Magneto (film character)
Holocaust survivor turned mutant supremacist.
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His traumatic childhood in Auschwitz concentration camp triggered his magnetic powers.[1]
Making and release
Matthew Vaughn cast Michael Fassbender as the younger Magneto after recognizing his chemistry with James McAvoy.[2] A 1991 screenplay called Wolverine and the X-Men rewrote Magneto as an anti-mutant industrialist named Thomas Prince.[3] A 1994 screenplay from Andrew Kevin Walker featured Magneto and the Brotherhood taking over Manhattan as a mutant haven.[3] That project was put on hold to first release X-Men Origins: Wolverine.[4][5]
The movie X-Men: First Class developed from a planned Magneto origin story titled X-Men Origins: Magneto.[6][7] Turner described his pitch for that origin film as "The Pianist" meets "X-Men," focusing on a man seeking revenge after his family's slaughter.[4][5]
What the cited sources add
The same article states that Walker's draft received good notices from the studio but was not enough to move development forward.[8] She also noted that Magneto literally represents Jewish Holocaust survivors in the film's metaphor.[9] Producer Shuler Donner told Vanity Fair that the Erik/Charles dynamic had run its course and there were other stories to tell.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Magneto (film character)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "X-Men", 20th Century Studios, July 14, 2000 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Magneto (film character)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ben Mortimer, "X-Men First Class Matthew Vaughn Interview Part Two – Production", HeyUGuys, May 25, 2011; Mike Flemming Jr, "Fox Negotiating With Michael Fassbender For Magneto Role In 'X-Men: First Class'", Deadline, June 17, 2010; Oliver Lyttelton, "Aaron Johnson Seems Locked Into 'X-Men: First Class,' Frank Dillane Also Up For Role", The Playlist, June 4, 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Magneto (film character)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mike Cecchini, "The X-Men Movies You Never Saw", Den of Geek, June 7, 2019 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Magneto (film character)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Michael Fleming & Claude Brodesser, "Fox pages Turner to pen Magneto spinoff pic", Variety, December 12, 2004; "Production Update and Synopsis Released for X-Men Origins: Magneto", MovieWeb, November 10, 2008 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Production Update and Synopsis Released for X-Men Origins: Magneto", MovieWeb, November 10, 2008. facts only, no text reused. movieweb.com
- Wikipedia, "Magneto (film character)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: B. Alan Orange, "X-Men: First Class Resolves Screenplay Dispute", MovieWeb, April 27, 2011 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- B. Alan Orange, "X-Men: First Class Resolves Screenplay Dispute", MovieWeb, April 27, 2011. facts only, no text reused. movieweb.com
- Mike Cecchini, "The X-Men Movies You Never Saw", Den of Geek, June 7, 2019. facts only, no text reused. denofgeek.com
- Joanna Robinson, "The Woman Behind the X-Men Reveals How the Mutants Got Their Groove Back", Vanity Fair, March 3, 2017. facts only, no text reused. vanityfair.com
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- Wikipedia: Magneto (film character) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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