X-Men First Class 2 News!

X-Men: First Class hasn’t even hit the theaters, and we already have news about the sequel.  In a recent interview with Hitfix, director Matthew Vaughn had this to say:

I’ve got some ideas for the opening for the next film.  I thought it would be fun to open with the Kennedy Assassination, and we reveal that the magic bullet was controlled by Magneto.  That would explain the physics of it, and we see that he’s pissed off because Kennedy took all the credit for saving the world and mutants weren’t even mentioned.  And we could go from there, and I’ve got some fun ideas about what other mutants to bring in.

More info on the sequel after the jump …

Video: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS!

Very clever and classy trailer.  We think this will silence most of the naysayers.

Singer Signs for X-Men Prequel

At the premiere of Avatar, director Bryan Singer told a reporter:

I just yesterday signed a deal to do an X-Men: First Class Origins picture, which is kind of cool. I’m very excited.

Fans of the series will be glad to have Singer back in the director’s chair, but many remain skeptical about the prequel concept for this film.  Still … Singer … X-men … should be fun.

Source.

Update:  Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick Ass, has replaced Singer on this project.  H’wood is such a strange place.  Kick Ass bombs at the box office.  But, nonetheless, its director lands a top gig.   Failing upwards … and upwards.  We should all be so lucky in our chosen professions.

Bryan Singer Circling Multiple Projects

We recently reported Bryan Singer’s involvement as director on a “Battlestar Galactica” feature film.  Now CHUD is reporting that Singer has his eye on  several other projects.  In addition to “Battlestar”, he’s also looking at remaking John Boorman’s King Arthur epic Excalibur, a new “dark” version of Jack the Giant Killer, and X-Men: First Class another mutant outing which examines the early days of Professor Xavier’s “School for Gifted Youngsters.”

There’s no clear indication about which of these projects he’s likely to take, but none seem fast-tracked.  We bet another project will strike his fancy before any of these above go before the lens.