Magneto

Starring: Ian McKellen

Director: David Goyer
Release Date: 2008
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Synopsis: Storyline will heavily involve Professor X, the wheelchair-using X-Men leader played in the films by Patrick Stewart. That character was a soldier in the allied force that liberated the concentration camps. The professor meets Magneto after the war, and while they bond over the realization that they are alike in their special powers, their differences soon turn them into enemies.



David Goyer To Direct 'Magneto'

Monday, May 21st, 2007

The second in a series of X-Men spin-off movies will be made by Blade: Trinity director David Goyer. He will direct Magneto, which will focus on the character played in the three X-Men films by Ian McKellen. Read more...

X-Men Spin-Off 'Magneto' Gets Writer

Monday, December 13th, 2004

Based on Magneto's early years...