Goldman Joins X-Men: First Class

First was the good news that X-Men: First Class was definitely happening.  Then there was the even better news that Matthew Vaughn would be directing the movie and that Bryan Singer would be returning to the X-franchise as an executive producer.

Then the not-so-good (or at least worriesome) news was that the movie is expected to be released on June 3, 2011.  Which doesn't seem to leave a whole lot of time to get something as big as a new X-Men movie done without it, you know...not being very good.

Well the creative team behind the new X-Men prequel are certainly not wasting any time.  SuperheroHype is reporting that in addition to Thor co-writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman is now also working on some script re-writes.  Goldman has also co-wrote Vaughn's previous films Stardust and Kick-Ass, which she also co-produced.

The news came via Goldman's husband Jonathan Ross' Twitter page, which first caused some confusion when he referred to the film as X-Men 4.  He clarified in a later tweet that it is X-Men: First Class that she is working on, but that it's just "referred to as X-Men 4 around the house."

While I'm apprehensive about such a tight release schedule, I'm still not climbing out on the ledge over it yet, considering who is involved in the project this time.  I'm guessing we're going to see a lot of updates about this film in the next few weeks.