At the red, and by red I mean blue, carpet premiere of James Cameron‘s Avatar tonight (which was streamed live via UStream), writer/director Bryan Singer confirmed that he has inked a deal with 20th Century Fox to direct a new X-Men film. Which one you ask? He has signed on to do the prequel film X-Men: First Class. So no, he won’t be redeeming Wolverine but he will be saving the rest of the team from a similar fate.
In case you were wondering about the legitimacy of this, there were multiple eye witnesses watching the live stream (one being Flickchart on twitter).
How happy are you that Singer will be returning to the series?