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Bryan Singer Says X-Men: First Class May "Supercede" Magneto
22 December 2009 7:03 AM, PST
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Since agreeing to return to the X-Men franchise for X-Men: First Class, Bryan Singer has been talking to everyone about it. At one point, Singer expressed interest in possibly directing the proposed X-Men Origins: Magneto movie, but Singer told THR that First Class could "supercede" Magneto.
This story would probably utilize some of the Magneto story because it deals with a young Magneto, so it might supersede that because this would explore that relationship between a young energetic professor and a disenfranchised victim of the Holocaust.
After an initial draft from Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz, Singer wrote his own First Class treatment and brought Street Kings screenwriter Jamie Moss on board to write the script, which comic book fans found curious since Moss has no previous comic book adaptation experience. Singer defended the hiring, saying that Moss was the best writer for the job.
He's a really good writer,
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- Ryan Gowland
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Brian Singer to Helm X-Men: First Class
19 December 2009 6:55 PM, PST
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After Brian Singer accidentally let slip at the Avatar world premiere his intentions to return to the X-Men franchise, Fox and Singer have made the official announcement and provided the first details on the film.
Singer is set to helm X-Men: First Class, a turn-back-the-clock project he has been circling since this past summer. Fox latched onto the writer/director's latest treatment which revolves around a young Xavier and Magneto and the events which led to their relationship breaking apart. Jamie Moss (Street Kings) has been tapped to write the script.
The film will also follow the creation of the X-Men school, introduce a new villain, include a romantic element and feature some of the X-Men that have already appeared in previous films. Singer wants to keep their identity a secret for now.
Fox still has intentions to develop a standalone Magneto origins film, a Deadpool film and X-Men Origins:
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Bryan Singer to direct 'X-Men: First Class'
18 December 2009 5:21 PM, PST
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Just recently, Bryan Singer said he would love to do another "X-Men" film, and now, he's on board to helm "X-Men: First Class," the debut of a new series of flicks with a focus on younger mutants.
Singer also directed "X-Men" and "X2." Variety says Singer wrote a treatment Fox really enjoyed. Jamie Moss ("Street Kings") has been hired to write the script, and Lauren Shuler Donner is back to produce.
"This is the formative years of Xavier and Magneto, and the formation of the school and where there relationship took a wrong turn," Singer recently told Variety. He said there will also be new villains.
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- Franck Tabouring
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New writer hired to join Bryan Singer on X-Men: First Class
18 December 2009 5:17 PM, PST
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There have been further developments in the news that Bryan Singer is returning to 20th Century Fox for another X-Men movie.
Singer yesterday sealed a deal to helm origin flick X-Men: First Class, which had a screenplay by Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz and takes its title from the First Class comic books depicting the mutant team in their teenage years.
There were behind-the-scenes whispers about bringing in new writing talent and it's now been revealed that Fox has hired scribe Jamie Moss to work with Singer on the project.
Moss worked on Ghost in the Shell for DreamWorks and wrote Street Kings, the crime drama directed by David Ayer.
Singer told Variety: "This is the formative years of Xavier and Magneto, and the formation of the school and where their relationship took a wrong turn.
"There is a romantic element, and some of the mutants from X-Men will figure into the plot,
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Singer Snags a Writer for X-Men: First Class
18 December 2009 9:10 AM, PST
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With former X-Men director Bryan Singer officially confirmed to helm X-Men: First Class, the only question now is: who will write it?
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox is looking at Jamie Moss (Street Kings) to pen the script with Singer. The movie will follow the founding of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning as well as its first class of mutants. Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg are set to produce.
However, there's still no word on who these mutants will be and whether X-Men: First Class will fit in as a prequel to the current X-Men movies, or kick-off a whole new X-Men movie universe. After all, while the original X-Men team in the comics (and the 2006-07 X-Men: First Class series) had Iceman and Angel fighting alongside Cyclops, Beast, and Jean Grey as their contemporaries, the movies turned Iceman into a classmate of Rogue's and Angel into
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Singer Talks More "X-Men: First Class"
18 December 2009 7:25 AM, PST
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Following his news at the "Avatar" premiere the other day that he's returning to the "X-Men" filled, director Bryan Singer tells Variety that the decision was one he thought long and hard about, ultimately agreeing when he found a storyline that interested him enough.
"This is the formative years of Xavier and Magneto, and the formation of the school and where there relationship took a wrong turn. There is a romantic element, and some of the mutants from 'X-Men' will figure into the plot, though I don't want to say which ones. There will be a lot of new mutants and a great villain" says Singer of the project entitled "X-Men: First Class".
Xavier and Magneto in the film are likely to be played by younger actors portraying the characters in their 20's/30's, which means many of the mutants from the "X-Men" films will simply be too young to appear.
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- Garth Franklin
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X-Men: First Class Writer Announced
18 December 2009 5:50 AM, PST
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Just yesterday it was announced Bryan Singer was to return to the films that everybody loves him for. He isn’t going to do the world a favour and re-make X-Men 3, but he’s signed up for an X-Men Origins movie centring on the early years of Professor X. Whilst fans rejoiced over the world at this great, great news, a writer has been announced, too.
The Hollywood Reporter have it that Jamie Moss is set to pen Singer’s glorious return to the franchise. He’s not very well known…but this only a) shows he can make a name for himself b) he’s clearly respected by the studio c) he’s not Brett Ratner.
Moss scripted the Keanu Reeves flick Street Kings and he’s currently writing Ghost in the Shell for Dreamworks. He has replaced Oc writer Josh Schwartz. A story centring on Professor X’s
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Bryan Singer To Direct X-Men: First Class
18 December 2009 1:20 AM, PST
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Leave it to Bryan Singer to upstage an Avatar premiere by accidentally slipping the news that he was indeed retuning to the X-Men franchise. While talking about upcoming projects, Singer said he will direct the prequel to the X-Men trilogy, X-Men: First Class.
I'm ramping up to do a movie called Jack the Giant Killer at Warner Bros, and I just yesterday signed a deal to do an X-Men: First Class origins picture, which is kind of cool. I'm very excited.
While it looks like First Class won't go into production anytime soon, fans have to be pleased with Singer's return. While he works on Jack the Giant Killer, the First Class script will get another draft from Street Kings writer Jamie Moss. The O.C.'s Josh Schwartz wrote the original draft.
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First Class Writer For X-Men
17 December 2009 10:49 PM, PST
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As reported yesterday, director Bryan Singer will be returning to the X-Men fold with origins story First Class, based on the limited comics series by Jeff Parker. The Hollywood Reporter has now also announced the film's screenwriter, and it's Jamie Moss.Something of an unknown quantity, Moss has rarely appeared on our radar before: as writer of the quite-good Keanu cop thriller Street Kings, the possible Ron Howard Iraq war project Last Man Home, and as the guy who was replaced by Shutter Island's Laeta Kalogridis for the in-development Dreamworks re-jig of Ghost in the Shell. All swings and roundabouts and par for the course in Hollywood terms though: Moss will himself be replacing The Oc's Josh Schwartz on what seems to be a page-one First Class restart. Poor Josh. He was even offered the director's chair at one point.The story focuses on the early days of the Xavier School For the Gifted,
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Bryan Singer & New Writer Confirmed for X-Men: First Class
17 December 2009 7:19 PM, PST
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As many of you no doubt already know, Bryan Singer revealed a major update about his future with the X-Men franchise last night while on the blue carpet for the Avatar premiere.
That revelation of course was that he will be directing X-Men: First Class. As of now, Fox has confirmed the deal for Singer’s return to the director’s chair and develop the film about Professor Xavier’s first group of young mutant recruits.
As we knew from before, Josh Schwartz (The Oc, Chuck) was working on the script for First Class since last November but the studio has signed Jamie Moss (Street Kings) to pen the screenplay for the project.
The Hollywood Reporter points out that they’re “going back to the drawing board” for the movie, explaining the signing of a new writer to work with Bryan Singer.
When Singer revealed that he’s working on this project yesterday,
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Jamie Moss to Pen Script for Bryan Singer’s X-men: First Class
17 December 2009 5:11 PM, PST
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Following last night’s exciting news that Bryan Singer would be returning to the X-Men franchise to direct X-Men: First Class, Heat Vision reports that Jamie Moss (Street Kings) will be writing the screenplay for the film. Based off the Marvel Comic miniseries by Jeff Parker, First Class follows the X-Men in their first years at Xavier’s Institute for Higher Learning. According to Hv, the story is still in the early stages but it will deal with the first meeting between Charlex Xavier and Magneto and involve the creation of the Institute. Presumably, this would also mean the creation of the X-Men since Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Iceman, and Angel were the original five. However, producer Lauren Shuler Donner has only mentioned the first three, which could mean that they’ll leave out Iceman and Angel in order to keep continuity with the movies. Additionally, brand new characters will
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Street Kings Writer Jamie Moss Handed X-Men: First Class Assignment
17 December 2009 4:48 PM, PST
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Heads were spinning off the neck last night when Bryan Singer, the acclaimed director of X-Men and X2: X-Men United, announced that he would be returning to the franchise after Brett Ratner's miserable attempt at the third installment. Though very little has been made of the project since September, when it was announced that shooting would begin next year, we now have news two days in a row, as Fox has announced who will be adapting the story.
According to THR, Jamie Moss has been hired by the studio to write the screenplay for the film. The project will Moss' second, the first being the Keanu Reeves cop film Street Kings, an adaptation of James Ellroy's novel The Nightwatchman.
While I can't be critical of his past work as I never saw the film, I am disappointed that Fox didn't go with David Hayter, also known as the
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New Writer Hired for X-Men: First Class, Singer is Returning
17 December 2009 4:38 PM, PST
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Yesterday night, Bryan Singer announced on the "blue carpet" at the Avatar premiere that he would be directing X-Men: First Class, the next movie in Fox's X-Men franchise. Just in case you didn't believe it, Heat Vision has confirmed that Singer is officially directing the spin-off/prequel. They also report that Fox has hired Jamie Moss (Street Kings) to rewrite the script and work with Singer on developing the project. Oh and they also mention that "new characters will also be created," as in they're going to create some new mutants that haven't been seen in the comics. Fox has made some smart choices, so maybe there's hope?
X-Men: First Class will "look at the teenage years of the super-powered mutant heroes seen the X-Men movies and the Wolverine movies." Last year, Fox hired "The O.C." and "Gossip Girl" writer Josh Schwartz to write the first draft of the script.
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Bryan Singer back on 'X-Men' duty
17 December 2009 4:34 PM, PST
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Bryan Singer, who directed the first two "X-Men" movies before moving on to a different superhero, Superman, is getting back in business with the Marvel Comics mutants.
Singer has agreed to develop and direct "X-Men: First Class," a prequel of sorts to the franchise that follows several characters as teenagers. Jamie Moss ("Street Kings") is attached to write the script, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Chuck" co-creator Josh Schwartz had taken an earlier pass at the project.
Singer mentioned his involvement with the movie, which is based on a limited-run Marvel series, at the "Avatar" premiere Wednesday night, and studio 20th Century Fox confirmed it Thursday. The comic tells the story of several of the original X-Men -- Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Iceman and Angel -- attending Professor Xavier's school as teenagers. (In the movies, the latter two are portrayed as younger characters and probably wouldn't be featured in "First Class.
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X-Men: First Class gets a new writer
17 December 2009 3:04 PM, PST
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Yesterday Bryan Singer announced that he would be directing X-Men: First Class, and now according to Heat Vision Singer has brought Street Kings writer Jamie Moss on-board to work on the script.
Gossip Girl and The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz was hired to write the script back in 2008, however producer Lauren Shulder Donner said in [...]
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New Screenwriter Hired for Bryan Singer’s X-Men Origins: First Class
17 December 2009 2:18 PM, PST
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Last night, Bryan Singer finally confirmed that he has signed on to direct the X-Men spin-off/prequel film X-Men Origins: First Class. THR is now reporting that Fox has hired a new screenwriter to work with Singer on developing the project: Jamie Moss, writer of the 2008 Fox Searchlight film Street Kings. Moss also worked on a live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell for DreamWorks.
First Class is based on a Marvel Comics limited series written by Jeff Parker. The Oc creator Josh Schwartz wrote an earlier draft of the script. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner has said “the movie focuses on the first class at Xavier’s school of the gifted, so only those mutants will be featured in the first movie,” by which she evidently means that we’ll see the early days of the original X-Men team. In April of this year, she described it like so: "So it’s young Scott,
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X-Men prequel writer
17 December 2009 1:25 PM, PST
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After rumors circulated for a while indicating such, director Bryan Singer himself confirmed he'd be returning to Marvel's mutants on the prequel X-men: First Class.
Unsurprisingly, Singer and the fanboys' fave studio Fox will likely jettison everything done on the project by the project's previous writer Josh Schwartz ("The O.C.", "Chuck", "Gossip Girl").
Jamie Moss (Street Kings) is the new writer given the assignment of bringing us younger versions of
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Top 10 Worst Films of 2009
14 December 2009 7:10 AM, PST
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I saw a lot of terrible films this year, and these are some of the worst. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they aren’t enjoyable of course, and I take quite a bit of pleasure from watching a bad film. They’re in no particular order, and there are links to any that I reviewed in full. Enjoy!
Angels and Demons
Rome itself was the sole highlight of this absolute shocker. I enjoyed how the scientists at the Cern Large Hadron Collider were portrayed as being a bit iffy about the science behind their experiments. Relentlessly idiotic.
Dragonball: Evolution
Did anyone else watch this? This is the best film of the year based on a Japanese anime series…oh wait, that would be Blood: The Last Vampire (see below). 80 minutes of big hair, American accents and rubbish special effects.
Terminator Salvation
Some excellent action set pieces were the only
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Geek Deal: Three Blu-Ray Movie Packs for $25
21 November 2009 1:39 PM, PST
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Amazon has some awesome deals on some select three Blu-Ray movie packs. Each of the listed packs below is only $24.99 each, and also comes with $5 credit towards select Amazon on-demand TV-Shows. That's basically $8.33 for each Blu-ray disc.
Action Collection: Jumper, Transporter, Transports 2
Action Hero Collection: The Day After Tomorrow, I, Robot, The Terminator
Hard Action Collection: Hitman, Street Kings, Man on Fire
War Hero Collection: Behind Enemy Lines, Patton, Rescue Dawn
Funny Guy Collection: Napoleon Dynamite, Office Space, Young Frankenstein
Jock Collection: Dodgeball, Hoosiers, Rocky
I always find it amusing how these three packs are grouped. They usually contain one or two good movies and a film you'd never ever buy. But at the price, it's probably still worth it for the two movies you do like. The Funny Guy Collection is probably the one exception, unless you're one of those people that hated Napoleon.
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Young Dro On New Mixtape: 'I Kill Everything I Do'
9 November 2009 3:50 AM, PST
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He also addresses his recent album leak, in Mixtape Daily.
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Young Dro is on overload. Since his long-awaited album P.O.L.O. (Players Only Live Once) leaked on the Net months ago, Dro had to go back in the lab and retool the project. The Polo champ has this week's Main Pick — he's got homie and Grand Hustle CEO T.I. onboard, but he mainly runs the show on this one. Tip, we miss you. Oh yeah, and we have some more surprises for you this week, so stay tuned.
This Week's Main Pick
Street Kings: Young Dro and DJ Don Cannon
Holding It Down For: Atlanta and Philly
Mixtape: R.I.P.(I Killed That Sh--)
Real Spit: Shot to the heart. Young Dro was putting the finishing touches on his album P.O.L.O. (Players Only Live Once
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