Josh Schwartz Writing X-Men First Class
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Some of you may remember that Josh Schwartz, creator of Gossip Girl, O.C., and Chuck, let it slip a few months ago that he was working on an X-Men movie script, followed by complete radio silence.
Last night, Variety confirmed Schwartz’s slip by reporting that Fox and Marvel will be rebooting the X-Men franchise that Brett Ratner ruined with X-Men First Class, produced by Lauren Schooner Donner and written by Josh Schwartz.
There are virtually no details on the plot, though Variety’s article mentions a similar theme to the X-Men First Class comic (Young students at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning), but following characters like Colossus, Rogue, Gambit, Iceman, Angel, Shadowcat, and Jubilee, all of whom are the younger students in the previous three movies, rather than the original X-Men team in the comics. It is likely, though, that the main characters in the previous movies will at least make cameos.
This could be interesting, although I’ll miss some of the main cast from the previous films. I really don’t see any other way they could continue the franchise after that trainwreck that Ratner made, though.
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[...] Josh Schwartz Writing X-Men First Class Posted on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 in Marvel - Comments: (2) Some of you may remember that Josh Schwartz, creator of Gossip Girl, O.C., and Chuck, let it slip a few months ago that he was working on an X-Men movie script, followed by complete radio silence.Last night, Variety confirmed Schwartz’s slip by reporting that Fox and Marvel will be rebooting the X-Men franchise that Brett Ratner ruined with X-Men First Class, produced by Lauren Schooner Donner and written by Josh Schwartz. [...]