If the studios would just take a lesson from the successful comic book movies and hire fans of the genre, all would be well, but the elitiest asses who run Hollywood think they know everything. So, I guess it was just a matter of time before they chose someone like Josh Schwartz, the creator of several wildly popular, teen-skewed TV series like “Gossip Girl,” “The OC” and “Chuck,” to mess with Marvel’s mutants.
Fox obviously wants to resurrect the $1.2 billion dollar franchise, but even though the upcoming "X-Men: First Class" is supposed to focus upon younger X-Men, 20th Century Fox is making the wrong move by tapping Schwartz, who will probably make the characters vacant and petty like in all his other shows.
The deal doesn't say whether Schwartz will be directing the film, although that possibility hangs out there. Lauren Shuler Donner, who produced all of the previous X-Men films, as well as the upcoming "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," will produce this one as well.
There is no word yet what sort of story or which characters will be involved in the film, although Fox has been leaning toward using some of the younger characters introduced in the earlier X-Men films.
The comics debuted in 2006, and highlighted the early years of the original X-Men members: Cyclops, Jean Grey (Marvel Girl), Iceman, Beast and Angel.