 When Bryan Singer (qv) took over this project, he immediately  brought over his production staff consisting of cinematographer  Newton Thomas Sigel (qv), composer/editor John Ottman (qv),  production designer Guy Dyas (qv), and writers  Dan Harris (II) (qv) and Michael Dougherty (II) (qv) from  _X2 (2003)_ (qv) to meet Warner Bros. release date for the film.