comicmix.com   has posted an extensive interview they did with Zak Penn. If you don’t know who Zak Penn is, he is responsible for the scripts for X2, X3, The Mask of Zorro, Men in Black, F4, and yet to be release Incredible Hulk, among several others. Love or Hate his scripts, Like or Loathe the man, he is a pretty big force in the movie industry right now and is highly involved with a lot of comic book related material. In the interview he talks about scripts for Captain America, Avengers, and a concept for a young X-Men script. You can check out the full interview here. Here’s a little clip:

CMix: Do you have anything to do with the other movies? Captain America for example?
ZP: I’m attached to it. I’m also supposed to write and direct one of the X-Men spin-off movies for Fox, but that’s not a Marvel film. It’s not a pure Marvel movie. It’s a Fox thing.

CMix: One of the X-Men spin-off movies?  Any one in particular?
ZP: Yeah, it’s like a young X-Men.  It’s a pretty cool idea, actually.  I can’t sell you the whole idea, but it involves a younger group of X-Men at the beginning.

CMix: You mean, like an X-Men: First Class kind of thing?
ZP: It is a little bit like that.  I don’t want to give away the concept of it, but it is a good idea. It is a little bit more of getting back to the classic X-Men.  Some of the complaints we’ve talked about, it would address those directly.

CMix: Will it be all Wolverine’s story?
ZP: Right, well that’s the thing.  It wouldn’t involve Wolverine.

Hit the link above to check out the whole interview, it’s certainly worth the read.