According to Showbiz411, German born, Irish raised Michael Fassbender is being pursued by two different directors making two very different CBMs for two different studios.
According to Roger Friedman at Showbiz411..
He’s being pursued, I hear, for two different Marvel comics movies. Matthew Vaughn is said to want him for “X Men: First Class.” Fassbender would play young Magneto[though Friedman says Xavier here, I assume its a momentary brain fart!], played in the first three films by Ian McKellen.
At the same time, Fassbender is being pursued to play the villain in “Spider Man 4,” aka “No Toby Maguire Here.”
Nothing official, so its just a rumor for now. And of course, even if he is being sought after there is no indication that he will acept either role. Fassbender has been very prominent in our fan casts here at CBM thanks to his great work in movies such as
Inglorious Basterds and more indie fare like
Eden Lake and
Fish Tank. He will be seen next in DC comic adaptation
Jonah Hex, and he also had a supporting role in
300 so at least we know CBMs hold an interest. Magneto I could totally see though. And which villain could possibly fit Fassbender in the
Spider-man reboot?
Fassbender is currently filming David Cronenberg's
A Dangerous Method, in which he plays the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. Viggo Mortenson also stars.
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