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Matthew Vaughn is Leaving X-Men: Days of Future Past, Might be Replaced by Bryan Singer (!!!)

by Rebecca Pahle | 11:00 am, October 26th, 2012

X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn has stepped down as the director of its upcoming sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Deadline reports that there’s a rather interesting candidate being considered to replace him: Bryan Singer.

As in, the guy who launched the X-Men movie franchise, directing X-Men and X2 before turning directing duties over to Brett Ratner for X-Men: The Last Stand (and we all know how that went).

Singer produced and wrote the treatment for X-Men: First Class, so he’s already involved in this particular X-incarnation. Vaughn, meanwhile, wrote the treatment for Days of Future Past and will step back to take a producing role. It’s not clear why Vaughn is leaving; he actually briefly dropped out of X-Men: First Class before deciding to come back, so his decision this time around isn’t coming out of nowhere.

Days of Future Past is expected to tie together the original trilogy with Vaughn’s prequelverse by way of a time travel/alternate universe plotline, so bringing the original director back into the fold is an interesting choice. What do you think? Are you sad about Vaughn leaving? Happy that Singer might replace him? Or is the X-Men franchise just too messy and convoluted to be saved?

(via: Deadline)

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TAGS: Bryan Singer | Marvel Comics | Matthew Vaughn | X-Men | X-Men: Days of Future Past

TKS

I am sad that Vaugnn is leaving. I enjoyed The Last Stand immensely more than X-Men or X2.

This X Franchise is way confusing. It’s like, they are trying so hard not to movie-retcon anything but really really want to.
Anonymous

I’m pretty mortified over Singer coming back since X-Men/X2 were pretty unbearable (Though I suppose a slight step up from X3 but I don’t even want to go there). This honestly makes me significantly less excited. I love Vaughn. He’s not exactly the -best- director, but the movies he makes are immensely enjoyable (Kick Ass will forever be a favorite, and regardless of how many people may snuff their noses at it, Stardust has a permanent place in my “feel good movies” queue). I was happy with the Last Stand because it made the X-Men feel a lot more real (and was also incredibly absent of the horrible portrayal of Storm which I will Never. Ever. Ever. Let go of. Though it had a cute little child cameo of her! eeee!).

I feel over all convinced at this point that Fox has no idea what it’s doing. Like none. At all. What so ever.
http://twitter.com/BrianBuckler Brian Buckler

Aaaaand it’s done. Sorry, but the last time someone had to replace Vaughn, it was called X-men 3.
http://twitter.com/BrianBuckler Brian Buckler

I always tell people those weren’t X-men films, they were Wolverine films.
Anonymous

Amen
venturesister

I wish they would just start over. Fresh director, fresh script, fresh cast.
http://twitter.com/Super_Widget Joanna

If we could pretend X-3 never happened and Singer picked up where he left off I’d be most content.
Carmen Sandiego

Zomg, he did Stardust and Kick-Ass? Frak. Now I’m really bummed he’s not doing Future Past. :(
http://twitter.com/BeholdTheHair Mitch

I just want to live in the magical fantasy land where stupid IP law doesn’t get in the way of Avengers vs. X-Men.