Goyer Does Magneto
Found this over on Yahoo News.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Filmmaker David Goyer, whose thriller "The Invisible" opens in theaters Friday, has been drawn in by the power of "Magneto."
He will develop the "X-Men" spinoff with an eye to directing the project for 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios.
The story focuses on a young Magneto, the villain of the "X-Men" movies, and his friendship with a young Professor X and how they eventually became mortal enemies. The characters will not be reprised by Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, but by actors in their 20s.
Fox and Marvel already are at work on another "X-Men" spinoff, "Wolverine." That project, which already has a working screenplay, is on the fast-track hunt for a director and likely will be made before "Magneto."
Goyer wrote the screenplay for the upcoming sci-fi movie "Jumper." He also directed 2004's "Blade: Trinity," the New Line movie based on the Marvel Comics vampire hero, and executive produced the recent Marvel/Sony superhero flick "Ghost Rider."
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