Matthew Vaughn decides not to direct 'X-Men: First Class' sequel

N0ooooooooooooooooooo!

It's not going to be an easy story, it is going to have sentinels, thats not going to be easy

I see it every time Singer or Superman are mentioned and I *still* don't understand the hate Superman Returns gets. I can understand why people don't like the film, but I see people constantly call it trash and act like it belongs with the likes of Elektra. That just boggles my mind. It's a 72 on Metacritic and a 76% on RT, that's not exactly terrible. It's not great, but it's hardly one of the worst superhero films like everyone seems to believe. Of course, I see people on here saying X2 was horrible and that makes my head explode.

@DaltonMunnal said:

What's with all the disrespect for Singer here? His X-Men (along with the first Spider-Man) practically invented the modern comic book movie. Not too mention he worked on First Class which most people, myself included thought was great. Singer on Days of Future Past? Awesome news. Secret Service movie? Awesome news.

I agree. Singer was the first director to actually treat a superhero movie as anything other than some cartoonish endeavor for kids.

Another thing, there are so many infinitely worse superhero movies to pick on. Marvel movies actually being good is somewhat of a new thing. Daredevil? Spiderman 3? Hulk (the first one)? Iron Man 2? Elektra? The Fantastic Four movies? Even this most recent Spiderman movie was entirely upheld by the charm of Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield but otherwise was quite poorly constructed.

Singer is pretty low on my list when comes to directors to bitch about. Also, how can people overlook the glaringly apparent failure that was Brett Ratner!? If you are going to take a dig at anything X-men you might want to start there.

Hmmm. Not quite sue how I feel about this. Loved X2 but I also loved First Class.

between Bendis on X-Men, X-Men playing 2nd fiddle to the Avengers, and now this? Guess it just sucks to be an X-Men fan these days, huh?

I want Vaughn back, I did not like any of the X-Men movies nor did I like Wolverine Origins, they managed to slaughter every character I ever liked starting with my all time comic favorite Rogue and ending with Gambit. X-Men: First Class had its shortcomings, but it was still, in my opinion, the first movie that actually felt like X-Men.

@pulseangel666 said:

Don't know about this, it could ruin a great movie and possible new series of film

I agree. Matthew Vaughn did a great job directing X-Men First Class. Although Matthew Vaughn "will stick around to produce" it's not the same as directing. Nolan, who directed all three Batman Films, will produce the upcoming Superman movie. Man of Steel will not be like the Batman films. In other words, it won't be that great of a movie. I don't like Bryan Singer as the director. Something tells me this is going to turn out ugly.

Both were good respectively.. It'll be interesting to see Singer's take on the franchise after all this time and what elements if any he decides to incorporate from the other films

I don't care who directs, as long as its a good movie.

They are allowing the guy who made X-men 1&2 and Superman returns, to direct this movie? Hype killed.

NOT GOOD the other X film are awful !!Now we finaly get a really good film in First Class and get tossed back in the crap....god i hope Singer can't do it.

Read about this on Screen Rant the other day. Definitely not happy. I HATE Bryan Singer's movies. The only director out there who can make superheroes unbelievably boring.

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!! I Do not want Bryan singer to ruin this movie. I mean think about it, he directed X-men 1 and 2 and then went on to do Superman returns. These are some of the most inaccurate, and terribly made super hero movies of all time. Mark Millar your my only hope.

Well this is less than great news, Vaughn is a terrific director, but he never seems to committed to sticking with projects. He was actually the original director cast to X-Men: The Last Stand. I don't know if his dropping that movie last minute had anything to do with how bad that film became, or if the studio was doing so much to ruin it that he felt he had to leave to keep his reputation intact, either way I hope his reasons for leaving Days of Future Past don't have similar consequences. One bright spot is that Bryan Singer is a much better director than Brett Ratner, and one who has shown he actually cares about the franchise. Without Singer's two X-Men movies we wouldn't have an Avengers, we might not even have a Spider-Man movie. So I'm willing to take this less than great news in stride.

@Chaos Burn said:

This is great news, Bryan Singer's films were the best

Re watch them, and then come again... All of the x men films were pretty damn horrible. But X2 was the most entertaining of the bunch.

Sucks! I thought he was going back!:P

People are oddly negative here. There's no guarantee that Vaughn leaving wil make the film instantly worse, and there's no guarantee that it would have been any better had he come back. For all anyone knows if not Singer, then they could get someone else who makes a film better then first class. I feel with series like this you can't get to attached to directors cause they constantly shift to other projects they feel more attached too. Plus there's also no guarantee that the project they go to will do well, Mr. Singer, so he might be back later anyway.

Just announcing he's not coming back doesn't mean anything.

Didn't find Singers X-men movies all that bad .... On that time itself I found it brilliant. so let him do it... With the right consultant from the comic bizz it could turn out great... But don't let the suits and accountants from Hollywood get too much say in the thing... because they know crap....

Singer is the best option. The other guy was good but X2 was amazing!!!

I wish I could say I was surprised but i can't. It would seem they want to screw up X-Men anyway they can.

:( ... I did like X2 a lot though.

I could honestly cry, i thought Fox was finally getting there $#it together. this had the potential of being the best series ever and now it's over.

The only reason i liked X2 was because my expectations were so low after the huge disappointment of X-Men. The singer films were barely based on the comics. The only way i could be more upset right now is if they announced Brett Rattner.

I would love to know what really happened, if fox were getting to involved or were trying to force him to compromise. Maybe Vaughn is just unreliable, I mean this is the 3rd time he left a marvel film.

What's with all the disrespect for Singer here? His X-Men (along with the first Spider-Man) practically invented the modern comic book movie. Not too mention he worked on First Class which most people, myself included thought was great. Singer on Days of Future Past? Awesome news. Secret Service movie? Awesome news.

Well I guess that's Fox's way of saying that they want the First Class line of movies to be over with now, isn't it? :/

Vaughn did fantastic but Singer is better than Ratner or Gavin Hood.

Wishful thinking, Vaughn directs one of the DC Comics characters.

Please don't bring back brett ratrashner to make this movie, just to make a quick buck. Matt Vaughn is the best director out if the x-men films by far, too bad he left, they should bring a new face to direct the sequel. i would say Tim Bekmambetov the director of Wanted 2008 film, or a director thats not too hollywood like ratner

I don't even care anymore. The x-men films have been about fan service and flashy stuff. No substance. No art. I want a Great film that plays tribute to the original supporting themes. Not a good movie that nods to the stuff.

Just when I though they couldn't do it worse... Bryan Singer... the guy who wanted Sigourney Weaver to play Emma Frost in X3 if he had directed the film...

This smells like complete crap now, please FOX, stop making crap and re-sell those right back to Marvel while you can still do it at a good price...

Since First Class was by far the best Xmen film to date in my opinion, this doesn't exactly give me confidence that the follow up will be as good....which is sad, I loved First Class.

I wonder if we the fans can scream and yell at FOX for getting a better director? I mean, heck, the TMNT-fans literally screamed like a monster and Micheal Bay actually heard them and replied! I really want for X-Men fans to scream at FOX and tell them to get a better director!

Hmm... i might be some of the few that enjoyed First Class over any other previous X-Men movie. I should be dissapointed, but i prefer to wait and see the outcome of Singer's involvement...

Singer is a good director but I'm wary after the snoozefest that was Superman Returns.

Sad, but intriguing

i hope singer returns but with are luck it will be brett ratner again.

Welcome back Bryan Singer!

I'm so disappointed he won't be directing, but at least he'll be producing. Some involvement is better than no involvement.

I know I'm in the minority, but I really wasn't a fan of First Class. I absolutely loved the Charles/Eric chemistry, but the rest of the film was average. I'd say X2 is still my favourite X-Men film, so hopefully Singer can channel that if he gets the job.

ill probably wait for DVD for it now

Absolutely not. Singer has butchered every x-man character I ever loved. Iceman, Rogue, Storm, and Cyclops were all unlikeable shells of there comic book counterparts, all because they wanted wolverine to be popular by comparison. Seeing someone like Cyclops who is normally a strong tactical leader get reduced to a quiet one note character really made me mad.

Speaking of which, they also failed with Wolverine. Im not talking the actor, but the character. One of the best parts about Wolverine is his relationship with other characters. But he had next to no ties with any of the x-men or villains. The love hate rivalry with cyclops was downplayed. As well as the friendship he has with Rogue. Oddly enough he does love Jean, which is weird because in the movie universe Wolverine only spends collectively 48 hours together. and most of that time he was either unconscious or working with a team.

So no to Bryan Singer. He failed with X-men, he failed with Superman. he just shouldn't make anymore superhero movies.

Super bummer. ;/

It seems like they shot themselves in the foot.

It's disappointing news, got to admit. As long as Brett Ratner stays well away.....

I think the first two xmen movies are good and great respectively, in fact I think the second was better than first class, so with all that the industry has learned about superhero movies in the time since X2 I'm pretty optimistic that Singer could make a good film. However it's still disappointing to lose Vaughn, he's an awesome director.

What was the plot to X2?

My level of interest for this movie is now at zero.

@JamDamage said:

I'd rather have Vaughn then Singer.

Oh no. :( Vaughn is awesome director for First Class. Singer is okay in my book. Let's hope he step it up and do a lot better this time.

Bryan Singer or George Miller. I think they can make it work