Fox Enrolling in ‘X-Men: First Class’?

July 30, 2008

Filed under: Action, RumorMonger, 20th Century Fox, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels

The sharp-eyed crew at SuperheroHype.com spotted an interesting listing in Production Weekly — a listing for X-Men: First Class, which means 20th Century Fox has some kind of young X-Men motion picture in the works. Whether it is based on Jeff Parker’s series of the same name, or if they’re just snagging the title for the oft-discussed Young X-Men spin-off remains to be seen. But Fox already has a domain for it, though at this time it only sends you back to the studio’s website.

It’s certainly odd timing — the time and place to announce a new X-Men motion picture just wrapped up in San Diego. But another X-Men spin-off seems inevitable, particularly with the buzz that’s beginning to build on X-Men Origins: Wolverine. And I have a feeling that Star Trek’s fresh-faces reboot will inspire a number of similar origin stories from all corners of nerdland.