Quicksilver Joining X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Played By KICK-ASS Actor Evan Peters. Amazing Footage Of X-Men: First Class 3D Projection In LA For DVD/Blu-Ray Release! X-Men: First Class charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.
The 3D projection turns the side of a building into a movie screen. The technology appears to make solid structures change shape and reveal images that are not really there, such as water flowing from windows or cars emerging from within the walls. X-Men: First Class is set to be released on DVD blu-ray in the US today, and in the UK on October 28th. Think this article is front page worthy? Behind-the-Scenes X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Photos Offer a Closer Look at Stunts, Effects & Costumes. One of the set costumers for the widely popular X-Men movie prequel has published a slew of images showing close ups of the film's scenery and characters. X-Men First Class charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events.
Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men. Is X-Men: First Class ‘Blind to Race’?
X-Men: First Class And The Civil Rights Movement [SPOILERS] Up until this weekend, I wasn't really into the X-Men films. But it seems that after 11 years (can you believe it's been that long), they're finally getting them right. Not totally right, but on the right track. One critic on Rotten Tomatoes said the film was a bit "talky", but that's the whole point. This wasn't all about actions and CGI and abilities; science fiction is about making a point, about commenting on social issues. That's precisely why it's the genre of choice for nerds. The lil sis and I went to see First Class this Saturday. She didn't know that Professor X was originally inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr. and that Magneto was inspired by Malcolm X. In the film, whenever Xavier touched his temple to use his power, it reminded me of this pose by MLK (Malcolm used it too), and MLK's personality matches Xavier's ability to a T.
"Blue-eyed devils. " The jewel of this film, of course, is Michael Fassbender as Magneto. Malcolm/Magneto...not so much. Imagery R.I.P. X-Men: First Class Opens Up To A Worldwide Total Of $120 Million! Thanks to CBM's own superdog for the heads up! Filmonic report that Matthew Vaughn's critically acclaimed contribution to the X-Men franchise is set to make around $120 million worldwide during it’s opening weekend. The official numbers won't actually be available until early next week, but it's currently believed that X-Men: First Class brought in roughly $56 million at the US box office and $64 million elsewhere from 74 territories. "The movie really excelled in successfully launching a brand new chapter in the X-Men franchise, or new beginning if you will," Fox senior vice president of domestic distribution Chris Aronson said.
The fact that the movie opened on a Wednesday internationally is bound to have helped these figures, and with a budget of $160 million, it's looking likely that the movie will make a tidy profit which will surely ensure a sequel. Surprise X-Men: First Class Character Cameo Revealed! Well, looks like the rumors were true! While the cameo sounds like a fairly small, light hearted one, it should be interesting to see exactly what role Hugh Jackman's Wolverine plays in the movie and whether there are any hints of him being the one mutant Matthew Vaughn is planning on introducing in the sequel!
UPDATE: Now that the story has been leaked, we know what the scene is, and Hugh definitely IS playing Wolverine. Here's the cameo as described by the guys at Bleeding Cool... Half way through X-Men: First Class, as Professor X and Magneto are travelling the world looking for mutants, they come across Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman, in a bar. Before they can get a sentence out, Wolverine, without looking at them tells them to "Go fuck yourselves. " What is your view on spoilers? X-Men: First Class is set to be released in the UK on June 1st and in the US on June 2nd. X-Men: First Class Soundtrack. Full 'Take That' X-Men: First Class Song Performed At National Movie Awards!
Complex 'X-Men: First Class' Screenplay Credit Dispute Resolved (Exclusive) Lately, Fox and Marvel have had a real yen for making superhero origin stories. But offscreen, the Writers Guild of America has had its hands full determining the origin of the X-Men: First Class screenplay itself. After an unusually complicated credit dispute, WGA arbitrators determined Tuesday that Sheldon Turner and Bryan Singer deserve story credit and Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz and Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn will share screenplay credit on the Fox/Marvel franchise film, set for release in the U.S. on June 3. In an odd twist, Josh Schwartz and Jamie Moss, the first two writers on First Class, were left out even as Turner, who never wrote on the script, was included.
(Though a potential appeal is still in the offing.) How did this happen? After X2: X-Men United grossed $408 million in 2003, Fox took a serious look at expanding the franchise by breaking off individual characters from the core group of X-Men, even as it moved toward making a third movie in the series. Producer Calls X-Men: First Class A Reinvention Not Reboot; Promo Image Of Magneto Released! The upcoming issue of SFX Magazine features an interview with the producer who has overseen all of the X-Men movies, and below are a few extracts posted on their site earlier today. You'll be able to read the whole thing when #209 hits stands next week.
On The "Reinvention" Of The X-Men Franchise: "X-Men: First Class is very, very different to its predecessors. It’s got a different style, a different tone. I believe you have to not just reboot but reinvent. So how do you do it? On The Challenges Of Getting The Audience To Accept A Period Movie: Unfortunately it always is. On The James Bond Feel To The Movie: "Yes, it’s got a Connery early ’60s Bond feel to it.
The New York Times meanwhile have posted the following image of Michael Fassbender as Magneto in his full X-Men uniform. X-Men: First Class is set to be released in the UK on June 1st and in the US on June 2nd. Take That Song Said To Feature In X-Men: First Class! X-Men: First Class Set Visit. At the tail-end of November IGN headed to Pinewood Studios on the outskirts of London to meet the brand-new X-Men on the set of 2011's most eagerly anticipated blockbusters. A reboot of sorts, X-Men: First Class is set in 1962 - against the back-drop of the Cold War - and introduces the world to Charles Xavier before he became Professor X, Erik Lehnsherr before he became Magneto, and a huge cast of mutant characters. Produced by Bryan Singer and directed by Kick-Ass helmer Matthew Vaughn, First Class is an attempt to kick-start the franchise following the critical and commercial disappointment of X-Men: The Last Stand, and while there will certainly be nods to the recent trilogy, the plan is to launch First Class as very much a standalone film.
"This is going to be very different", explains Vaughn during a break between shots. "What I'm doing no one has done in superhero films. So what of the story? "What's fun is you get to figure out who they were. New Minor X-Men: First Class Spoilers? Following the various plausible spoilers posted earlier today, the same source, a Georgian who has apparently worked on Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class has posted more details to the much-skeptical film.
His reason for sharing being the understanding of fanboys' starvation, check it out. "The suits in the first class are a very vibrant blue and yellow. like new. I think beast has a backpack, but that could have just been the actor's backpack that he carried around. His fur is also a very light blue with dark accents. And his face looks nothing like [Kelsey] Grammer's beast. All the costumes look the same, with little accents that make them personal to the character, which is kind of cool.
Mystique looks really good in hers. " "I saw Kevin Bacon on the set only once out of the month we shot and he wasn't in costume, but there was a make-up trailer with Bacon/Shaw written on it. " UPDATE: The Georgian is on a roll, sharing even more details now on the look of some of First Class' X-Men. Decoding the DNA of X-Men: First Class, plus chance to quiz cast and crew - Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files. THIS YEAR sees the release of four superhero movies in a summer so packed with blockbusters that one filmmaker described it as a "bloodbath. " The obsession with box office figures and critical ratings means there will be an obvious winner but no one can predict who will claim the crown and maybe we shouldn't be too keen to turn this into a competition.
After all, the four superhero films mean there is something for everyone. For the everyman chosen to wield an extraterrestrial ring and become a cosmic cop, check out the human-to-alien journey of Green Lantern; conversely, for the otherworldly 'god' thrust into a humble lesson of life on Earth, there is the alien-to-human journey of Thor. Science enables a scrawny army reject to be transformed into a perfect physical specimen and war mascot in Captain America: The First Avenger; while nature's mutations begin another stage of human evolution in the prequel X-Men: First Class. "We're almost done. So what else do we know about the movie? New X-Men: First Class Logo Revealed In International Trailer!
X-Men's Havok, Cyclops Not Brothers. X-Men: First Class producer Bryan Singer has revealed that two characters who were brothers in the Marvel comics will not be related in the movies' continuity. Singer acknowledged to The Los Angeles Times that "the timeline is different" between the X-Men movies and the comics, and thus Havok (Alex Summers) and Cyclops (Scott Summers) won't be brothers in the film universe. (James Marsden played Cyke in the original trilogy, while Lucas Till plays Havok in First Class.) "It wouldn't physically fit for him to be the brother of Cyclops. We take some liberties on that. There are notions, but, um, I don't want to give away certain interrelations, but let's just say there are some things that do adhere to the comic books and do so in a way the fans will get a kick out of," said Singer. He added, "And those things can, perhaps, move forward into the future…. X-Men: First Class opens June 3.
X-Men: First Class Gets Earlier UK Release Date, Plus New Character Details Revealed!