Is Singer Going To Helm X-Men Origins: Magneto?

Is Singer Going To Helm X-Men Origins: Magneto?

Will it happen? Will the guy who first brought us the Concentration Camp scene in X1 be back to direct the Mutant Magneto on his first solo big screen debut?

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By jman1977 - Jun 01, 2009 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men Origins: Magneto
Source: latinoreview.com

X-Men: The Last Stand was not very good, lets just face it. One has to wonder if Singer stuck around before abandoning the X franchise for Superman, could X3 have been any better? That's a toughy, and it looks like we might get a chance to find out what a Singer style Origins movie can do for the fans and the box office.

It sounds like Singer wishes he had stayed with the X franchise instead of jumping ship. After all the bomb that Superman Returns was almost ruined Singer's career. During an interview with Total Film Singer was asked did you want to stay on the X franchise? To which Singer replied: "before I was watching it, during watching it, after watching it."

Recently Laura Donner Schuler has expressed interest in Singer returning to the franchise to direct X-Men Origins: Magneto. Singer is at least interested in doing it as he explains "I'm eternally intertwined with X-Men now. What takes an audience four hours to watch -- the first two movies -- took six years of my life. So, to not be part of it...It's a shame." The only thing that concerns me about Magneto is that if the prequel were to follow the track I used in X-Men, which is Magneto's history in the concentration camp, then I've lived in that work," states Singer. "I just might need to take a little break before I do something like that."

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Hellmont
Hellmont - 6/1/2009, 8:22 AM
No not Brian Singer again!

Great another gay pride parade.
ZombieLypse
ZombieLypse - 6/1/2009, 8:27 AM
Singer definitly should have made X3 instead of butchering Supes,hope he makes Magneto thou.
localman
localman - 6/1/2009, 8:27 AM
As much as fans like to bash Brett Ratner, most of X-Men: The Last Stand was in place when Ratner took over. Singer has to take some of the blame. Personally, I felt that X3 wasn't as bad as most folks say, but it was not as good as the previous two. And Singer really, really messed up Superman.

Still, X1 and X2 were good enough that I feel that Singer should be given a chance with Magnito. I think he understands more about the "alienated and feared because you are different" theme in X-men than he did about the iconic nature of Superman.
THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 6/1/2009, 8:29 AM
I'm willing to give him one more shot, but if he fails, HE WILL DIIIIEIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
Shaman
Shaman - 6/1/2009, 8:31 AM
DUDES!!!! ANYONE would be better than [frick]ING GOYER!!!!! Hell, i can't believe i'll say this but even Ratner would be better than Goyer!!! If i was stuck alone after the apocalypse, and all i had to choose from would be between only two films to watch, i'd take X-3 before Blade3 everyday of the rest of my life!!!
TheMyth
TheMyth - 6/1/2009, 9:06 AM
Thank god. If he'd done X3 and XO:W we wouldn't have the gripes we have today. As for a Magneto origin, I've said it before and I say it again, make it "X-Men Origins: Xavier and Magneto" and you have a winner.

@Shaman: I can't believe you said it either, but I can't argue it lol.

@Hellmont: Soooo..... gay means he sucks at making movies? As far as I'm concerned, Superman Returns is the only project he has botched. What about Apt Pupil, Usual Suspects, Valkyrie, House(one of the best shows on TV) and Trick r' Treat. I say he has a very successful track record as both a director and Producer. One mistake isn't enough to damn the guy. Personally, I will watch something just because his name is attached. I'm stoked, maybe we could actually get an X4 sometime in the foreseeable future if he is really coming back to the franchise.
FateSucks
FateSucks - 6/1/2009, 9:12 AM
Sorry to be Mr. Buzzkill, but I didn't like any of the X films so far. There were some high points, but far more lows. I thought the plots were, well weak, character development and motivation, glossed over, and too much was changed from the books.

Stay away from Bryan Singer, let him go ruin something else, he hasn't done anything good since the Usual Suspects.
FattSmelliott
FattSmelliott - 6/1/2009, 9:14 AM
Please ... Please let it be true how can you lot say that he shouldn't get it his X-men movies were the best comic book movies (untill a certain Dark Knight got revamped) and I adore his homage to the original Superman just because it wasn't a dumbed down action flick dosen't make it a bad film ... it makes it better
Scorpioxfactor
Scorpioxfactor - 6/1/2009, 9:20 AM
Now, Let's see here.
1. Superman-I am always a Marvel first guy. But that movie may have been kind of a drama more than action, but this is a superman series of the 2k's. Not the 1977 Christopher Reeves Superman. Me personally, I look at the movie from another point of view. I learned personally that when I watch comic movied to not go in watching it with too many expectations. So, when I did go to see it, I thought it was long, dramatic, not too action packed and little humor. For me, what helped was keeping some of the musical score of the Christopher Reeves movies.
2. Singer didn't fail in my opinion. But he shouldn't quit on his projects either. I think he should have tried to get Fox to wait for him to finish Superman because he needed to get on it right away, then jump back onto the X-men series.
3.X-Men-There are too many "reboots". If something happens in a movie. Just write something around the next movie. The imagination is a great thing. We already know most of the characters. Now I think if they have to...do the Magneto Origins. Have the original Magneto guy at the end(say after the X-Men 3 saga.)at the end of his origins movie. To lead into X-4. It might be good.
5. In my opinion, anything could happen. Rebooting might be good or bad. But too much rebooting just might leave us with no continuity.
6.Thank you for reading this, YE who made it to the the end
of my BLOG!! I award thee knighthood. :)
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 6/1/2009, 9:30 AM
SUPERMAN WASNT SO BAD, WELL YEAH THE COSTUME WAS OFF IN CERTAIN PARTS AND HE HAS A SON AND IT WAS SO DRAMA DRIVEN AND CLARK WASNT OVER THE TOP NERDY LIKE REEVE WAS(WICH WAS THE COOLEST)..OK IT WAS BAD..BUT IS HE ALLOWED BACK TO XMEN NOW? ITS LIKE YOUR GF LEAVES YOU FOR ANOTHER GUY AN THINGS DONT WORK OUT AND NOW SHE WANTS BACK..ID SAY"BITCH I DONT WANT U ANYMORE"
mgalusick
mgalusick - 6/1/2009, 9:46 AM
He's much better then Gavin Hood that's for sure.
JYCowboy
JYCowboy - 6/1/2009, 9:49 AM
I feel Singer has a unique understanding for the X franchise and could make a decent pic. However, his choices and desires to leave a lasting mark on Superman really turned me off in my understanding of the character. I would prefer him to leave the "Man of Steel" and return to X-men. But saying that leaves open for someone else to screw it up. Singer is a great director but I just don't care for his Superman interpatation.
WeaponX
WeaponX - 6/1/2009, 10:02 AM
While FOX owns the rights to X-Men and its associated properties its going to have low points. That's a given. X3 and XO:Wolverine has proven that so far the only director who has been able to weave in and out of the L.S.Donner and FOX bullshit factory and still pull out a decent X-Men movie is Brain Singer because none of the X-films proceeding Singer's have not been better nor have been on par for that matter. Gavin Hood, a decent director but out of his element with this type of material and Brett Ratner, well, he's a hack. Of course, with Singer at the helm, there was bad choices made during X-Men and X2 but they did grow and evolve from one another. A point that proves the director was growing and learning from his short comings.

So, absolutely I'd place a good bet that Singer would have done a better X3 and he should helm Magneto. I think that opportunity will bring back a steady norm to the FOX X-Men franchise.

As for his Superman Returns, it was as close to a chick flick a superhero film has been and it's a shame he took the Richard Donner homage a bit too far but apart from the obvious flaws, all in all it wasn't a bad movie.
spanky
spanky - 6/1/2009, 10:15 AM
i agree why him again, that superman was a big disater, that well has run dry
TheMyth
TheMyth - 6/1/2009, 10:34 AM
@Scorpioxfactor: Statement #3 I could not agree with more. Comic writers don't just walk in and say, "I don't like what the predecessors have done here and some fans agree. Let's just wipe the slate and start from scratch." [frick] no, they use imagination and creativity and work with the material they have.

@WeaponX: Very well put!
Inohaku
Inohaku - 6/1/2009, 10:35 AM
Welcome back Brian, we missed u!!!!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 6/1/2009, 11:07 AM
ugh...i hated X-Men 1 and 2 and Superman Returns was crap so i hope hes nowhere near this. Valkyrie was a good film and the few episodes of House Ive seen him direct were ok, maybe I just didnt like the superhero stuff he did!
ThoroughbredSteele0
ThoroughbredSteele0 - 6/1/2009, 11:17 AM
well said gunsmith, I agree completly. singer turned his back on the x men to give us that piece of crap superman movie.

@the myth: actually some writers do go back and [frick] up continuity. did u read x-men deadly genesis that came out a few years back. where Vulcan showed up the first time. dont remember who wrote it bu the [frick]ed that all up. main reason I didnt like it was it was out of character for the proffesor to do what he did. (being vague so I dont spoil it for anybody that aint read it) the same thing happened with X-treme. he was originally the third summers brother, but someone else didnt like the idea and canned it when they took over the story. but it doesnt happen often, but it does happen
Shaman
Shaman - 6/1/2009, 11:21 AM
Like i've always said, Singer did a brilliant job of DIRECTING Superman Returns but sucked at writing it. So Singer as a director is great. He can do no wrong in DIRECTING the next X-film. But keep him away from pens and paper unless you want Xavier's baby to rip his way through Jean Grey's uterus, break out of the coffin and float his way to the mantion for revenge!!!
Deathlok
Deathlok - 6/1/2009, 11:32 AM
I think X3 sucked more because of the writers than anything. Do people not realize that Zak Penn who co-wrote X3 is the same guy that brought us Last Action Hero? He also brought us the wonderful Inspector Gadget screenplay. What a winner!
Coats
Coats - 6/1/2009, 11:39 AM
Wow, Magneto's crotch and hands are F*@#ing huge in that picture. Maybe straying from comics in the movies can be good, sometimes.

There's no way to make all X-men fans (me included) happy. The comics are so convoluted that there are at least 6 tonal versions of the team, depending on your favorite era, writers, etc. The comic has been around too long to get a "faithful" film. How many outfits has f*&@#ing wolverine had, how many origins has he, or storm for that matter had?...

With X-men it should be about whether the movie is good, not whether it's faithful. Basically, the X-men universe is as bulls#!t as the Guiding Light universe; my best to the hated film makers that try and give it a shot.
Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 6/1/2009, 11:49 AM
I hope Singer directs it.
droopy1317
droopy1317 - 6/1/2009, 12:35 PM
i thought all x movies were good. not great but ok. superman returns, well, i thought it was also ok. but i'd rather not have ratner, goyer or singer in any more x movies. give someone else a try, maybe they.ll do better
valeriesghost
valeriesghost - 6/1/2009, 12:50 PM
@hellmont: shut the [frick] up you ignorant bastard. i hate it when ignorant assholes get on these threads.

i love B.Singer, but i just wanted more from a Supes movie. the guy is an excellent director, just look at his work. everybody out there making films makes a bad one every now and again, and it has nothing to do with who he is lying next to when he goes to bed at night. his interpretation was different, i think he got the point, and he wants to move on. now we need to move on.
Betty
Betty - 6/1/2009, 1:51 PM
I like singer, he's a good film maker comparatively speaking. Plus I'd rather have someone that is familiar with the story. Superman Returns wasn't THAT bad.
djolsen46
djolsen46 - 6/1/2009, 2:28 PM
If Singer directed the wolverine movie it would've been good,if he directs this it will be good and I'll go see it.

on a side note how can you refer to 200 Million (+191 million overseas equaling 391 million bucks)as a "bomb that almost cost Singer his career".You do realize that batman begins made 205 mill(+167 overseas = 371 mill total)
and no one considers it a bomb at all.the so called 270 million SR was said to cost is bloated by about 70-90 mill of about a decade of trashing scripts/changing directors.
My point is SR didn't cost near as much as everyone thinks and is in no way a "bomb" no more than other successful movies like Batman begins.Personally I loved both x-men movies and superman returns(I know supes didn't punch alot but if thats what your into go watch crap like Hancock,or wolverine.I'm into supes fighting as much as anyone but because it wasn't in there dos not make it a bad movie),so the more singer directs the happier I'll be.
cyclopstb
cyclopstb - 6/1/2009, 2:43 PM
I want Singer to make X4, not Magneto's origin.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/1/2009, 3:00 PM
SINGERS THE ONLY MAN TO DO IT!!! ; )

We don't want another = WOLVERINE BORIGINS!

TORIAN @ Yeah, or X4! Or both!!!
Cheesey1
Cheesey1 - 6/1/2009, 3:16 PM
No Goyer or Singer, please Fox. Both horrible, with Goyer being putrid. Goyer can write, but his direction is atrocious. To be frank, a Magneto flick may not be worth it. It would have to be a big budget film and I'm not sure how much cross over appeal it would have, so it may not recoup whatever they spend. I'd rather see them make a Gambit flick or an X4. Gambit could be a really fun and exciting, spy type action flick, if done properly.
BillyBlack
BillyBlack - 6/1/2009, 3:19 PM
valeriesghost

Well put brotha! Way to go right for that fkr's neck. All business, I like that. Singer's made some great films, to which I include his 2 X-films. I personally thought Superman Returns was a steaming pile, but he's earned a pass (just one though) so I'd be into him doing Magneto.

So since most agree Goyer can write, but not direct, and Singer can direct, but not write; Wouldn't the natural choice have Goyer write and Singer direct? or does this just make too much sense for FOX to wrap their head around it?
Hellmont
Hellmont - 6/1/2009, 3:30 PM
@The Myth no Bryan Singer is actually a gay man in real life. Yeah he is hertrosexually challenged.

And this may seem stupid to a lot of you but I consider that a hetrosexually challenged person for our paticular medium or genre is something that somewhat skews the film making process.Lets face it this genre has a very gender defining program. The biggest names in the comic book industry are hetrosexual. BOB Kane,Stan Lee,Jerry Siegel,Joe Shuster, Jim Lee. Yeah I have heard of the existence of some gay super heroes but I have never purchased them or intend to for that matter.

Superman and Louis Lane
Batman and Vicky Vale
Wonder Woman and Superman
Cat Woman and Batman
Spider Man and Mary Jane
Iron Man F#cks anything thats a super model
The Incredible Hulk and Betty Ross
Jean Grey and Scott Summers
Dr. Xaivier and Lilandra
Wolverine's Obsession with Jean Grey,Silver Fox, Mariko Yashida, Viper I know there is more but I cant remember.
Victor Freeze and Nora Freeze
Daredevil and Elecktra


The only great movie that Bryan Singer has is Apt Pupil that movie is brilliantly well made.

Other than that his X-Men movie are barely average and the superman movie was another disaster.I believe that this occurs because as a gay director singer just doesnt really have that sense of Male bravado or testosterone to actually depict our characters as a Riddley Scott would or a
James Cameron can,
Peter JAckson,
Kevin Smith (No super hero movie yet but I'm sure he can do it),
Steven Spielberg,
JJ Abrams,
Jon Favreau,
David Lynch,
Robert Zemekis,
Francis Ford Coppola
Cecil B DeMille
Geroge Lucas
Clint Eastwood
Robert Redford
Kevin Costner
Zack Snyder

These are directors where they all have these larger than life heroes or situations that cause the emergence of warriors who stand up to the opppsing odds. He lets say it our comic book heroes are loaded with testosterone hence the movies of our comic book heroes should be loaded with testosterone. No Bryan Singer's Superman ala Dysfunctional family ...how dare he!!

@valeriesghost I'm sorry..... did I offend you with the truth!!!
loganoneil
loganoneil - 6/1/2009, 3:32 PM
Shaman - I beg to differ... Singer is great at directing emo stuff, but not so hot when it comes to action (particularly fight scenes). Case it point (and the one I ALWAYS bring up when discussing X-Men) - Woverine is SUPPOSED to be this bad-assed uber-ninja type, yet all we've EVER seen Jackman's Logan do is the typical 'hack/slash/grunt' routine - BORING!!!!! There's also the FACT (and I know I'm gonna get static from Ror on this one) that Singer has a. NEVER READ A COMIC BOOK, and b. DOES NOT LIKE COMIC BOOKS (both by his OWN admission!). He's not instilling a lot of confidence in me with his track records and remarks like those...
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/1/2009, 3:34 PM
i say Gavin Hoods the man for the job!..anyone??

Supes returns was great, i loved it..wanted more puncheyness too though. and im not going to go into what Singer accomplished with his X movies again. So yep, id be happy with Brian at the helm..but like cheesey1, im not sure how interesting a Magneto origins movie would be, i mean we all know the story, and its not that good the first time! They could add some things but then you have all the fanboys at your neck! What to do boyos
BillyBlack
BillyBlack - 6/1/2009, 4:22 PM
Hellmont

Really? really you're gonna go there? You put all that thought and effort into making a huge point about how a gay guy can't make a good super hero movie, just to blow it by saying Clint Eastwood or Kevin Costner could make a better super hero movie than Bryan Singer. Totally ruined your credibility. Kevin Costner hasn't made a good movie... EVER. And you wanna talk boring? Go see ANY Clint Easwood movie post Unforgiven. And are you sure ALL the guys you mentioned are straight? REALLY SURE? How can you be so sure? You made your point to be sure, and that's certainly one opinion. But the only "truth" in your post was saying that Bryan Singer is gay.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/1/2009, 4:37 PM
SINGER SINGER SINGER! SING IT! : D
Hellmont
Hellmont - 6/1/2009, 4:39 PM
Hey brother its all good I respect your ideas and how you feel about it. If you dont like what I think about Brian Singer and my choice in directors its perfectly fine by me.

My argument about B. Singer is my own personal theory of why I consider his comic book movies to be less than average due to his sexual orientation. You may believe me to be ignorant or obtuse which I am fine with but these are my ideas. I could be wrong. My opinion about him will only change if and when he delivers a movie like Chris Nolan's Batman or Zack Snyder's Watchmen until then as a film maker I wouldnt piss on him if he were on fire.
I enjoyed Kevin Costners The Postman better than X-Men or X2 or Superman Returns. Clint Eastwood has Unforgive and Million Dollar Baby which are great films. I am sorry for as much as I love the X-Men and Superman the Bryan singer versions are terrible. I hate to say it to me all those singer films lacked BRAVADO amongst other things.
valeriesghost
valeriesghost - 6/1/2009, 4:48 PM
@hellmont: The truth? Superman Returns wasn't a Gay Pride Parade? and just because someone is gay doesn't mean he doesn't understand a genre. does anyone else on here want to back me up on this? and your little example of all these straight guys being at the forefront of the industry? White males are at the forefront of just about everything in this particular country, why?, because we are the majority, not because we are smarter or better at any particular thing. i'm just dumbfounded by your lack of intelligence and your inability to prove your point. i mean, your proof is that straight men are at the top of this industry, and you assume that since someone is gay that they have a testosterone deficiency, further proof of your red-neck backwards sheltered life education. i'm sorry, i shouldn't have compared you to red-necks, they deserve better. i apologize. Just about all of the early Greeks, and thus the first superheros, were bi-sexual men. these manly men like the real King Leonidas and Alexander the Great were bi-sexual men and were at the top of their industry, which was war and kickassery. i would bet you money that if you asked Jim Lee, Bob Kane, Zack Snyder, CLint Eastwood, and especialy Kevin Smith if being straight made them better writers and directors for this genre they would look at you like you were the stupid fool that you are and walk away.
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