Official First Class News & Speculation Thread

[Lightning Strykez!]

i want to see all the fanboys face when no scott/jean/storm is cast

but the headline on SHH says

Hugh Jackman Joins XMen: First Class

:awesome:


If that happens I will "accidentally" ban one third of the Hype's population. I'm talking in total Dark Phoenix/Shi'ar/random star-eating style.

[Havok83]

Still don't think Scott, Jean, or Storm are involved. I'd love to be proven wrong, though. :o
I think Scott and Jean will defiently be in this. I cant see them not being in it

[Electrix]

My thinking is that Jean, Cyclops and Storm will be the key characters should there be sequels so they are taking their time to cast the best people. Nicholas Hoult is a good actor so there are no worries with him, same with McAvoy and Fassbender.

That's what I hope anyway. The synopsis says it will feature the formation of the X-Men, and Jean, Cyclops and Storm ARE the X-Men.

[Mogwai]

Still don't think Scott, Jean, or Storm are involved. I'd love to be proven wrong, though. :o
wasn't scott already cast? aaron johnson??

[Ipodman]

Grrrrr..... Might as well call it X-Men: Fresh Class

[akfj]

Still don't think Scott, Jean, or Storm are involved. I'd love to be proven wrong, though. :o

It would be kind of strange to have Havok in the movie, but not Cyclops. I think he'll definitely be in.

wasn't scott already cast? aaron johnson??

Johnson's representatives denied his involvement with the film. But, you never know, they may have had to do that for contractual reasons.

[Mogwai]

yeah, forgot about havoc. cyclops will def be there.

[Downhere]

I would think we will hear about Cyke and Jean casting within a couple of weeks considering filming is going to start soon.

[TNC9852002]

Grrrrr..... Might as well call it X-Men: Fresh Class
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac151/Jls900/1272069741077.jpg

[Sawyer]

I would think we will hear about Cyke and Jean casting within a couple of weeks considering filming is going to start soon.

Hopefully.

[Havok83]

I would think we will hear about Cyke and Jean casting within a couple of weeks considering filming is going to start soon.
I think they will be pivotal roles and they are taking their time casting these bc they will require more from the actors. Im fine with that bc Id rather they not rush it.

[BMM]

Johnson's representatives denied his involvement with the film. But, you never know, they may have had to do that for contractual reasons.

I don't believe Johnson's representatives ever denied it (Entertainment Weekly did), which is why it's still unconfirmed either way.

[LuisTX85]

I'm sorry, but Darwin's powers seem straight awesome to me...and I'm actually excited to see what they'll do with him.

I'm more excited about the new characters actually...There's no sense to fret about the main characters as much because they're bound to pop up eventually.

There's a bigger factor of surprise for characters like these that you'd never expect and it leaves you wondering more..

I agree 100%!.

[Angamb]

I agree, Scott, Jean and Ororo will be the most important students, so they are creating some buzz and expectation.

They will be announced on August, at the very last.

[Blackman]

Yeah I'm waiting for Scott, Jean, & Storm
Maye even Quicksilver

[JP]

As you know Matthew is filming X-Men: First Class right now so once he and Jane [Goldman] are done I think next April we will sit down and start working on the film sequel of the film.”
http://www.fusedfilm.com/2010/07/interview-mark-millar-talks-kick-ass-on-blu-ray-kick-ass-sequel-wanted-2-own-projects-and-more/

[Doctor Jones]

How do we know Storm will be in this?

[scatterax]

does anybody wanna do like a manip of who's been cast so far next to the comic book versions of the characters they're gonna play?

[TNC9852002]

http://www.fusedfilm.com/2010/07/interview-mark-millar-talks-kick-ass-on-blu-ray-kick-ass-sequel-wanted-2-own-projects-and-more/
Wut? Filming right now?

does anybody wanna do like a manip of who's been cast so far next to the comic book versions of the characters they're gonna play?
We have a manip thread.

[squeekness]

does anybody wanna do like a manip of who's been cast so far next to the comic book versions of the characters they're gonna play?Like this one that was already posted? :p

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/squeekness/First%20Class/FirstClass3.jpg

[Hunter Rider]

When does this start shooting?

[scatterax]

Like this one that was already posted? :p

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/squeekness/First%20Class/FirstClass3.jpg

yep. lol. I just got to this thread and i didn't wanna look thru the whole thing to find out who was cast. this helps tho, so thanx. :)

[JP]

When does this start shooting?

I've heard August 3rd, Mid-August, Early September, and September 21st. I've also read other reports that say certain filming has already begun.

So many conflicting reports.

[squeekness]

You'd think they'd be wanting to start now, right? I mean, jeez, if they want ths thing out on time...

[Crockett]

According to Imdb filming starts August, no exact date though.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270798/

[TheVelvetOnion]

Nice, would that be the Xavier Institute?

Well judging by that report, this is the only building in the reading university that would fit the bill, other buildings there are quiet modern.

[Electrix]

Reading is less than 1 hour away from Pinewood Studios so that'll be an ideal location for them.

[TheVelvetOnion]

Darwin i think will be a good addition to the team. Despite his more recent appearance, i think you need some new elements to the original story to give it something new, techically Darwin was there just very short period.

[JP]

Why does everyone assume that each new character announced is actually apart of the team?

[TNC9852002]

Why does VelvetOnion assume that each new character announced is actually apart of the team?
Fixed.

:p

[chaseter]

This should take about 3-4 months to film and post production should start early next year. Hopefully this isn't rushed.

I like that they are taking their time with casting, but I don't like that we don't have a full cast and that zero filming has occurred. Thor and Cap have already started filming and that Thor trailer is pretty damn good. I hope X-Men aren't pushed to the side next summer with a mediocre movie. I wouldn't even mind if they pushed the date back a year and released this in 2012. Next summer is very, very crowded.

[TheVelvetOnion]

Why does everyone assume that each new character announced is actually apart of the team?

I meant cast not team, im not assuming he is an x-man, but what i am suggesting is that having someone like Darwin links the new and the old together, at the same time provides something new to the x-men origin story.

He may well be part of the team, Hopefully they will overlook Vulcan mind.

[chaseter]

I will go ahead and guess that Darwin is the key to the whole movie like Leech was to X3.

[TheVelvetOnion]

Na i figure Darwin is going to be a student at the school... From what i can tell from the info we got at the moment, his ability wouldnt make sense to be used within the story. Unless you had a character like Sinister talking about Evolution and Darwin is constantly evolving

[JP]

Why would he be a student when he's the same age as McAvoy?

[TheVelvetOnion]

Yeah but McAvoy and Fassbender's casting i think was strategic towards the storyline of this movie.

By casting younger actor they essentially have two actors that can play younger versions of themselves in flashbacks and by bit of make-up and talcon powder play older versions of themselves.

So you cant really count McAvoy or Fassbenders age towards difference between them and the students of the school because when you look at it.

There is only 10 years between the two key characters and the students at the school all actors/acresses being born in the 1989/1990's

So the actor who has been cast as Darwin in my oppinion was made up for the actor. Darwin is a relatively new character, if i was to speculate, i figure that the actor auditioned for a role but suddenly the thought this guy is Darwin.

So i figure he will be a student at xaviers school. Or one of the first mutants the Mag's and Xavier duo come across and rescue first.

[Phoenix_Flare]

I just read Darwin's bio on wiki...possibly he may be the "catalyst" that the humans will use to alert the general public about mutants in the film, also he was captured by scientist & experimented on, so it could be a storyline about mutants being experimented on because in X1 Xavier mentioned that "experimentation on mutants is not unheard of" when he was looking at Logan's x-rays, so this could mean someone other than Stryker were experimenting on mutants.....

[akfj]

This should take about 3-4 months to film and post production should start early next year. Hopefully this isn't rushed.

I like that they are taking their time with casting, but I don't like that we don't have a full cast and that zero filming has occurred. Thor and Cap have already started filming and that Thor trailer is pretty damn good. I hope X-Men aren't pushed to the side next summer with a mediocre movie. I wouldn't even mind if they pushed the date back a year and released this in 2012. Next summer is very, very crowded.

I think Fox wants Wolverine 2 for summer 2012. But, that summer could get crowded as well.

[JP]

Now that Matthew Vaughn is directing X-Men: First Class, and you've worked on X-men titles in the past, did you have any insight or helpful suggestions that you could pass along to him?

Mark Millar: Yes. Matthew and I talk about it every couple of days or so. He knows his way around X-Men really well. He'll sometimes call me up and ask a couple of things. Generally, he knows what he is doing. About three years ago he was going to do X-Men: The Last Stand. He did about six months work on the film. He really got to know those characters. He is pretty well versed on it. Occasionally, he will call me and ask me to check on something. But he really knows that material well, man.http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEg5Pevpzcscjh

[TNC9852002]

http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEg5Pevpzcscjh

:word: :word:

[scatterax]

so what super hero movies and comic book movies are coming out next year and 2012?

so far i know of thor, green lantern and (possibly) this movie for 2011

and the avengers, captain america, ultimate spiderman, batman 3, and possibly superman in 2012.

[JP]

2011 - Thor, X-Men, Green Lantern, Captain America
2012 - Avengers, Spider-Man, Batman, Superman (winter).

[scatterax]

i thought they pushed back cap america? or maybe that was thor and avengers and cap stayed the same. haha.

[TNC9852002]

I'm pretty sure those slated for 2011 are all on schedule

[akfj]

I assume Wolverine 2 will be added to 2012 if it starts filming next year as planned.

I have no idea where it would fit in the schedule, however. If it gets too crowded I would hope Fox would opt for a release later in the year, but you never know with them.

[JP]

Wouldn't be surprised if Wolverine 2 is pushed to 2013. The Fantastic 4 reboot will need to be released in 2012 in order for Fox to keep the rights.

[TNC9852002]

Yeah, I think tentatively they have been pushing for Wolverine 2's release for 2012, possibly to start filming as soon as First Class moves into post production and gets some buzz going and then use that buzz to get the greenlight.

[chaseter]

i thought they pushed back cap america? or maybe that was thor and avengers and cap stayed the same. haha.

Thor and Cap already have shot a bunch of scenes and a lot of fx work has already been done on Thor and they are to be released summer 2011.

[FaT_tONle]

Wolverine is supposed to film next January... probably gonna get delayed or scrapped unless Jackman has absolutely nothing else cooking and feels bored. Can't imagine that being the case. Maybe a Holiday 2011 release if they fast track it, because there won't be a slot in 2012.

[Figs]

Man, if they release Wolverine 2 in 2012 that will be way too packed in the summer. I'm already wondering what the BO will be for some of those films.

[Electrix]

Wolverine is supposed to film next January... probably gonna get delayed or scrapped unless Jackman has absolutely nothing else cooking and feels bored. Can't imagine that being the case. Maybe a Holiday 2011 release if they fast track it, because there won't be a slot in 2012.

Delayed maybe, but not scrapped. Hugh Jackman is a producer and is heavily invested in Wolverine so he will clean his slate if need be. Wolverine is his franchise.

[JP]

Perhaps the report that some filming has already started is true?


I do not believe it! When I'm on holiday next week and they are filming X-Men at my work!?! James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender (swoon)
12:45 PM Jul 29th via web
https://twitter.com/Chimpmansworth/status/19839566823

EDIT: Seems legit.
there is a movie lot on the same street as my work. they are filming X-men 3. all day yesterday they had helicopters flying in tandem back and forth close to the ground filming the set. had to wait in traffic a few times while the were going back & forth. the set had about 30 cop cars all lit up against a green screen. pretty cool stuff. don't see that every day.
9 hours ago
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=560169014#!/profile.php?id=560169014&v=wall

[louiebling$]

JP you are damn good at getting news.... damn good :up:

You amaze me how you pull this **** lol

[scatterax]

I love how the guy said it was x-men 3 as if the 3rd never happened. :)

[JustABill]

JP = The new Retroman.

[scatterax]

i 4get who the old 1 was.

[danoyse]

Delayed maybe, but not scrapped. Hugh Jackman is a producer and is heavily invested in Wolverine so he will clean his slate if need be. Wolverine is his franchise.

Exactly. Hugh's filming Real Steel though the end of the summer, possibly Selma in the fall if they can get the financing together, there's still Avon Man possibly happening later this year as well (or if Selma gets pushed back), plus he recently did a reading for another Broadway play that's rumored for next year as well. So he's definitely not bored.

Wolverine 2 isn't happening in January, I think First Class is the priority right now, thankfully. I'm thinking a 2012 release is more likely, depending on how First Class does. Maybe they're looking for ways to tie those two movies together somehow.

[FaT_tONle]

If W2 substitutes FF in 2012, then they jeopardize losing the rights. If they can't get it out before then, that will be over three years since Origins, and I don't see anything happening after that. Maybe Spring 2012 but that's pretty much where I expect it would go. Summer would be a terrible. If Jackman is bored entertaining his female following on Broadway I can see him moving on a sequel, other than that, they have to make late 2011 or early 2012 or it's dead.

[Loganbabe]

From twitter:

Filming on X-Men: First Class has begun. Someone saw 'about 30 cop cars all lit up against a green screen' near a train station in the UK
http://twitter.com/filmonic :wow:

[Crockett]

Frak yeah!! :awesome:

[psyonic]

From twitter:

:wow:

Check about 7 posts up from yours.. it was already reported :oldrazz:

[Loganbabe]

All I see are a Facebook report and a twitter about a different subject (McAvoy and Fassbender), so where is it? :huh:

Edit: Right, now I see that the Facebook report is similar to the twitter I posted. It's from another person commenting the first report. I thought you were saying I was posting from exactly the same source as JP's.

[sabetoonth]

s I guess McAvoy is a young Xavier and Fassenbender is Magneto? i havent been keeping as ontop of this as id like, anyone else cast?

[The Wizard]

Hey everyone, I'm new here. I'm psyched about First Class and just wanted to post some news about the film.

http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/07/newold-details-x-men-first-class-from.html

[JP]

That's been posted. But, thanks!
Welcome to the Hype! :)

[roach]

so its not filming yet???
a love triangle between Magneto, Xavier and Emma????

[The Wizard]

Ah, sorry about that, didn't know it was already posted. I'm not sure how I feel about the idea of a love triangle between Charles, Erik, and Emma. I recently saw Starter for 10, which starred James and Alice, and their characters were romantically involved. Actually, that movie also featured a love triangle of sorts, so I'm not too keen on James and Alice replaying that storyline. Anyway, I've just recently become a fan of both actors, and this week I plan to watch more of their films. We'll see how things play out as more news becomes available, and I'll remind myself that this information is from an early draft, so who knows what the final screenplay will be like.

[NinjaCarm]

I think I'm going to throw this out there, I have been wanting to for a while now. X-Men First Class will be the superhero movie genre killer.

This movie is supposed to come out next year? They are going to rush this turkey, and it's going to be all sorts of bad.

And I love the X-Men. I'm no troll, just saying what I feel here.

[The Wizard]

How does everyone feel about the idea of a love triangle between Charles, Eric, and Emma? I know I just posted that article, but what are everyone's thoughts on that subject? Someone mentioned that Charles and Eric's falling out should run deeper, deeper than a mere "love triangle," and I think that has some merit. What about you guys?

[JP]

I doubt, if there is a love triangle, it has anything to do with there falling out.

[psyonic]

Singer wanted Emma Frost to be an empath in his original X3, she was going to feel/control people's emotions/feelings (not so different from a telepath if you ask me) so I would bet she is going to be manipulative and maybe evil perhaps a spy for the Hellfire Club.

With Singer producing and Vaughan directing, I have faith in this movie. This movie will be expanding the X-Men universe and I'm excited about it.

[sabetoonth]

Agreed

[Aesop Rocks]

How about that X-Men?

[JP]

I think I'm going to throw this out there, I have been wanting to for a while now. X-Men First Class will be the superhero movie genre killer.

This movie is supposed to come out next year? They are going to rush this turkey, and it's going to be all sorts of bad.

And I love the X-Men. I'm no troll, just saying what I feel here.

Fair enough. I disagree though. There are three fantastic talents at the helm of this film. I trust them completely.

[sabetoonth]

I think I'm going to throw this out there, I have been wanting to for a while now. X-Men First Class will be the superhero movie genre killer.

This movie is supposed to come out next year? They are going to rush this turkey, and it's going to be all sorts of bad.

And I love the X-Men. I'm no troll, just saying what I feel here.
Not too optomistic huh?

[The Wizard]

I doubt, if there is a love triangle, it has anything to do with there falling out.

I'd hope not. I like James and Alice, and I'd hope they'd be given some fresh material to work with. Anyway, I'm feeling great about First Class. Ten months away!

[BMM]

There is no way X-Men: First Class is going to be the "superhero movie genre killer." As much as I like the X-Men, that is giving the franchise too much credit. There is simply too much going for the genre right now for a movie hardly anyone has even heard about to kill it.

[TNC9852002]

Yeah, even though X3 was a disappointment, I think the money it made alone really overshadowed its shortcomings..and even though most fans hated the movie, the general X-Men audience saw it as the best of the three...

I honestly can't imagine this movie being as much of a disappointment, on a critical basis as X3, but it might not make as much money..

[Aesop Rocks]

I agree TNC. I see another TIH situation here. Great movie, semi-decent box office.

[Doctor Jones]

You might be right about that. This film is coming out in the midst of a large summer. I don't think it's going to be a huge hit. It's not gonna make the same numbers as the third one.

[Rac]

You might be right about that. This film is coming out in the midst of a large summer. I don't think it's going to be a huge hit. It's not gonna make the same numbers as the third one.
Not after X3 and Wolverine which majority of people disliked. It might be a sleeper, if it's good.

[Electrix]

Not after X3 and Wolverine which majority of people disliked. It might be a sleeper, if it's good.

The majority of people liked those actually. The general movie going audience did anyway. It's the critics and fans that have problems with them.

[JP]

Thor has the million dollar release date, and X-Men is a proven franchise. They're the only too movies next summer I'm not worried about.

[Downhere]

I think this one will have enough steam to beat Wolverine's box office gross. I think it will land in X2 territory if it's a good movie, which I think it will be.

[roach]

X-men was a proven franchise...this is a new group of people other than Singer.

[JP]

X-men was a proven franchise...this is a new group of people other than Singer.
I'm not sure what that means.

This is Singer's story, and he's producing.

By proven, I meant that all 4 films so far have been hits. Even if this movie stinks (which I highly doubt it will) it will still make money.

[illest urban]

I'm not sure what that means.

This is Singer's story, and he's producing.

By proven, I meant that all 4 films so far have been hits. Even if this movie stinks (which I highly doubt it will) it will still make money.

Agreed!

[Aesop Rocks]

Wait, Wolverine is a hit?

[JP]

Wait, Wolverine is a hit?
Unfortunately. :o:huh:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wolverine.htm

[Aesop Rocks]

Oh cheese sauce.

[dark_b]

if WOlveine was such a hit why are they now making a prequel or reboot and ignoring the sequel to wolverine?

[Electrix]

if WOlveine was such a hit why are they now making a prequel or reboot and ignoring the sequel to wolverine?

They aren't ignoring Wolverine 2, they are just making X-Men: First Class first. Hugh Jackman can't play Wolverine forever, and if the Wolverine sequel is his final film Fox will still have the First Class trilogy.

[Rac]

The majority of people liked those actually. The general movie going audience did anyway. It's the critics and fans that have problems with them.
Well I don't know. It showed in the bo of Wolverine. It made just a little more money than X1 (179 mil / 159 mil).

[Charlie No-One]

if WOlveine was such a hit why are they now making a prequel or reboot and ignoring the sequel to wolverine?

A hit means it made tons of money, not that it was good. Wolverine was the first blockbuster of the summer. It killed at the box office.

[Electrix]

Well I don't know. It showed in the bo of Wolverine. It made just a little more money than X1 (179 mil / 159 mil).

...and the majority of people liked X1.

$20 million isn't 'a little'. Plus it may have made an extra $20-30 million if it wasn't leaked online a month before it was released.

[NinjaCarm]

Fair enough. I disagree though. There are three fantastic talents at the helm of this film. I trust them completely.

See, that's where I'm confused. I see Matthew Vaughn and some of the actors they got, then I just think of Wolverine Origins (garbage), just how rushed this movie feels (started filming now and it comes out next June??!!). I just don't see it.

Plus I would have preferred this be a total reboot rather than a prequel.

[NinjaCarm]

Then again, I could only hope to be pleasantly surprised, which would be great.

[JP]

See, that's where I'm confused. I see Matthew Vaughn and some of the actors they got, then I just think of Wolverine Origins (garbage), just how rushed this movie feels (started filming now and it comes out next June??!!). I just don't see it.

Plus I would have preferred this be a total reboot rather than a prequel.
Captain America only just started filming as well, and that comes out in July. Or, does that one month make the difference?

[StarkTheProdigy]

Have they set a date to start filming? I mean the new Spider-Man reboot even has a filming date, plus, i doubt the casting is finished with this movie. It will either be pushed back or rushed imo.

[Electrix]

They have started filming now.

[JP]

Great chat w/ Matthew Vaughn completed, and managed to squeeze in many of your great Qs! Thanks for sending 'em!
https://twitter.com/rickmarshall

Something to look forward to!

[marvelrobbins]

We have heard nothing from him since he was announced as director so look forward to hearing some comments from him.

[The Wizard]

https://twitter.com/rickmarshall

Something to look forward to!

When will this chat with Vaughn be released?

[Electrix]

I got an email asking if I wanted to interview Vaughn to help promote the Kick-Ass DVD (I run the blog in my sig) but it looks like he only had time for the big outlets. It's good on the one hand as he is busy with First Class, but I wanted to ask him everything :(

[JP]

When will this chat with Vaughn be released?
No idea. Probably before tomorrow, as that's when Kick-Ass is released on bluray/dvd.

Here are some of the questions people sent to Rick:

we need a quote reassuring us that the plethora of mutants they're working in to X-Men First Class won't turn out like X3

Q: How likely is it that the 6/3/2011 release date for X-Men: First Class gets pushed back?

Could you ask him if we will see a young Jean and/or Storm?.

Here's a Q for Vaughn re: XMFC: How challenging is it for him to focus on making a good film vs. appeasing fan expectations?

Look forward to reading some of his responses.

[Electrix]

When will this chat with Vaughn be released?

Either today or over the next few days. Kick-Ass is being released on DVD/Blu-ray tomorrow so we could see it tomorrow. If it was via phone then it will need transcribing which may take an hour or two depending on how long the interview was.

[JP]

I got an email asking if I wanted to interview Vaughn to help promote the Kick-Ass DVD (I run the blog in my sig) but it looks like he only had time for the big outlets. It's good on the one hand as he is busy with First Class, but I wanted to ask him everything :(
Ah, so he's doing a bunch of press. Awesome. We'll be getting a bunch of different interviews soon then. :awesome:

[The Wizard]

I look forward to the interviews. I hope First Class doesn't get pushed back. Oh, and will the interviews be available here, on the forum?

[Electrix]

I'm sure they will be posted.

[JP]

Transcribing an interview with Matthew Vaughn from this morning. He compares X-Men First Class to Abrams' Star Trek reboot.
https://twitter.com/cwhitewrite

[The Wizard]

Thanks, JP. Did you get my PM?

[spidey-dude]

test shots tomorrow - shame im out of the office! :(

[Electrix]

'Inception' wake-up call -- 'X-Men: First Class' director jettisons similar dream-time scenes

Director Matthew Vaughn is hard at work on "X-Men: First Class" in London but he took some time out Sunday to catch a screening of "Inception." He enjoyed the Christopher Nolan epic immensely -- even though it prompted him to scrap a dozen pages of the "First Class" script.

"I saw 'Inception,' which I loved," Vaughn said Monday. "But my heart sank when I saw that a few of the ideas we had were up [on the screen]. So it's either leave it in and look as if you're copying or change things. We completely ripped out about 12 pages of the script and the storyboards."

X-Men projections The jettisoned sequence was a sort of dream-space combat, according to Vaughn; that reminded me of "psi war" scenes like the one here on the right from "The Uncanny X-Men" No. 117 way back in 1979, but the filmmaker said for the film the fight involving Professor X (James McAvoy) and some other mutants was to going to be presented with spinning rooms and other physics-bending imagery -- visions that he felt drifted too close to signature moments in "Inception," which has now piled up $363 million in worldwide box office and garnered some of the strongest reviews of any 2010 release.

The scramble to change the script adds to the flurry of activity on "First Class," which has gone through numerous revisions (there are six people with writing or story credits listed on IMDB, although that may change by the time it reaches the screen) and Vaughn only just inked the deal to direct in early May.

Vaughn is coming off of "Kick-Ass" (which hits DVD and Blu-ray this week, check back Tuesday for more on that) and says he is still adjusting to the idea of working for a major studio, Twentieth Century Fox, on the reboot of a huge special-effects franchise that has pulled in $1.5 billion in worldwide box office with three films and one spin-off in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." "I'm an employee now," Vaughn said with a wry chuckle. "I'm not used to that."

"X-Men: First Class" is a franchise reboot that goes back to the younger days of Charles Xavier, a.k.a. Professor X, and Erik Lehnsherr, better known as Magneto and portrayed in this film by Michael Fassbender. The movie marks the return of Bryan Singer to the mutant saga; the director of the first two "X-Men" films is back as a producer on this project and he has a "story by" credit on the screenplay. The film is scheduled for a June 3, 2011 release in the U.S.


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/08/inception-wakeup-call-xmen-first-class-forced-to-jettison-dream-scenes-.html

I never thought i'd say this but damn you Christopher Nolan!!!

[The Wizard]

Interesting. This scene could have been a telepathy-based fight, or perhaps involved the Danger Room. Have any other interviews with Vaughn popped up yet?

[Megaton Sun]

I would assume then that Shadow King is in this movie.

[JP]

Oh. My. God. That sounds amazing. I wanted a psy-battle in X3, and to think we could have had one in First Class makes me sad!

:(

[BMM]

I'm very interested to hear more about this script.

[marvelrobbins]

2 possabilities here

1:Kevin bacon Is playing the Shadow King
2:Xavier enters Into Mental combat with Emma Frost.

Before anyone gets worked up In that Interview Matthew Vaughn never calls
First Class a reboot the writer calls It.

Here are some good reasons why First Class Isn't a reboot

1:Bryan Singer Is story witer/Producer.Now did Tim Burton oversee batman
Begins? Is Sam Rami overseeing the Spider-Man reboot?
2:It keeps the Xavier and Magneto working together as young men which
came not from the comics but Singer's films
3:Lauren Shullr Donner compared First Class to X-Men and X2.When have you
heard of reboot people comparing to other films that In reboot you pretend never happened.
4:A wolverine sequel Is still happening.
5:In reboot why would you go to Xavier and Magneto as young men?

[psyonic]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/08/inception-wakeup-call-xmen-first-class-forced-to-jettison-dream-scenes-.html

I never thought i'd say this but damn you Christopher Nolan!!!

There better effin' be a psi battle on the astral plane .. hmm I wonder which characters were going to be duking it out .. Emma vs Xavier ? Jean vs Emma? Xavier vs Shadow King?

For First Class, I can still see Jean manifesting uncontrollable powers and turning 'dark' for this movie and Xavier just barely being able to suppress Phoenix by mind wiping Jean. This would be a great way to expand the little bits that we got in X3 in terms of the Phoenix subplot.

[The Wizard]

Sorry about that accidental double post. Still trying to figure out this forum's format.

[The Wizard]

I'm curious. The scene Vaughn discusssed in that interview sounds like it could be a telepathic battle involving Xavier and Emma, yet in an article I posted last night it said that there would be an Xavier/Emma/Erik love triangle. If that's the case, why would Xavier and Emma be in a telepathic duel? We still don't know much about the script, of course, so we're free to speculate.

[BMM]

2 possabilities here

1:Kevin bacon Is playing the Shadow King
2:Xavier enters Into Mental combat with Emma Frost.

Before anyone gets worked up In that Interview Matthew Vaughn never calls
First Class a reboot the writer calls It.

In the link JP posted, it says Vaughn describes First Class as a Star Trek style reboot. What that means for First Class, I don't know. Either they're complicating matters when they could just call the film a prequel, or there may be more to it than we know.

[marvelrobbins]

I know few reporters care to point It out but Star Trek was a different case
than most.It was case of characters from post Star Trek Nemesis going back
In time and altering history.A far cry from saying all that came before never
happened.

It Is very possable Bryan Singer has come up with something similar with
First Class.Regarless Fox's stupity Is coming Into play why would they do
this and still have a WOlverine sequel?

I am really know going to have to hear more.I am so sick of reboots that I
may not even see this now.

[JP]

Another great interview. Mentions Star Trek and how this film is "clever" in how it incorporates the characters.
http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/110/1109996p1.html

[TNC9852002]

It Is very possable Bryan Singer has come up with something similar with
First Class.Regarless Fox's stupity Is coming Into play why would they do
this and still have a WOlverine sequel?

I am really know going to have to hear more.I am so sick of reboots that I may not even see this now.
:doh::doh:

Just because it's being compared to Trek, that doesn't mean it's a reboot..

[marvelrobbins]

I am aware of that.it Is very possable Singer and vaughn are doing a film which Is like Star Trek but remains a prequel.

Vaughn Isn't really giving details just comparing what he Is doing to what J.J. Abrams did
with Star Trek which as should be pointed out Isn't a simple as a reboot as many reporters say.

[Aesop Rocks]

Brb, stealing Inception fight scenes.

[TNC9852002]

I am aware of that.it Is very possable Singer and vaughn are doing a film which Is like Star Trek but remains a prequel.

Vaughn Isn't really giving details just comparing what he Is doing to what J.J. Abrams did
with Star Trek which as should be pointed out Isn't a simple as a reboot as many reporters say.
Ummm....okay.

[TNC9852002]

Brb, stealing Inception fight scenes.
Don't watch unless you've seen Inception

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9388/inceptionk.gif

[The Wizard]

I just asked about this in the Vaughn thread, but is there a group/page/etc. on Facebook that's following the progress of First Class?

[Aesop Rocks]

Isn't that banworthy, TNC?

[TNC9852002]

It's actually captured from a clip shown on NBC a few weeks back..

[Aesop Rocks]

Nice! Awesome scene! :up:

[Project862006]

yeah guys this is not a reboot you cant haev fox continue wolverine films and have x men be a reboot lol

[chaseter]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/08/inception-wakeup-call-xmen-first-class-forced-to-jettison-dream-scenes-.html

I never thought i'd say this but damn you Christopher Nolan!!!

I would say damn you Matthew Vaughn for not going through with it.

This movie is making me scared again like I was before Wolverine:csad: Those 12 pages sounded epic and they just went into the garbage can.

[Ipodman]

I hope Wolverine 2 doesnt fall through.... I dont want this to be a reboot. Would be sad to see what Bryan Singer built up go to waste.

[TNC9852002]

No reason to be worried if they're going to actually give us something arguably better and in a way that we've never seen before..

[JP]

I would say damn you Matthew Vaughn for not going through with it.

This movie is making me scared again like I was before Wolverine:csad: Those 12 pages sounded epic and they just went into the garbage can.

I'm bummed, but it just means they have to come up with something even better. Even more mind blowingly awesome.

[scatterax]

ya, hearing about what would of happened is kinda cool. but u know every1, critic and fan alike, would've complained that it was too much like inception, and the x-films have gotten enough hate lately. I think he's making a good choice in changing it. now lets just hope the changes are equally good. perhaps it'll just be a crazier fight with a more fantacy/scifi feel than than just gravity bending.

[scatterax]

maybe the story boards will be on the dvd

[Blackman]

I'm sorry to ask a question if its been answered

But has it been confirmed that Cyclops, Jean, and Storm won't appear in this?

[JP]

We don't know either way.

Depending on how candid Vaughn is in his interviews, we may know tomorrow.

[Ipodman]

Im stating the obvious, but it would be a total disappointment if Cyclops, Jean and Storm aint in this. At least Cyclops needs to be in this. They already did a lil Scott-Emma thing in Wolverine.

[Blackman]

But Emma wont be the same Emma as the one in WOlverine right? Im not just talking about the actresses, but one was younger high school/college age while Alice Eve's is around Xavier's age (or at least the actors are close in age)

[The Wizard]

Anyone have an idea of how long shooting for First Class will take? I know it's released in early June, though I imagine post production will take some time. Shooting would last anywhere from 6-9 months, I'd say?

[Aesop Rocks]

4 at most.

[Rac]

Oh man, I hope they keep the psi fight in the film.

Besides, how many movies ripped off Matrix's bullet time? This time, it's not even a rip-off.

...and the majority of people liked X1.
...and X1 was the first of the franchise, it's "supposed" to be the one that made/makes the less amount of money. I never implied people didn't like X1.

$20 million isn't 'a little'. Plus it may have made an extra $20-30 million if it wasn't leaked online a month before it was released.
I'm glad that happened.

[Ipodman]

As long as theres lots of mutant powers I'm happy. The car chase scene in Wolverine was totally redundant and stupid

[TNC9852002]

heh, I wonder why they kept that whole chase scene in at all--they pretty much already did that in X-Men Evolution almost note for note.. :p

[Doctor Jones]

*Sid from Toy Story*

Aw maaaannn!

That sucks this scene was cut out. That could have been awesome.

[RavenX]

wait......I'm confused now.......is this a prequel? reboot? a "vague prequel" ( like Superman Returns was a "vague sequel" )?

also.....does anyone feel that they are throwing in waaaaayyyy too many mutants in?

plus....we don't even have Cyclops, Jean, or Storm cast yet......

[Aesop Rocks]

prequel.

[marvelrobbins]

Well If you look at Interview and look at matthew vaughn directly says he only compares
First Class and what he Is doing to Star Trek and what J.J. Abrams did.He never directly
said First Class Is a reboot.

When you consider Wolverine 2 Is likely to come out a year after First class and the fact the 3 produces of First Class are all vets of previous films.Lauren Shuller Donner(all previous films) bryan Singer(X-men and X2) and Simon Kinberg(X-Men the last Stand) and most reboots apart from james Bond and Spider-man(although my feeling Is If you reboot you should have nobody Involved who was In the films you now say never happened) don't have the same producers.Plus as I also point out why would a reboot go back to xavier and Magneto as young men.And remember the Idea of the school being started by both Xavier and Magneto comes not from the comics but the films.We should all wait till we hear more comments from Vaughn before jumping to any conclusions.

[TNC9852002]

also.....does anyone feel that they are throwing in waaaaayyyy too many mutants in?
Don't worry...As of who's confirmed, I don't even think this movie has as many as the first X-Men movie did..

As this is a prequel, I would expect there to be a lot of mutant appearances...since this film will ultimately culminate into the full-blown global exposure to mutants, there should be some kind of wide scale set in place in order to show that impact..

In terms of main roles, I doubt this movie will have more characters than X2 did.

[Angamb]

the younger actors are already training.

I think Scott, Jean and Storm are already signed and are training too.

[Angamb]

The younger actors are already training...

I think Scott, Jean and Storm are already signed and are training too. :yay:

[TNC9852002]

Ehhh, I dunno...

[Aesop Rocks]

I think news about Cyclops and Jean being cast would have leaked by now.

[JP]

Prequel as stated directly by Vaughn in the MTV interview.. Though it was already stated by Singer months ago.

Can we move on from that subject now?

[TNC9852002]

lol, JP...you know better than that.

[Aesop Rocks]

So wait, is this a reboot?

[marvelrobbins]

Nope.Prequel.

[Blackman]

No its a reboot :o

[JP]

It actually...

dun dun dunnn....



NEITHER.
:eek:

[Aesop Rocks]

It's DISTUBRA!!!!!!!

[Blackman]

I hope that if Cyclops and Jean are in this that they're looking at Hutcherson and Roberts

[Aesop Rocks]

For Cyclops? I thought that was Aaron Johnson's role? :huh: :csad:

[Blackman]

For Cyclops? I thought that was Aaron Johnson's role? :huh: :csad:
I heard its not. He was rumored, but they turned it down. They could come back and say that he is cast, but I hope not. He seems to wimpy for Cyclops

[JP]

But Hutcherson is a good fit for you? :huh:

Aaron Johnson has the right look, attitude, height, and build. Hutcherson has none of those things. He's short and husky, with an ugly face.

D:

[Aesop Rocks]

They also denied the sillys outta Renner as Hawkeye...

[Electrix]

It actually...

dun dun dunnn....



NEITHER.
:eek:

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

[Blackman]

But Hutcherson is a good fit for you? :huh:

Aaron Johnson has the right look, attitude, height, and build. Hutcherson has none of those things. He's short and husky, with an ugly face.

D:
I don't think Johnson has the right look. Attitude is irrelevant because they're acting. Build? I don't know what you mean that he has the right build. Height only matters to me for Thor and Superman so the height argument is pointless. Besides Johnson is like 5'11 Hutcherson is 5'7. Not that big of a difference it's not like I'm standing next to them on camera. Also Cyclops is over 6 feet so technically if you wanna say right height their both too short.

Hutcherson is not "husky", but even if he was he could work out for the role.


Hutcherson just reminds me of Cyclops more than Johnson

http://i33.tinypic.com/6t1htj.gif
http://i33.tinypic.com/1582m1e.jpg
http://i38.tinypic.com/2u3zde0.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/10qw9pz.jpg

But I just remembered about HAvoc being in the film who is being played by a 19 year old. And since Hutcherson is only 17 and can't pull off being older he wouldnt be right fit unless they changed Scott to be the younger brother which is pointless

They also denied the sillys outta Renner as Hawkeye...
But you cant say because of the Renner thing that everything that is initially denied will eventually come true

[Doctor Jones]

I'd take Johnson over Hutcherson any day of the week.

[TNC9852002]

Ok, at this point, even if Scott/Jean are in it...it's pretty obvious that they won't have an extremely large role, which, should be expected.

[Aesop Rocks]

I still want Johnson for Scott. :csad:

[BMM]

I'd take Johnson over Hutcherson any day of the week.

Me too.

[chamber-music]

I'd take Johnson over Hutcherson any day of the week.

Me too.
Me three

[sabetoonth]

Id rather have Hutcherson for Scott than Johnson, so I'm with Blackman

[JP]

http://i35.tinypic.com/10qw9pz.jpg
God, he looks like a gargoyle.
D:

[DarkSovereignty]

he'd make a pretty good beast, based on appearance at least lol,

[illest urban]

God, he looks like a gargoyle.
D:

SERIOUSLY!!! Where did this man-ape come from!? #nawl #HELLnawl

Count me in for Team Johnson. All the way!

[Project862006]

rooting for Emma Roberts for jean at 19 she is right age range
http://kc22.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/roberts-emma.jpg
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6480/emmarobertshighquality.jpg

[sabetoonth]

*falls over on his ass*

[Sawyer]

rooting for Emma Roberts for jean at 19 she is right age range
http://kc22.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/roberts-emma.jpg
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6480/emmarobertshighquality.jpg

I see a good enough resemblance between her and Famke.

And as for Cyclops, Johnson resembles Marsden much more than Hutcherson.

[JustABill]

If First Class is filming already then Jean is most likely cast already and it can't be Emma as Emma is the new lead in Scream 4.

Also Johnson for Cyclops any day over Josh Hutcherson.

[akfj]

If First Class is filming already then Jean is most likely cast already and it can't be Emma as Emma is the new lead in Scream 4.

Also Johnson for Cyclops any day over Josh Hutcherson.

Vaughn's recent interviews indicate that it hasn't started filming just yet. It shouldn't be too far away, however.

[Sawyer]

http://i35.tinypic.com/10qw9pz.jpg


He's like a young Max Headroom.

[Randal Graves]

http://i35.tinypic.com/10qw9pz.jpg

:eek:

[JP]

:eek:
:eek::eek:

[TheWatcher]

Aaron Johnson would be awesome as Cyclops!

Josh Hutcherson for Hector Hammond.

[Ipodman]

Too bad the Professor X mind fight scene is scrapped... but if theres something like that, I bet the rest of the movie is pretty awesome too...

[Sawyer]

Aaron Johnson would be awesome as Cyclops!

Josh Hutcherson for Hector Hammond.

Hey hey hey! They already nailed that casting!

Hutcherson can be Hammerhead in the next Spider-Man. :o

[Lightning Strykez!]

Hey, I like Hutcherson for Cykes. But Johnson is still the clear winner.

And I am LOVING the idea of Emma Roberts for Jean. She's stunning.

[Sawyer]

Hey, I like Hutcherson for Cykes. But Johnson is still the clear winner.

And I am LOVING the idea of Emma Roberts for Jean. She's stunning.

And she looks more like Famke Jansen than she does her own aunt. :up:

[Lightning Strykez!]

And she looks more like Famke Jansen than she does her own aunt. :up:

Heh. True. :D

She's also pretty close in resemblance to the girl who played young Jean Grey in X3. Not that some of us want to remember that but er uh...it did happen. :p

[JP]

When is Roberts done filming Scream 4?

[Electrix]

When is Roberts done filming Scream 4?

They began at the end of June so maybe end of August/September?

[BenReilly]

How about Elena Satine for Jean Grey...?

I know she's a fan favorite for Mary Jane in the Spider-Man Reboot and has been lobbing for the role, but I could also see her as a young Jean Grey as well (she'd be great in either role).

Here's a video of Satine auditioning for Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Killer:

http://vimeo.com/11916941

Remember those reports of Singer looking for potential actors to also play Scott and Jean, through his Giant Killer auditions? ;)

[TNC9852002]

With Jean at Emma Roberts' age, Xavier would have to be in his early 50's, which, would seem a little odd...

Unless, they're gonna have some kind of alternate timeline kind of deal..

[danoyse]

Unless, they're gonna have some kind of alternate timeline kind of deal..

Which I'm starting to suspect at this point....

[Ipodman]

Because Xavier is so young?

[Blackman]

and that Emma Frost is around the same age as him

[SuperT]

Yea, I'm thinking they're going to go cook up some alternate time-line type deal like in Star Trek to disregard the continuity specifically in X3 and Wolverine.

Hey, I'm all for it! lol

[Electrix]

I'm curious what this 'political climate of the time' is. Obviously it will have something to do with anti-mutant hate, but could it be at the same time as the civil rights movement?

[Ipodman]

With his comparison to JJA's Star Trek, and the reference to Bryan Singer's films, I am starting to guess the "First Class" will somehow meet the characters from the original movies.

[Project862006]

yeah i think X3 and Wolverine are being ignored

and on emma filming scream 4 well Chris Evans is filming cap and another movie at the same time

[TheWatcher]

Hey hey hey! They already nailed that casting!

Hutcherson can be Hammerhead in the next Spider-Man. :o
:awesome: So true! Sarsgaard will rock the role!
Hutcherson for Hammerhead!

[TNC9852002]

You guys should really lay off the Hutch.. :p

[JustABill]

Scream 4 wraps at the end of September.

[TheWatcher]

Emma Roberts as Jean Grey(Stunning indeed) with Aaron Johnson as Cyclops? Count me in.

About them meeting themselves,Aaron Johnson VS James Marsden. WTF. I would love to see it though. :D

[JP]

Scream 4 wraps at the end of September.
Then it can work. Jennifer Lawrence is going to be shooting another film, and wont head down to London until October.

[Sentinel X]

I don't want neither Hutcherson nor Johnson for Cyclops. They can do so much better with the casting.

[Ipodman]

Josh Hutcherson meeting Hugh Jackman

[TheWatcher]

You guys should really lay off the Hutch.. :p
Que a NightAvenger4 lame joke....

Who's Starsky,then? The Leader?

[JustABill]

Then it can work. Jennifer Lawrence is going to be shooting another film, and wont head down to London until October.

The only problem I could see is if Scream 4 is successful, and this is successful, will Emma be able to juggle lead roles in two franchises?

[Sentinel X]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/08/inception-wakeup-call-xmen-first-class-forced-to-jettison-dream-scenes-.html

I never thought i'd say this but damn you Christopher Nolan!!! Wheres the creativity? So your scene is too similar to inception...big deal, tweak it a little bit so it doesn't. Theres just so much you can do in a dream sequence besides zero-g scenes and rotating rooms. Its a shame he threw out a huge chunk of the script.

[DarkSovereignty]

Wheres the creativity? So your scene is too similar to inception...big deal, tweak it a little bit so it doesn't. Theres just so much you can do in a dream sequence besides zero-g scenes and rotating rooms. Its a shame he threw out a huge chunk of the script.

u ever think that he plans on REPLACING the12 pages of script he threw out?

[danoyse]

With his comparison to JJA's Star Trek, and the reference to Bryan Singer's films, I am starting to guess the "First Class" will somehow meet the characters from the original movies.

That's what I've been thinking too. If they're confirming it's a prequel and those two roles haven't yet been cast at this point, it's possible. Doubtful, but possible....

[chaseter]

With the Star Trek comparison...I am going to guess that Bishop is coming back in time to stop the events of his future and change the present. So essentially, we get another timeline like with Star Trek. It isn't nullifying all the other movies but it is allowing this to be a new franchise and do new things but still use the same characters. That means all new actors playing the same characters.

[DarkSovereignty]

where are you getting bishop from? was it confirmed that he's i this? i think cable would make more sense personally.

[Mogwai]

i like the idea.

[chaseter]

rooting for Emma Roberts for jean at 19 she is right age range
http://kc22.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/roberts-emma.jpg


This is great casting. She can act alright, she looks like Jean, and she is very cute. I mean this is perfect casting for Jean imo. Plus as someone said, she does resemble Famke. I would be very happy if Emma was cast as Jean.

[JustABill]

I still worry that scheduling conflicts for Scream 5 and 6 might get in the way of her being Jean in sequels to this. That is unless she's revealed to be the killer in a shocking twist in Scream 4.

[AntiG]

"I can't shed any light on that at all," he laughed when asked if the classic X-Men couple will finally get their due on the big screen without Wolverine getting in the way.
MTV (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/08/03/x-men-first-class-mutants-continuity/)

It makes me think there will be no Scott and Jean in the first movie... Why would he hide it?

[Ipodman]

No Cyclops!??

In Wolverine origins, which shouldnt even have Cyclops at all, they manage to squeeze him in... but in this, they leave him out?

[Sawyer]

MTV (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/08/03/x-men-first-class-mutants-continuity/)

It makes me think there will be no Scott and Jean in the first movie... Why would he hide it?

I'd think the opposite. It'd be bull**** for him to tease it and then not give us the goods.

[chaseter]

where are you getting bishop from? was it confirmed that he's i this? i think cable would make more sense personally.

No confirmations...I am purely guessing. Cable is Scott's son and I think that would be weird considering Scott is a teen in this and the comparisons to Terminator Salvation are there if Vaughn wants to throw out recent movie plot ideas.

With Bishop, he was directly linked to Xavier so I think that would be much better than Cable going on about how a teenager is his father.

[FaT_tONle]

As much as I have tried to convince myself it's a total reboot, I think they are going to just add some wrinkles to James and hope that people buy that he is 40-45ish next to 19-20 some old actors. It is what it is. I can see why they casted young guys for Xavier and Eric to get that part of their history involved. They need to scrap the WW2 origins though... if they are young kids in 1945... they'd have to be in their 50's-60's in the 1980's-1990's, which is where we'd expect to see the First Class. Not an age difference McAvoy or Fassbender can pull off. Unless they just say most mutants age much more slowly, which would sort of make sense.

[TNC9852002]

I'm sick of all of these predictions and assumptions already...

I've done enough speculating now...

It's trailer time dammit! :mad:

[AntiG]

I'd think the opposite. It'd be bull**** for him to tease it and then not give us the goods.

But that characters are so obvious, Vaughn doesn't have a reason to hide their presence.

From what we've learned the movie will take place in 60s, probably the whole movie. So it's too early for Scott and Jean to appear, they would've been 50-55 years old by the 2000. But this timeline suits for the Beast who is already cast. Mystique also can make her body younger any time and she is also cast.

[BenReilly]

But that characters are so obvious, Vaughn doesn't have a reason to hide their presence.

From what we've learned the movie will take place in 60s, probably the whole movie. So it's too early for Scott and Jean to appear, they would've been 50-55 years old by the 2000. But this timeline suits for the Beast who is already cast. Mystique also can make her body younger any time and she is also cast.

Thing is, Alex Summers/Havok is in this film and has already been cast. It would be really strange to leave out Cyclops altogether, but include his little brother in the film.

[chaseter]

We won't be getting a trailer until Decemberish.

[FaT_tONle]

Thing is, Alex Summers/Havok is in this film and has already been cast. It would be really strange to leave out Cyclops altogether, but include his little brother in the film.

Maybe it's part of the misdirection campaign, but realistically... I don't think Fox will care if they **** up the time line with the ages. Plenty of movies have come and gone where actors who appear no more than a day older from a previous scene who then turn around and play a version of their character that just so happens to be 15-20 years older. It happens... It's probably not worth it to them to pay such a close attention to detail, even though I don't think it would be over analyzing it. It's common sense to find appropriately aged actors for the given time line. If the movie is 1960's-70's... none of the first class has any business being in the movie, other than a really young Beast.

[TNC9852002]

We won't be getting a trailer until Decemberish.
It would be great if they could have one in time for Harry Potter...

[TNC9852002]

I don't think Fox will care if they **** up the time line with the ages..
I really want to say something here... :whatever:

[Ipodman]

Why would an X-men trailer be associated with Harry Potter?

[JP]

Just got done watching the Kick Ass making of documentary. I suggest anyone who has the movie on bluray/dvd to watch it. It really goes in depth into the production from start to finish. It shows just how passionate Vaughn is of the projects he's attached to, and how perfect he wants everything to be (which is probably why he has yet to make a mediocre film). There's no doubt that he can handle X-Men. He wrote the Kick-Ass script with Goldman in 4 weeks, and he fired his production designer the second day of shooting. He literally had to hire someone new who had 2 weeks to design the entire film. Plus, he accomplished so much with limited time and budget. I can only imagine what he can do with a major blockbuster film budget.

[SodaPop]

Going along with the previous mention of Bishop, does anyone think that the whole Darwin casting is misdirection? Could it possibly bishop instead? Just food for thought....

[misjuevos]

maybe they will kill xavier and do an age of apocalypse movie followup, then when they get back to this reality they can move on from x2
also i would like to see cable. i always said if you need some retcon cable is the guy. he could have came back before x3 and then we would have all of our characters still alive.

[BMM]

I would be surprised if they explored the idea of time travel or alternate timelines, but it would be neat to see. That's not to say they won't. It would just be a departure for the X-Men films, although I've gotten the impression Singer's wanted to enhance the sci-fi element via past ideas, so who knows?

[J.Howlett]

I'm with JP on this one. I watched the documentary too on the Kick-Ass Blu Ray. I'm calling it right now...I don't care if he's had less time to do First Class than the rest of the Marvel films coming out next summer. Ten bucks says First Class is better than Thor and Captain America.

You can just tell by looking at the cast and how enthusiastic Vaughn was about Singer's idea. Remember, he left X-Men The Last Stand because of studio interference and not having enough time.

He basically still doesn't have enough time but he's moving forward with this film? He and Singer know something we don't. The cast is uniformly interesting.

I'm telling you, First Class at least for me, will be the third part of the X-Men Trilogy we lost with X-Men The Last Stand. And when it's a critical and box office hit, Marvel/Disney are not going to feel good about it because it's technically not theirs.

[TNC9852002]

Why would an X-men trailer be associated with Harry Potter?
Uh, it doesn't have anything to do with association...

Harry Potter will be the biggest movie of the 4th quarter and other studios and franchises will be racing to get their movies attached to the trailer roster.

[Electrix]

I can see Fox attaching a teaser to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in December. They should have at least 2 minutes of footage by then.

[TNC9852002]

Well, that would work too, but it can easily be on a non-FOX film as well. From my many years of working with movie theaters, a studio film can have a trailer attached to a movie of a different studio. This happens quite often...as long as the trailer is content and rating appropriate, it can be included on the trailer reel.

[Aesop Rocks]

I know what you mean by having different studios showing different trailers, but I just don't see FOX really doing that.

[TNC9852002]

Why not?

[Aesop Rocks]

Lulz, it's FOX.

[TNC9852002]

Lulz, it's FOX.
Oh, you're one of those people... :whatever: Well, you need to seriously quit that ridiculous notion that FOX is totally incompetent as a movie studio. You should realize by now that one of the things that FOX does extremely well is advertising.


Assuming that they had footage ready and everything.. I'm saying it's 100% possible. I'm thinking for sure that Green Lantern will have a teaser by then. GL has priority by being a Warner Bros film, but both films could definitely share the trailer reel.

[Aesop Rocks]

Don't role your eyes at me. Don't you ever role your eyes at me. I'm not any kind of any people. I couldn't careless where Fox releases the trailer for any film.

lulz, jk. you cool.

[TNC9852002]

Don't role your eyes at me. Don't you ever role your eyes at me. I'm not any kind of any people. I couldn't careless where Fox releases the trailer for any film.
I will role my eyes at anyone who I see fit, dammit! :p

Well, it'll most likely be between Harry Potter, Narnia, and Tron Legacy for most of the big 2011 blockbusters to make their teaser debuts...