Fox has begun development on a standalone Magneto film and has hired Sheldon Turner (Amityville Horror, The Longest Yard).
It appears that the whole idea for the movie rests with Turner who was asked to peruse old X-Men comics to see what character he thought was ripe for a spinoff. He suggested Magneto and shortly thereafter a deal was in place. The film will feature Ian McKellan, but he won’t necessarily star in the movie. Instead, the film will focus on his formative years during and after time spent at a Nazi concentration camp when his powers begin to grow. Charles “Professor X” Xavier will also feature heavily into the film as he was part of the allied force that liberates the camp Magneto is imprisoned in. They become friends when they realize they both have unique abilities. Turner said he pitched the idea as The Pianist meets X-Men.
No announcement of when, or even if, the film will go into development, but Fox is simultaneously developing X-Men 3 (written by Simon Kinberg) and Wolverine.
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