Sequels Avi talks Magneto!

[Electrix]

After marshalling just about every successful Marvel comic to the big screen, what’s left for mega producer Avi Arad to get excited about? “Magneto,” he enthused. “I love it!” While we first met the diabolical anti-hero (played with gusto by Ian McKellen) in “X-Men,” and followed his mutant crusade through two sequels, it’s in “Magneto” that the character will finally get the origin story he so richly deserves, Arad revealed. “Think of meeting him in [the first “X-Men” movie] as a young boy in a concentration camp. What happens to his life after the war?” he teased of the film’s plot. Arad quickly answered his own question, telling MTV News that the flick will follow Magneto discovering “if [his powers are] real or not and the whole journey of [his] survival as a young man.”
Directed and co-written by “Batman Begins” scribe David Goyer, the prequel has all sorts “of opportunities for the kind of things that [will] make [it] interesting,” Arad contended, including a look at his early friendship with and ultimate rift from Charles Xavier, the mutant who would later become the leader of the X-Men.
Given Magneto is already the head of the militant mutant organization known as The Brotherhood in the first film, will the prequel detail the steps he takes to form that alliance, perhaps highlighting such mutants as Sabertooth and Rebecca Romijn’s Mystique? “[Some] amazing surprises that happen in his life [are in store],” Arad coyly answered.

http://www.mtvmoviesblog.com/2007/05/15/x-men-spin-off-magneto-to-reveal-anti-hero-origin-story/

 

[04nbod]

interesting he is looking forward more to magneto than to wolverine it seems even though Wolvie is the cash cow and chances of mysique making an appearance makes this movie a better prospect than wolverine and right now it feels more like an x men movie in prospect

 

[bosef982]

Avi arad has MORE THAN proven himself to be the near death of any Marvel movie he's overly attached to. The guy should be booted.

I couldn't give a flying f-k what he has to say.

If he's excited about it, I'm typically underwhelmed.

 

[Storm22]

Could be interesting if a young Mystique is in the movie too.

 

[Gonking]

very interesting the idea of the movie beginning with Magneto in a concentration camp just like X-Men.

 

[the a1ant]

They said in the article, they're aiming for 2009. Cool. Nice to hear something from one of the producers about this film

I really hope a young Mystique makes it into the film - that'd be cool

 

[Tempest19]

This really has a chance to be a ground breaking film. Really amazing. Being set in that time period is a very risky movie, but I think it will seriously pay off in the long run with a very good and interesting film.