IndieLondon (via iO9) has an interview with well known superhero producer Lauren Schuler Donner in which at the end of the interview they dish for a bit on the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine as well as the proposed X-Men Origins: Magneto as the tendency to tell more singular superhero stories based on the “X-Men” franchise hopes to flourish.
Wolverine hits theaters next May and Donner says, “It’s good… it’s very good. I’m very pleased with it. It’s very much an origins story. It’s very much in the tone of the first X-Men.” However, that one’s in the bag and when it comes to superhero franchises and its fans it has gotten to the point beyond “What have you done for me lately?” to “What are you doing for me tomorrow?”
Donner has always seemed just as interested in getting these films off the ground as the fans and Magneto doesn’t seem to be an exception as she says, “We have a great script on Magneto. I’ll tell you the honest truth… I’ve made four movie this year and I was so busy that I didn’t at all talk to the studio while making Magneto because I couldn’t have done it. And David Goyer, who wrote and is going to direct it, also did another movie. So now, he’s done with his and I’m done with two of mine, so when I get back that’s my first order of business to say: ‘Come on, let’s go and make Magneto.'”
The upcoming Goyer film she mentions is the January 9 release The Unborn, which I was surprised to see receive a PG-13 rating. For Goyer a film the size of Magneto would be a big boost as he has for so long been behind the writing of so many superhero films including The Dark Knight, Batman Begins and the Blade franchise that the Magneto film would be a great opportunity to re-introduce himself as a superhero director to the fans that disliked Blade: Trinity.
Continuing the trend of “What are you doing for me tomorrow?” I continue to hope Donner will kick into gear a Constantine 2 (though I won’t hold my breath) as I expect a Deadpool film, the character played by Ryan Reynolds in Wolverine, will likely be one of the next superheroes to get his own film.
