X-franchise could include Emma Frost, young mutants

USA Today reveals that, in addition to the planned Wolverine and Magneto spinoffs, the X-Men movie franchise could be further expanding, with studio executives mulling films starring Emma Frost and Xavier's students.

The newspaper says 20th Century Fox is "exploring" a Frost movie with Three Kings director David O. Russell.

"We've also talked about doing something on the kids in (Professor X's) school, focusing on their lives, and less of a global adventure for the team," Hutch Parker, the studio's production president, said.

The Magneto film, which is still in the script phase, will focus on the character's early years, before he became a villain.