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Variety reports that 20th Century Fox has set Sheldon Turner ("The Longest Yard," "The Amityville Horror," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" prequel) to write Magneto, an action-thriller based on the villainous character played in the first two "X-Men" films by Ian McKellen.

The project marks the second extension of the studio's "X-Men" comic book franchise. The move follows a Fox deal with "Troy" screenwriter David Benioff to write Wolverine, who is played by Hugh Jackman in the films.

The studio is developing the spin-offs as they separately develop X-Men 3. Simon Kinberg is writing the third installment. Magneto will likely be produced by the "X-Men" duo of Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel Studios' Avi Arad.

The original "X-Men" film began with a prologue that showed Magneto as a child being led to a concentration camp by Nazis, and that is the period in which the new film will take place. Since the character will be seen almost exclusively in his formative years, it is not clear whether McKellen will be in the film at all, says the trade.

"I pitched a film that is almost 'The Pianist' meets 'X-Men,' about a guy who, after watching his family slaughtered, has an awakening of his powers and seeks revenge," Turner said.

The storyline will heavily involve Professor X (played by Patrick Stewart in the films). That character was a soldier in the allied force that liberated the concentration camps. The professor meets Magneto after the war, and while they bond over the realization that they are alike in their special powers, their differences soon turn them into enemies.

credit - superherohype.com
well this might be cool to see if its done right. the whole beginning of how Magnus discovered his powers would be cool to see and how he met Xavior. tho i'm kinda worried that the fiml industry is starting to kill all the super hero movies.. its like reality tv shows.. one came out then they made a bi-jillion bad ones. ever since X-man and Blade came out (i count those two as the start of new line of super-films.. there was dead period between the good Batman films and Superman films) there has been a super hero or comic movie every year now...2004 has seen 3 if i counted right. not all comic movies have been good *cough* Hulk *cough* so i'm afraid that this might be a trend..dish out as many super-movies as u can but not pay attention to the details of the comics.

anyway..whats ur thoughts on this...the spin-off i mean..and if ya got something on super-movies go ahead and say what ur thinkin.

[Tic Tac Took]

To be honest, I think they're jumping into X-Men spin-offs way to quickly and they're not worrying about the highly anticipated 2nd sequel to the X-Men franchise. But, like you said, if this is done right, it could be a very great film and will be worth watching. But, if they try to do the Magneto & Wolverine spin-offs and the 2nd sequel all at the same time, it could turn out to be extremely shitty. We'll just have to wait and see.