X-Men: Supernova - 10 Big Questions We Need Answering
Bryan Singer has got to be out after Apocalypse, so who's even directing this thing?
The latest mutant-based movie news suggests that Fox will set up shop in Montreal this May to begin production on a film entitled X-Men: Supernova.
This information came to light not through an official press release from the studio, but through the film's commencement date being listed on a number of industry websites.
Because of that, details are scarce. It's easiest to assume that Supernova is based on the X-Men 7 script that Simon Kinberg is known to be working on, making it the direct sequel to last year's major disappointment X-Men: Apocalypse. Kinberg previously penned Days Of Future Past, The Last Stand and Apocalypse, making his record with X-scripts extremely chequered.
The Supernova title has everyone suspecting that Sophie Turner's Jean Grey, and the fiery Phoenix powers she discovered last time, will take centre stage. But that hasn't actually been confirmed, which leaves the fandom with these massive questions...
10. Who's Directing It?
X-Men, X-2, Days Of Future Past and Apocalypse director Bryan Singer told Fandango last year that he'd like to make a movie with "a big alien, interstellar tenant within the X-Men universe". An X-Men movie set in space? That would fit nicely with a title like Supernova. Although the identity of that 'interstellar tenant' is anyone's guess.
But it looks incredibly unlikely that Singer will direct this next X-flick. He's currently deep into 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, another Fox film (and hopefully a franchise-starter) which only began production in autumn 2016. There's no way he could get that finished in time to start Supernova in May.
So Fox may have to find a new director. First Class helmsman Matthew Vaughn is hard at work on Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The Last Stand's Brett Ratner is despised by X-fans, so it'll probably be a newcomer to the franchise that ends up in the chair.
Joss Whedon would be a dream choice for many (he's even written X-Men comics), but his ties to Marvel Studios surely rule him out. He'd be quite expensive, too. Someone like Assassin's Creed director Justin Kurzel could do the job. Someone with experience in action but not A-list salary status may be what Fox is after. But only time will tell who gets the gig.