Things are moving quickly after the recent news that Bryan Singer would be returning to 20th Century Fox to helm X-Men: First Class. The film already had a screenplay by Chuck creator Josh Schwartz, though there have been behind-the-scenes whispers about bringing in new writing talent and it’s now been revealed that Fox has hired scribe Jamie Moss to work with Singer on the project.

Moss had worked on Ghost in the Shell for DreamWorks and wrote Street Kings, the crime drama directed by David Ayer.

Singer told Variety:

“This is the formative years of Xavier and Magneto, and the formation of the school and where there relationship took a wrong turn.

“There is a romantic element, and some of the mutants from ‘X-Men’ will figure into the plot, though I don’t want to say which ones. There will be a lot of new mutants and a great villain.”

“Whether it’s Batman, Lord of the Rings or Star Trek, if the characters are good, you want to see them on their journey even if you know their destiny. I put myself in the fan’s position, and I think this story is something I would want to see, and so will they.”