* Twentieth Century Fox has set Sheldon Turner (THE LONGEST YARD, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR remakes) to write MAGNETO, an action-thriller based on the villainous character played in the first two X-MEN films by Ian McKellen. Pic most likely will be produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Avi Arad. The original X-MEN film began with a prologue that showed his character as a child being led to a concentration camp by Nazis, and that is the period in which the Magneto film will take place. This setup will allow a future villain to at least flirt with the designation of protagonist. Storyline will heavily involve Professor X, the wheelchair-using X-Men leader played in the films by Patrick Stewart. 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. Oh, Heck Yeah. I doubt Ian McKellan will sign up, but THIS will be pretty interesting.
yeah, sounds good. I don't think they'd need either Ian McKellan or Patrick Stewart, since the characters would be much younger. In some comics I read, they worked together after the war, can't remember what they did, but I think they were unaware of each other's powers for a bit. should be an interesting movie.
true true. i wonder what young actors they'd use.