David Goyer to Direct Magneto
Source: Variety
April 27, 2007
Variety is reporting that David Goyer will direct Magneto, the "X-Men" spinoff in development from 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios that centers on the villain played in the original trilogy by Ian McKellen.
After the first three "X-Men" films grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, Fox and Marvel hatched the spinoff program. Magneto will be the second such movie to go into production. First up is Wolverine, a David Benioff-scripted film that will star Hugh Jackman as the steel-clawed mutant; Fox and Marvel will set a director shortly on that pic.
Goyer will develop a Magneto script that was written by Sheldon Turner.
MTV's Movie Blog examines the storyline for the pending spin-off, with producer Avi Arad doing his hype man routine. "Think of meeting him in [the first "X-Men" movie] as a young boy in a concentration camp," Arad said of the Master of Magnetism. "What happens to his life after the war?" The flick will follow Magneto discovering "if [his powers are] real or not and the whole journey of [his] survival as a young man."
Meh...I am much more looking forward to the Wolverine spinoff......don't get me wrong I like Magneto and Ian McKellan is awesome but I just don't think that Magneto is.......interesting enough, I guess, to get his own movie....the back story in the first X-Men was enough for me.
Yeah I'm with you Gaos... when I heard they were doing spinoffs... and Magneto was one of them I thought to myself "huh" but of course I'll see it, because it's X-Men and I'm sure it will be good.
Yeah for sure....I probably won't see it in theaters but I will give a rent.
"Magneto" Depends Upon "Wolverine"
By Garth FranklinFriday, December 12th 2008 8:32am
Out doing promotion for "The Unborn", director David Goyer told the online press that Fox is waiting to see how the "Wolverine" film performs at the box-office before commiting to move forward with a similar "Magneto" spin-off.
Goyer says that though the film begins in the WW2 concentration camp, most of the action takes place in the very early 60's and deals with the friendship between Professor X (Charles) and Magneto (Eric).
I am not sure that doing a whole film based around an anti-hero is a very good idea. I like Magneto as the subtle evil villain but he needs to remain and be a villain. I just don't see there being a huge audience for this kind of film but I could be wrong.
Kevin
Magneto is far from a simple villain. He didn't start out like that and hasn't stayed like that over the years in the comics. He simple wants a safe world for mutants. He and Xavier were best friends for a long time. They had differing ideas on how to go about things. I think it could work quite well. I mean Marvel just put out another "Punisher" film where the "hero" shoots everyone.
Quote from: Rico on December 12, 2008, 04:59:15 PM
I mean Marvel just put out another "Punisher" film where the "hero" shoots everyone.
And from what I have read Punisher bombed.
Kevin
Quote from: Ktrek on December 13, 2008, 08:04:21 AM
Quote from: Rico on December 12, 2008, 04:59:15 PM
I mean Marvel just put out another "Punisher" film where the "hero" shoots everyone.
And from what I have read Punisher bombed.
Kevin
That wasn't my point. My point was a good movie can be made from someone who isn't quite as noble as say Superman or even Spider-Man. It just takes the right story and the right mix of acting and production..