‘X-Men’ may see a fourth installment, sort of…

Word is out that we “may” see a younger X-Men for the fourth installment, as Josh Schwartz talks with Fox about possibly writing ‘X-Men: First Class’. Schwartz was the creator of hit shows like ‘The O.C.’ and ‘Gossip Girl’. Apparently, Schwartz’s idea for the continuation of the franchise is to approach it from the POV of a younger X-Men team.

This could go a couple of different directions, one of them being to develop the script as a prequel, depicting Cyclops and a few other key mutants when they were younger and still learning from Xavier. Another possible direction would be to focus on some of the young students attending Xavier’s school for the gifted as introduced in the first ‘X-Men’ movie.

What do you think? Is this a recipe for disaster? Is this a step in the right direction to revive the franchise? Will this become too teen-centric?

[source: HollywoodReporter.com]