Bryan Singer Continues Talking Up X-Men: First Class

In what otherwise appears to be a standard Q&A trying to play up X-Men: First Class, Bryan Singer did give some new details to Heat Vision. Albeit the director is still keeping certain details (like plot) closely vested for the time being and the nuggets of information remain rather morsel.

He reveals to the trades that they will utilize some of the ideas that David Goyer cooked up for his now-aborted Magneto prequel. Since this will center on the friendship of Charles Xavier (or Professor X, for you nerds out here) and Erik Lehnsherr, that decision makes sense. Sorry, but I still can’t muster up much interest in this franchise anymore. It would be more interesting to see him helm X-Men 4 instead of going the prequel route. I’d even go for a Bryan Singer-helmed Wolverine sequel as opposed to First Class. But maybe that’s just me.

The plan is simple. First direct Jack the Giant Killer for Warner Brothers (at the moment in the planning/pre-visualization stage) and return to the merry world of mutants after-wards. That doesn’t mean those plans will in fact stick. Remember, kids, he was originally going to get Valkyrie finished in and out of 2007 and focus 2008 and 2009 on his now-dead Superman Returns sequel.

He also spoke out for the first time about the Battlestar Galactica reboot he’s signed up to produce/direct for Universal. Don’t get your hopes up expecting it anytime soon. They’re still in search of a screenwriter. Whether or not that actually sees the light of day, mind you, is another story.