The Plot Synopsis for X-Men Origins: Magneto

Posted by dominie in Films, News on November 11th, 2008

X-Men Origins: Magneto is now back in action. The project first got the greenlight in April 2007 with a script by David Goyer who was also attached to direct. Put on hold due to the writer’s strike however, Goyer went on to direct The Unborn and The Invisible. Fox is now ready again to take on the mutant origin story and is waiting on Goyer to complete his current projects. Development is underway and the current issue of Production Weekly featured a new plot synopsis for Goyer’s X-Men Origins: Magneto.

“The original X-Men film began with a prologue that showed the character as a child being led to a concentration camp by Nazis and that is the period in which the Magneto film will take place. This setup will allow a future villain to at least flirt with the designation of protagonist since the character will be seen almost exclusively in his formative years. The storyline will heavily involve Professor X, the wheelchair-using X-Men leader. 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.”

Sir Ian McKellen who starred in all three of the X-Men films is said to be involved only as the bookend to Origins. As the synopsis reveals, the studio will need to cast a youthful Magneto for the story—where he started, where he got his powers, the very beginning.