Producer Hopes To Turn ‘X-Men: First Class’ Into A New Franchise
Speaking on Fox Movie Channel’s Life After Film School, Lauren Shuler Donner, who produced the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine as well as all the previous X-Men films, says she hopes to turn X-Men: First Class into a franchise.
“It is the first class of Xavier’s school, way back when, so it’s young Scott, young Jean, young Beast and that’ll be really fun,” Donner said. “I think (the plan) is to follow some of the characters into their own stories, and weave them back into the X-Men world. And hopefully First Class will become its own franchise and we can follow them as they grow up.”
X-Men: First Class has for some time been scheduled for release in 2010 although the movie is still in the very early stages of production. Josh Schwartz (Chuck /Gossip Girl/ The OC) is in charge of the screenplay which according to the IMDB is still only at the outline stage, hence a 2010 release would seem highly unlikely.
Additionally, Donner also confirmed that ‘X-Men Origins: Magneto’ remains in development, although the green-light for a Magneto based spinoff will very much hinge on the success of Wolverine.
The entire interview, which includes the producer talking about X-Men Origins: Wolverine, will be repeated on the Fox Movie channel Friday at 1 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and midnight; Monday at 3:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.; Tuesday, April 21 at 9:30 p.m.; Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m.; and Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Source: Comics Continuum
