Sequels Magneto Plot Details (Spoilers)

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EXCLUSIVE: Want to Know About Magneto?
Yesterday we had word on possible titles for Fox’s X-Men spinoffs; today we’ve got exclusive details on the plot for David Goyer’s Magneto movie. The director spoke about plans to shoot in Argentina and Europe, and that his story will deal with the origins of Magneto and Professor X – but we’re able to give you a little more info, read on at your own peril:
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The movie is book-ended with two scenes in Poland at the 60th Anniversary of the Auschwitz Liberation. These events take place within the timeframe of the first three X-films and will reunite Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.
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The opening takes a cue from Bryan Singer’s X-Men, where a young Erik Lehnsherr crumples the Auschwitz gates. Erik is subjected to horrendous experiments by a team of scientists led by vicious Nazi Dr. Kleinmein.
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We next meet Lehnsherr in Ukraine. It’s ten years later and he’s married to Magda, they have a young girl called Anya. Erik works in construction, his abilities are well developed, he’s able to plunge a nail straight through wood by just staring at it.
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In the village pub Erik spots Kirken, an abusive prison guard from the concentration camp. Kirken ends up dead by Erik’s hand and the villagers burn down his house – Magda and Anya are killed in the blaze.
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In Paris, Erik seeks help from famed Nazi hunter Professor Wesenthein – he wants revenge, more specifically he’s looking for Kleinmein. Wesenthein tells Erik many Nazi’s are hiding out on South America, and that Kleinmein was trying to genetically manufacture a master race for Hitler.
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Erik moves on to Argentina to try and track down Nazi war criminals – he’s met by CIA agent Owen Graves and the pair fore an alliance. Graves tips off Erik on the whereabouts of known Nazis but also harbours his own agenda.
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The action switches to Israel where Erik searches for a man well known for helping Holocaust survivors. He finds him playing soccer: Dr Charles Xavier…
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Goyer’s take combines elements of his own Batman Begins, The Boys From Brazil and the existing X-Men film franchise. The scale is somewhat similar to the first X-Men movie, but multiple locations and a period setting could knock the budget up significantly.
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Fans of the previous X-Men films will be pleased to know there are some other familiar faces in Magneto. Expect to see Senator Kelly return (a young and old version), along with mutants Victor Creed and Mystique.
There’s plenty more details which OWF may reveal later (even though this is a spoiler post, we don’t want to ruin the whole movie by going over every plot point).
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One of the biggest hurdles this movie faces is casting the lead. An unknown won’t be able to sell this film to the casual moviegoer, so who could Fox and Goyer get to play the young Magneto?

 

[Electrix]

It has, a mere two threads down

 

[ToriL90]

Dang, they want to kill off Magda before Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are born? I would've stuck closer to the comic in that she left him because she was scared by his reaction to Anya's death, but changed it into a group of humans lynching Anya and Magneto going berserk on them.

 

[BMM]

Things could change... as long as they don't include Bova, the cow-woman, I'll be fine. t:

 

[JP]

Sounds promising.

 

[Abaddon]

so no Wanda and Pietro in movie continuity I guess.

 

[Hypestyle]

interesting details, and if handled intelligently, it could be a great action-suspense-sci-fi movie, especially with the globe-trotting aspect; my only concern is any political backlash when the subtext is examined of Magneto, who is of Jewish background, apparently going "overboard" in his quest for revenge, and becoming something of a "terrorist" for mutant supremacy..

 

[merchunter]

Wow. It's been a while since I've been here - hey!

The plot sounds a bit like Munich but that could work.

It seems much better than I expected, I do hope they have enough to show the friendship of Xavier and Magneto. I also hope that they won't spend too much of the movie of him at the Nazi prison camp - that would pretty depressing.

The political backlash is a possibility but it is Magneto - even the three X-Men movies alone clearly show where Magneto is coming from and that he can be a sympathetic character despite doing some bad things.

 

[Compi716]

I really like the sound of this! Coming from a Holocaust surviving family, this concept really hits home. If done correctly, I think this can be a great movie.

 

[cryptic name]

this sounds kinda...lame. alot like the young hannibal lecter movie too, which was also lame

 

[Nokio]

Things could change... as long as they don't include Bova, the cow-woman, I'll be fine. t:

Ha ha ha. I needed that laugh and I agree.

 

[lordofthenerds]

The story actually sounds decent...too bad it's getting directed by David Goyer.

 

[javphonic]

The story actually sounds decent...too bad it's getting directed by David Goyer.

that was low, but neway ur spoiler is entertaining.. yea I'm bored

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

It's ovious the film won't go too much into the comic continuity of Magneto,because there's a story there.I think the aim of the film is mindless action.

 

[Iceburgeruk]

so no Wanda and Pietro in movie continuity I guess.

True or they could simply have that it only appears Magda was killed in the fire.

It sounds like such a fantastic film though doesn`t it. Magneto murdering ignorant peasants. Hmm thats sounds real nice. lol.

 

[TKing]

Any casting actually confirmed?

 

[Electrix]

I emailed Patrick Stewart's website, asking whether he will be in Magneto. I got this reply.

MAGENTO movie might be a better possibility. It starts filming after New Year (pre-strike timing) and rumors on the net indicate that Patrick & Ian might do cameos bookending the film. Timing of the filming would fit in with Patrick's window between MacBeth and Hamlet plays.

I do not think the website is directly linked to Patrick's assistant or whoever speak to him, as they linked me to the link in the first post. It is probably fan run or whatever. But it does say Patrick could make a cameo.

 

[TKing]

I'd rather have a cameo than nothing at all.