Four X-Men Spinoffs Announced

[GrnMarvl14]

Original article.

USA Today has published an update on the various "X-Men" spinoffs in the works, including Wolverine, Magneto, one on the kids and another on Emma Frost. The newspaper's scoop:

The first spinoff will be Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. His character has an as-yet-unrevealed back story in which researchers replaced his original bones with a metal skeleton. Jackman has signed on to star and co-produce, and X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner says it will likely head into production next year.

"We've also talked about doing something on the kids in (Professor X's) school, focusing on their lives, and less of a global adventure for the team," says Hutch Parker, production president of 20th Century Fox.

The studio is also exploring a movie with Three Kings director David O. Russell based on the character of Emma Frost, a sexy mutant telepath who can transform her skin into diamonds. She is an X-Men comics regular but was not featured in the movies.

Another likely solo project: Magneto, also in the script phase. The film will focus on his youthful pre-villain days, Shuler Donner says.

Though it would require a younger actor for those sequences, she says the film would need Ian McKellen to anchor the flashbacks. "What's a Magneto movie without Ian?" she asks.

We'll be following all the projects closely.

Wow. They're really going to milk this for all it's worth. Well, good for them.

 

[Zeta]

A New Mutants movie? I'm intrigued.

 

[JapanWhore]

The Apprentice Song - *Money, Money, Money
Im so glad for spinoffs

 

[Doctor Oak]

Generally, it's a pretty safe bet that such a spin-off hullabalooza = crying out for more money. In the case of the X-men though, all of those stories very much deserve telling.

ESPECIALLY Magneto's. Wolverine's backstory has been numbed to death by beind hashed out again and again in every opportunity because he became a fan favourite. Magneto's is rarely more than touched upon most of the time - and a fantastic backstory it is. He really is a perfect tragic hero.

Emma Frost is a bit :/ for me as I don't see how well she could fit solo without an introduction through the original movies first but I'll wait to see how they pull it off.

And an X-kids film would make me super-happy if it stars Iceman, Rogue and Kitty - though not having seen X3 i'm not sure how that triangle actually folds out yet.