Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter recently posted an interview with Bryan Singer, where the fan-favorite director admits that his upcoming "X-Men: First Class" flick would essentially cannibalize most of the "X-Men Origins: Magneto" film that was supposed to be in the works. As you might expect, "First Class" will tell the tale of how Professor Xavier formed the original class of X-Men, and his early archetypal relationship with Magneto, a close friend who later became one of his greatest enemies.
It's hard to be too upset about this, since it seems we'll be getting a lot of the Magneto story in "First Class" anyway, and seeing Singer tackle the origins of my favorite comics team -- a story that I am still excited to hear no matter how many times it gets retold -- seems like a fair tradeoff in my book.
