Bryan Singer has been linked with a return to the **X-Men **franchise for some time – with reports linking him to the director’s chair on the youth-centric spin-off, First Class, and possibly even the sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. But today, during a talk at the Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea, the man who launched the X-franchise confirmed that he had held talks with Fox about coming back.
"I'm still looking to possibly returning to the X-Men franchise. I've been talking to Fox about it," said Singer, basically just repeating what we said in our opening paragraph. “I love Hugh Jackman. I love the cast.”
Now that was pretty much all he would say (although you can click here for more of his thoughts about the state of Hollywood) but the reference to Jackman and the rest of the cast is significant. With producer Lauren Shuler Donner recently saying that an X-Men 4 was a distinct possibility, could Singer be angling for a return to the X-Men franchise proper? After all, he might feel that he has unfinished business, after leaving the series to direct Superman Returns, which led directly to Brett Ratner’s inferior X-Men: The Last Stand. Perhaps Singer also feels that he has some atoning to do.
But it’s all early days, and pie-in-the-sky stuff at this stage. If Singer were to return for some more mutant mayhem, though, what would you have him do? Answers below.