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It is now confirmed that the X-men franchise is going to be given a new makeover by none other than The OC and Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz which will be entitled X-men: First Class and will focus on the younger X-men including Iceman, shadowcat and Rogue, there are also talks that a Magneto film is in the works as well as Deadpool a character from the upcoming Wolverine film.

With more news now on the upcoming Conan film, Brett ratner who directed X-men: The Last stand is in final talks to be directing the classic comic book saga which will be given an R-rating, it is still a long wait until 2010 though.

Also word is that the new upcoming Spiderman 4 film will be shot back to back and will star Tobey maguire and Kirstin Dunst and still be directed by Sam Raimi with a may 2011 release date.