Bryan Singer has signed to direct X-Men: First Class
Since departing the franchise that started the comic book movie revolution so he could direct a punchless Superman movie, fans have longed for director Bryan Singer to return to the X-Men franchise.
In recent months, Singer has expressed interest to do so. With the various X-Men projects in development at Fox, many thought that if anything, he would gravitate toward X-Men Origins: Magneto. However, he seemed wary to do the Magneto flick given that he has already delved into similar Nazi source material with Apt Pupil and Valkyrie. So which X-project would he tackle?
Well, according to Singer himself on the red carpet at last nights LA premiere for James Cameron's Avatar, on Tuesday he signed a deal with Fox to direct X-Men: First Class, the team origin story about the teen mutants in their first year at Xavier's. It seems fitting.
Hear it from the director's mouth in this Myspace video. The Singer interview is tagged at the 27 minute mark in the video below:
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