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Variety at last confirms a rumor that began more than six months ago: Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz is writing X-Men: First Class for 20th Century Fox.

Although no plot details have been revealed, the trade paper notes that the studio has been leaning toward using younger characters introduced previously in the X-Men franchise. The three movies have earned a combined $1.2 billion worldwide.

The spinoff shares a title with the Marvel Comics series introduced in 2006 by Jeff Parker and Roger Cruz about the original X-Men: Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman and Marvel Girl.

First Class joins a slate of X-Men films that includes next summer’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a planned Magneto prequel, and a possible Deadpool spinoff.

Schwartz, who also created the TV series The O.C. and Chuck, also could direct the movie.

http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/11/19/josh-schwartz-to-write-x-men-first-class/