Wednesday
19Nov2008
Youth Will Be Served: Fox to Make 'X-Men: First Class'
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 1:50PM
Josh Schwartz, who has quietly become one of
the biggest hitters in television, is making a huge first foray into film,
singing a deal with Fox to write the script for the teenage superhero flick,
X-Men: First Class. Schwartz is the creator of The O.C., Chuck,
and Gossip Girl, so if there's one thing he understands, it's
youth-oriented melodrama.
The X-Men: First Class comic was introduced a couple of years ago, and tying into that film franchise, which will spawn at least two Origins movies with Wolverine and Magneto (films that are also likely to get a sequel or two a piece), adds to Marvel's ever-growing market share of tentpole films.
Is anyone concerned at all that it might be too much X-Men? Or at least too much of the wrong X-Men? That's about the only knock I'd have on it, having not read the new comic. In other X news, the animated series Wolverine and The X-Men will debut January 23rd on Nicktoons Network. And here's the third trailer for the show, which we picked up over at the Marvel website.
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