 08:00 PM

I kind of want it to be a younger Magneto when he's still friends with Professor Xavier. It should show them growing apart in beliefs and how both the Brotherhood and the X-Men had their start.

Babe_Ruth · 08-04-2008, 08:03 PM

This could be very interesting, I've always been a huge fan of Magneto, he's always been one of my favorite characters. I'll defenitely see this, and I hope that they do a young Magneto as well. It would be much more interesting that way in my opinion.

Hybrix · 08-04-2008, 08:39 PM

Who would you guys like to see play a young Magneto?

My pick would be James Franco, but there might be some complaints from comic book movie fans since Franco played Harry in the Spiderman trilogy.

You have to admit he looks somewhat like a young Ian McKellen though. If they had Ian McKellen later in the movie or movies then they should at least find somebody who looks somewhat like him playing the younger Magneto.

James Franco

ysabel · 08-05-2008, 01:12 AM

Good pick Hybrix. As for him playing Harry, I didn't think he made much of an impact doing so - or it's the character which wasn't as interesting for me (ducks from Spidey fans). If he does this kind of a movie and play it well, he'd be more remembered as young Magneto (which is more cool than the harry personnage, lol).