Bryan Singer Might be Out of X-MEN: FIRST CLASS

I remember it like it was yesterday hearing about director Bryan Singer and how he had announced he would be taking on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS just as soon as he finished work on JACK THE GIANT KILLER.  Well, it appears another giant Jack might be slaying is that dream of another Singer-directed X-MEN movie, as Hitfix is reporting they have it on authority from multiple sources Singer might be off the FIRST CLASS project.

With Singer working on getting JACK THE GIANT KILLER done for Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox isn’t waiting around, and is “actively searching” for a director to step in and take over the next X-MEN film.  Judging from the Hitfix article and a recent interview that ran in the LA Times featuring Singer and Lauren Shuler Donner, it would appear Singer stepping aside as director of FIRST CLASS is an amicable decision.  He could be on board as the film’s producer, or even as producer of the planned WOLVERINE 2.

However, the idea of Singer acting as director of FIRST CLASS seems to be diminishing hope.  That isn’t to say we will never see Singer step behind the camera on another X-MEN movie.  There are always plans to do a fourth film chronologically in the series, something the Hitfix article touches on.  We should know by sometime this Summer what Singer’s next directorial project really is.