Gossip's Schwartz To Pen X-Men

November 19, 2008 12:00 AM

Twentieth Century Fox is gearing up to continue its X-Men franchise with a younger set of mutants, Variety reported.

The studio has tapped Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz to write X-Men: First Class. He'd also been offered a chance to direct the film, but declined.

Schwartz, the creator and executive producer of The CW's teen soap hit as well as Fox's youth-centric The O.C. and NBC's Chuck, is expected to inject a next-gen sensibility into the superhero series, which has collectively earned $1.2 billion worldwide.
Fox is keeping quiet on its specific plans for the new project.

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Gossip's Schwartz To Pen X-Men