Magneto spin off news
Hey all i dont know if this has been posted i cant recall seeing it. here it is
RT-News writes: "A film based on Magneto, a nemesis of the X-Men, is in the works for 20th Century Fox, Variety reports. Writer Sheldon Turner, who has done work on recent remakes of "The Longest Yard," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and the "Amityville Horror," is working on a treatment. Magneto has been played by Ian McKellen in the two "X-Men" films, but because the spin-off script will focus on Magneto’s formative years, it may not include the British actor."
and from http://movies.monstersandcritics.com
The original X-Men film began with a prologue that showed Magneto as a child being led to a concentration camp by Nazis, and that is the period in which the new film will take place.
The storyline will heavily involve Professor X (played by Patrick Stewart in the films). 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.