Matthew Vaughn Locked In To First Class

Well after a relatively short bout of speculation X Men: First Class has locked in its director in the shape of Matthew Vaughn with Fox officially announcing that the Kick Ass director will release his latest in just over a year.


According to Heat Vision Blog have reported that after locking in Vaughn and a recent rewrite to the script peened by Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz Fox have a firm belief that they can get this project done and dusted for June 3rd next summer.


Based on the comic the film will introduce the beginning of the X Men universe, following the early days of mutant high, where Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr [Not yet Professor X and Magneto] were in unison; aiding the young mutants troubled by there newly discovered powers. 


Vaughn is no stranger to the X Men world, he was circling X Men The Last Stand after Bryan Singer went to do Superman Returns. But with this punishing schedule First Class is set to be an evener greater task than the 'final chapter' of the original X Men trilogy. 


MATT RICHARDSON

Bryan Singer On Again Off Again Relationship With Fox Continues.

Bryan Singer is a busy man. So busy in fact; he has officially dropped out the running to direct X-Men: First Class. This is due to his prior commitment to Warner Brother's to shoot Jack The Giant Killer, a large-scale 3D (is there any other way?) CGI movie, locked down to begin this summer.

Singer, of course, has prior history with Fox's X-Men franchise, having directed X-Men and X:2. But, has not returned to direct for Fox ever since they controversially pushed ahead with the third instalment without him. Instead of waiting for Singer to finish his commitment to Superman Returns, they opted to install Brett Ratner to direct the 'final' chapter of the trilogy; X-Men: The Last Stand.


Now it seems Fox has dealt the deja vu card, with Deadline Hollywood reporting that Fox loved the script penned by Jamie Moss from Singer’s treatment so much that they are not prepared to wait for him, again.


Still, it obviously was the right decision for Last Stand wasn't it? Just imagine if they had hired somebody who had got Vinnie Jones, in all his cockney glory as Juggernaut, spewing line's like "I'm the Juggernaut bitch!"  Oh. 


Yet, there is a beacon of light with Singer announced to be apart the the producing team,  joining Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg.

The film, for those who don't know, First Class is an origin story that focuses on Xavier and Magneto. Apparently Moss has taken a page out of the JJ Abrams Star Trek manual and  will rewrite the lore from the first trilogy. 

MATT RICHARDSON