Magneto Spinoff Develops (Actually a prequel)

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Magneto Spinoff Develops

Sheldon Turner will write the script for Magneto, a film spinoff based on Ian McKellen's character from 20th Century Fox's hit X-Men series of films, Variety reported. The project marks the second extension of the studio's X-Men comic-book franchise, following a Fox deal with Troy screenwriter David Benioff to write Wolverine, who is played by Hugh Jackman in the films.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-12/13/11.30.film

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1. Yeah, I posted a thread in the lounge about this. Probably gone now

I think it's sort of a dumb idea. There are so many other spinoffs/prequels and obviously sequels that they should do before they do this.

I'd like to see an X-kids spinoff (a new Mutants/generation X spinoff) or a prequel about the original X-Men team and it's coming together in the movie-verse. (they could replace Iceman with Havok for the youngest member)

I just would like to see stories based out of comic books adapted with new Characters rather than young Magneto/Xavier stories.

Particularly when they're stupidly making Xavier a WW2 vet.

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2. How can he be a WWII vet?

In the first film, we saw him as a child during WWII.

There's talk of a Wolverine spinoff.

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3. No, in the first film we saw Mags as a kid in WW2

That was lil' Erik Lensherr.

Hence the metal bars getting bent.

But it's rediculous to have Xavier as a WW2 vet because even in the comics in the early 60's Xavier wasn't written as being old enough to be a WW2 vet. He fought in the Korean war when he was 17.

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4. Oh, misread

My bad. Xavier shouldn't be a WW2 vet unless his mutant power also means he doesn't age much.

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5. right, which it doesn't

despite it's wacky time-scale, there are only a few Marvel characters who actually do have slow aging powers/treatments to them. Such as Wolverine, Nick Fury, and Mystique.

Professor X, isn't one of them.

He's supposed to be around the same age as Mr. Fantastic. Meaning he was in his early 30's when he recruited and formed the original X-Men

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6. Ya know what would be cool?

Crossovers in the films, just like in the comics.

Have Spidey show up in for a brief appearance in the background of another superhero film.

Have news of the X-Men on the TV during the FF movie.

Heck, let's have an Avengers movie. And then, once we've gotten enough superheroes on film: Secret Wars! The ultimate crossover!

Spidey and Daredevil used to cross paths all the time (I think Matt Damon would have made a much better Daredevil, btw), even sharing a villain, Kingpin.

Heck, Spidey's first appearance was a fight with the Fantastic Four.

Then he kicked X-Ass during Secret Wars while Wolverine sat on the sidelines laughing.

Wolvie and Spidey had a great one-shot during (IMO) the greatest run of Spiderman, the mid-80s when he finally discovered the identity of the Hobgoblin (who was so much cooler than the Green Goblin).

One thing the X-films have done nicely is include references to other X-Men like Kitty Pryde. Colossus looked awesome, he should have a major role in the next film.

Why they haven't done Beast yet is beyond me.

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7. they can't do that because different studios have rights to the different

films for the most part. And it prevents that from happening, Spidey showing up in X-Men and what not.

It's one of the crappiest aspects of the Hollywood Marvel comic adaptation bonanza.

Pretty much until some major legal breakthrough takes place, you can depend on characters only overlapping who belong at the same studio for filmmaking rights.

Right now Sony has Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, and Luke Cage

Fox has Daredevil/Elektra, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, X-Men (and all it's potential spinoffs)

New Line has Blade and Iron Man

Universal has Hulk and Namor

Lion's Gate has Punisher, Iron Fist, and Man Thing

and Paramount has Death-Lok

Those are all the ones I know. But you can also depend on them not having a character who's set to have his or her own film show up in another movie before his or her own movie comes out.

[Salviati]

9. There was a brief cameo in X2 of Dr. Hank McCoy

on the TV in the bar where Mistique injected the security guard, so they haven't forgotten about Beast...

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10. isn't the punisher a spinoff of spidey? cuz they could probably

play with that. otherwise, i think if it weren't for the different studios, like was said below, crossovers would be interesting.

[Chovexani]

8. Time flows like a river. And history repeats.

Hey, as long as I don't have to see 50 movies per month in order to follow what's going on with the main X-Men movies, I'm fine by it. Stupid Fucking Marvel and their Stupid Fucking Asterisks. </bitter>

If they're doing a Magneto movie, I hope it's a Smallville-esque prequel with copious time devoted to his relationship with Xavier and how it soured (but unlike Smallville, no anvils or Mary Sue-ish beards). Oh hell, while we're at it, cast some pretty young thing as Magneto (oh, I dunno, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers maybe?) and grab Michael Rosenbaum for Xavier (he's already bald!), and just have them make out on screen for two hours. Sure, the fanboys will scream and run out of the theater, but I guarantee at least three million fangirls (and maybe 10% of the fanboys) will be very, very happy when the credits roll.

Oh, don't look at me like that. I've thought that relationship was canon since I was 12, and I didn't even know what slash was at the time. I just knew Magneto and Professor X acted an awful lot like my uncle and his "ex-roommate". :P