Who's On Fox's Wish List To Direct X-men: First Class?

Dave Davis, Joblo
Fri, 04/30/2010 - 8:15pm

Fox is intent on prequelizing Marvel's mutants (thereby retaining the property rights) with X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. But with Bryan Singer returning only in a producer capacity, the studio is hot to get a qualified candidate in the director's chair. EW first floated the story that KICK-ASS director Matthew Vaughn was in talks to direct, but Heat Vision says he's already moved on (and after all the reported friction on the... Read More...

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