After Bryan Singer mutated out of the ‘X-Men’ franchise for ‘Superman Returns,’ many thought that would be the director’s last involvement with the comic-book film series. But now Singer is at the helm of ‘X-Men: First Class,’ a prequel that explores the early relationship between the leader of the X-Men, Charles Francis Xavier, and his old friend Eric Lensherr, a.k.a., Magneto, a Jewish Holocaust survivor.

Speaking with Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog, Singer said, “It’s basically about the formation of the X-Men. How they began and the relationship between a young Xavier and a young Magneto.”

Singer did not divulge too much information, saying the story is “a secret” but “I’ve written a pretty concise treatment. There’s a story that I really want to tell.”

With ‘X-Men Origins: Magneto’ planned for release in 2013, the question of redundancy may be a matter of concern. But Singer told Heat Vision that there is nothing to worry about. “I don’t see an exhaustion. The X-Men universe is boundless. These are great characters. And as young characters, they are quite different than the characters we have seen in the contemporary movies,” he explained.

“This story would probably utilize some of the Magneto story because it deals with a young Magneto, so it might supersede that because this would explore that relationship between a young energetic professor and a disenfranchised victim of the Holocaust.”

Singer is well versed in mutant characters, having directed ‘X-Men’ and ‘X2′ before bailing on ‘X3′ to work on Warner Bros’. ‘Superman’ movie. The director also addressed the question of negative circumstances surrounding his departure from the mutant franchise, saying that such talk was ”comical and exaggerated.”

Singer said, “it’s been about 10 years since the first ‘X-Men,’ and this is a nice opportunity to look back at the origins of that universe.”

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