X-Men: First Class filming thread: News, reports, images etc.

[Electrix]

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-42949-LA-Acting-Auditions-Examiner%7Ey2010m5d21-20th-Century-Fox-cranks-up-auditions-for-Rise-of-the-Apes) and Marvel Studios are gearing up for a September 2010 start date for the next installment in the X-Men franchise. Actor James McAvoy has landed the lead role of a young Charles Xavier, aka Professor X in the film.

McAvoy's career is in full swing with two films in post production and scoring the starring role in this project. McAvoy was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Golden Globe in 2008 for Atonement. McAvoy is repped by Theresa Peters of United Talent Agency.

The film is being co-produced by Brian Singer - who's company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, is one of the production companies involved in this film. Singer has produced and directed such films as the first X-Men, Superman Returns, Valkyrie among many others. He has also been nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys as executive producer of the hit FOX series House.

Lauren Shuler Donner's production company The Donners' Company, is also co-producing. The Donners' Company has produced the films Constantine, 16 Blocks, The Secret Life of Bees , and all of the first three X-Men films.

Shooting will commence in September, 2010 in London, UK. Auditions are taking place in Los Angeles, and there will also be some casting done in London. Details on how actors can submit for this film are posted on the following website:

X-Men: First Class Auditions and Casting Information (http://www.featurefilmcasting.com/2010/05/x-men-first-class-ready-for-late-summer.html)

The film has a scheduled release date of June 3, 2011.http://www.examiner.com/x-42949-LA-Acting-Auditions-Examiner~y2010m5d30-XMen-First-Class-ready-for-a-late-summer-2010-start-and-casting-is-in-full-swing (http://www.examiner.com/x-42949-LA-Acting-Auditions-Examiner%7Ey2010m5d30-XMen-First-Class-ready-for-a-late-summer-2010-start-and-casting-is-in-full-swing)

[JP]

I wish I could find some casting sides.

[TNC9852002]

September eh?

Hmmmm. Not too bad I guess.

[Retroman]

UPDATE

Did some digging and found the following on possible filming locations they're looking at (minor spoilers ahead).Now we've got an idea of when/where some of the action will be taking place.:ninja:

From Yahoo News UK and Rio Grande Valley Film Commission:
Tuesday, May 25 11:00 am

Although she lives in England, Claudia recently revealed she wants to spend some time in her native Germany with her family when Matthew is working on the new 'X-Men' movie.

The catwalk beauty - who married Matthew in 2002 - said: "I would like to move to Berlin with Matthew and the kids for a few months. If we're lucky he'll be shooting some of 'X-Men' in Berlin. I would love that. Berlin is like being abroad in Germany. It's German, but not provincial. Everyone loves it. My friends often tell me how very German I still am."

Title: Funded Movie
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Author: Tony Hood
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Subject: X MEN: FIRST CLASS
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Body:
Contact Information

Name: Tony Hood
Title: Location Manager/Scout
Company: Fox
Email: _________________
Mobile phone: _________________
Preferred Method of Contact: Email
Project Information
Project Name: XMEN: FIRST CLASS
Project Status: Funded
Type of Project: Feature
Anticipated Budget: Over 100 million
Start Date: August 2, 2010

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Location Repuest Information

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Main Location Needs to Bring Film to Area

All locations are 1960's in date and look/feel:

Bariloche (Argentina): Cafe's & Bars (interiors and exteriors)
Known as little Switzerland

Miami: Harbour for yacht, Art Deco Cafe/Restaurant overlooking the water/harbour

Please note that this has to be a 60's look and feel.SOURCE Links:http://uk.news.yahoo.com/35/20100525/ten-claudia-schiffer-names-baby-764dee7.html
http://rgvfilmcommission.com/casting/index.php?action=casting&castid=12

[Electrix]

Ah Retroman, i'm getting all nostalgic from when you posted hidden X3 news :D

An August start date is even better than September. It'll be interesting to see the X-Men in the 60's.

[matrix_ghost]

UPDATE

Did some digging and found the following on possible filming locations they're looking at (minor spoilers ahead).Now we've got an idea of when/where some of the action will be taking place.:ninja:

From Yahoo News UK and Rio Grande Valley Film Commission:


SOURCE Links:http://uk.news.yahoo.com/35/20100525/ten-claudia-schiffer-names-baby-764dee7.html
http://rgvfilmcommission.com/casting/index.php?action=casting&castid=12


Wonder why they're going for Argentina ? Could be an scene involving young magneto going after Nazi's :huh:

[FaT_tONle]

1960's??? Good... the First Class better not be anywhere near this until the back half of the movie. I'd prefer a more Magneto type movie than high school X-Men anyway.

[JP]

Awesome. :up:

Nice to see the budget is reasonable, as well.

[JP]

Ben Davis is the cinematographer.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1023204/

[Electrix]

Vaughn is just bringing all his regulars on-board. Creative freedom ftw!

[marvelrobbins]

Xavier and Magneto will probally meet In Argentra In ar.It's possable
Miami scene could be after Xavier returns to the US with Magneto.Although
If SInster for example was the villian they could do him In the time.But many
will speculate what Is going on In the Miami scenes.

[TNC9852002]

YESSS!!! nuuuuuuusssseee!

[narrows101]

This site, which is pretty reliable, says shooting starts in September in London. London makes sense since that's where Vaughn lives and his wife Claudia Shiffer just had a baby.

http://www.myentertainmentworld.com/mew/film_production_newlisting.html


X-MEN: FIRST CLASS - September, 2010 - London, UK; Details Are only Available By Subscription. (http://www.myentertainmentworld.com/subscribe.html). STORY: 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. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-MEN. (Posted: May 10, 2010. Revised: June 3, 2010)

[TNC9852002]

Yeah, I know Vaughn apparently had a lot of issues with being away from his family when X3 was in pre-production. It's nice to see him getting his way this time... :p

[FXMystiq]

I know this is off topic but check this out.

It is a Mystique trailer I tweeked a bit.

Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfTf3EtWLdI

[Retroman]

Ah Retroman, i'm getting all nostalgic from when you posted hidden X3 news :D
:yay:
An August start date is even better than September. It'll be interesting to see the X-Men in the 60's.
Indeed...
Wonder why they're going for Argentina ? Could be an scene involving young magneto going after Nazi's :huh:

Yes, that's a big possibility. I think the script for Magneto had scenes like that and Goyer was planning on shooting part of the movie in Argentina before things were halted because of the writer's strike.

[JP]

As of May 10th, First Class has occupied two big sound stages at Pinewood Studios in London. Apparently Jane Goldman and Mathew Vaughn have already started working from there.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/05/x-men-first-class-to-shoot-this-summer-at-london-pinewood-studios/

[TNC9852002]

It's nice that he's going back to familiar territory..

[Electrix]

Here's a list of all the stages at Pinewood:

http://www.pinewoodgroup.com/gen/landing_large_stage_film.aspx?intFacilityTypeId=1&folder=2

I wonder what they will do regarding the sets. Did Fox keep sets such as Cerebro and the corridors? I suppose they could build them from scratch again.

I also wonder if they'll be using Hatley Castle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatley_Park_National_Historic_Site) in Canada as the Mansion again, or whether they'll find a UK equivalent. So many questions!

[Loganbabe]

Ah Retroman, i'm getting all nostalgic from when you posted hidden X3 news :D
Made me nostalgic too, because it was when I joined the board. Good times, crazy discussions! :oldrazz:
Then "Wolverine" almost ruined everything for me, for good. :cmad:
It's nice to have that good old excitement back! :woot:

[ChaoticPsylocke]

Ah Retroman, i'm getting all nostalgic from when you posted hidden X3 news :D

An August start date is even better than September. It'll be interesting to see the X-Men in the 60's.

omg i know! i feel the same way. im so excited for this. im loving how the news is coming in.... pictures are probably only a few months away. =D i think this movie already has a great start!

[marvelrobbins]

Wow.Using pinewood studios.Possable location filming In germany.This seems like a even
bigger film In scope than X-Men or X2.At least since they are rushing to get It made
they are not being as cheap as they were on X-Men or X2.First Class Is the most exciting non Marvel studios marvel film.And the most exciting X-Men film since X2.

[TNC9852002]

This seems like a even
bigger film In scope than X-Men or X2.At least since they are rushing to get It made
they are not being as cheap as they were on X-Men or X2.
Uh, I don't see anything solid about this movie's scope so far.. :p and I don't think of "cheap" when I think of X2..The movie had some pretty nice set designs...

[marvelrobbins]

X2 was great but unlike some sequels to big movies Bryan Singer was still restricted when It came to budget.Which cause limitions on how many characters could be used.And what set Pieces could be used.The fact X2 came out so well Is a testerment to
Singer and his team despite Fox and It's cheap ways.

I tell you If anyone wants to leak movie scripts I hope they leak something for First Class.I am dying to hear more on what on what awaits us.I remember back when Moriarity at AICN broke some elements of X2(back then they could actully break news Instead of just reporting what others broke) and It helped create postivite buzz on X2 and showed what a great ride was awaiting fans.

[JP]

All of the X-Men scripts either leaked, or reviews of the scripts were posted. So, we could hear something in the not to distant future.

[TNC9852002]

X2 was great but unlike some sequels to big movies Bryan Singer was still restricted when It came to budget.Which cause limitions on how many characters could be used.And what set Pieces could be used.The fact X2 came out so well Is a testerment to
Singer and his team despite Fox and It's cheap ways.
Seriously, how many movies are NOT restricted in some way due to their budget? I just think X2, like you may be inferring, is actually one of those exceptions where the movie didn't have quite so many restrictions as I recall, especially in relation to X1.

This misconception about a cheap movie or studio isn't necessary a bad thing. We've seen many movies with huge budgets fail miserably. Also, the restriction angle can also be a positive. Sometimes less is more (i.e., Transformers 2, X3).

[JP]

I donno, the X2 script before the budget cuts had so much awesome in it. .

[TNC9852002]

I don't disagree, but I'm perfectly fine with most of what we got. :p

Those sorts of things I would imagine are common across the board and not much can be done about that, so, I don't see it as a big deal.

[TNC9852002]

All of the X-Men scripts either leaked, or reviews of the scripts were posted. So, we could hear something in the not to distant future.
I friggin hope not.. :( :mad:

[JP]

I don't disagree, but I'm perfectly fine with most of what we got. :p

Those sorts of things I would imagine are common across the board and not much can be done about that, so, I don't see it as a big deal.

Oh, no I completely agree. I'm very satisfied with X2. I just can't help but think of all the cool things we could have gotten had the budget been a bit more reasonable. Angel, Sentinals, Nightcrawler vs. Toad.

[TNC9852002]

I've never been a big fan of the Sentinels and Angel...the Toad thing, definitely could've been interesting.. :D

[Phoenix_Flare]

and their was supposed to be a scene where Jean goes all "phoenixy" and destroy the sentinels

[TNC9852002]

I know that was in the past, but after X3, I'm all "Phoenixy" out.. :p

[JP]

I could never be Phoenixy out!

[merbass]

I donno, the X2 script before the budget cuts had so much awesome in it. .

This may be off topic to this board, but could you tell me what happened in the script that did not realize on screen ?

[marvelrobbins]

X2 Is my favorate Marvel film and In my oporion one of the 4 greatest
Comic book films ever(along with Richard Donner's Superman and both
Christopher Nolan batman films) but point I was trying to make compared
to other big sequels fox was revelary cheap.Fox gave more money to fantastic four than It gave to X-Men(the first X-Men had 75 Million budget
compared to first fantastic four's 95 Million budget) X2 had a 110 Million
budget when sequel to film that grossed 300 Million worldwide usually would
get close to 150 Million.

As for what was lost here Is list

Wolverine training In Danger Room after nightmare(the kitchen stuff with
Iceman and going besterker on SOlider replaced It.Wolverine would have
left the danger room In time to save Rogue,Iceman,and Pyro.)

Sentinle breaking Into Cerebro

The Angel as prisoner of Stryker.He and Cyclops would have shared cell

Stryker exprements on Angel creating Archangel

a battle between Nightcrawler and brainwashed Toad

Battle between the X-men and sentinles.Jean's enhancing powers destroy
them

During dark Cerebro's attack on mutants several are seen Including Beast
In labortary mutating Into blue and furry version of beast

During the escape archangel flies some children out

[JP]

First Class to shoot in Michigan?

It looks like some of the next X-Men movie, titled "X-Men: First Class," may be shot in Michigan.
I just received this bulletin from the West Michigan Film Office:
"A location scout is seeking out areas with a 1960's, South-American or Central American island feel for the next X-Men movie, 'X-Men: First Class.' In particular, he needs to find café and bar locations, evoking the Argentinian feel of Bariloche, and an Art Deco Cafe or restaurant overlooking a body of water. Additionally, the movie calls for a Miami styled harbor for yachts. If you know of any locations that seem to match a description, please contact our office."

http://www.mlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/06/x-men_first_class_movie_scouti.html

[marvelrobbins]

Well It looks like they will go to Michigan Instead of Germany.I have no Idea what the Miami style ahrbors are for but the south-American style locations are almost certainly for when Xavier and Magneto meet.

[topdog1]

First Class to shoot in Michigan?



http://www.mlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/06/x-men_first_class_movie_scouti.html

ATT Fox: Sounds more like Eastern Michigan to me. Great area and Lake St. Clair or even the St. Clair River would work perfectly. They have a lot of Art Deco Cafes and yacht clubs there. Close to Detroit as well and can film anything "Miami" on the Detroit River if needed.

[TNC9852002]

Awesome! I never thought living in Michigan would pay off!

j/k :p

With Michigan's great incentives to movie studios, almost every other movie has been doing some kind of filming up here...

[merbass]

Wow

x2 is my favorate marvel film and in my oporion one of the 4 greatest
comic book films ever(along with richard donner's superman and both
christopher nolan batman films) but point i was trying to make compared
to other big sequels fox was revelary cheap.fox gave more money to fantastic four than it gave to x-men(the first x-men had 75 million budget
compared to first fantastic four's 95 million budget) x2 had a 110 million
budget when sequel to film that grossed 300 million worldwide usually would
get close to 150 million.

As for what was lost here is list

wolverine training in danger room after nightmare(the kitchen stuff with
iceman and going besterker on solider replaced it.wolverine would have
left the danger room in time to save rogue,iceman,and pyro.)

instead we got cool conversation between logan and bobby. It was an intimate scene too !



sentinle breaking into cerebro


the angel as prisoner of stryker.he and cyclops would have shared cell

this would be cool, as more cyclop screen time.

stryker exprements on angel creating archangel

a battle between nightcrawler and brainwashed toad

we would have to know how he survived x1 and where would they fight ? At stryker's base ?


battle between the x-men and sentinles.jean's enhancing powers destroy
them

so it seems instead of sentinels, we get deathstrike instead. She is cool !

during dark cerebro's attack on mutants several are seen including beast
in labortary mutating into blue and furry version of beast

during the escape archangel flies some children out

[TNC9852002]

In hindsight, a few of those things are a little weird/bizarre (i.e., Beast turning blue), but I do remember the infamous deleted/shot/never shot? Gambit scene discussion for X2.

I think I still have the novelization where some of the last cuts to go are still inside...

[Jubilee James]

Does anyone have any advice if I wanted to find out if they will need any runners on the London sets?

[Electrix]

Does anyone have any advice if I wanted to find out if they will need any runners on the London sets?

You'll have to contact Fox. Pinewood Studios are just where studios shoot, they don't hire any crew.

[danoyse]

Awesome! I never thought living in Michigan would pay off!

j/k :p

Well if you see anything going on there you're officially on assignment to report it back to us. :oldrazz:

With Michigan's great incentives to movie studios, almost every other movie has been doing some kind of filming up here...

Yeah, Hugh Jackman is going to filming a movie there starting next week, I think -although I'm hoping they don't take advantage of that to sneak in a Wolverine cameo they don't need.

[BMM]

A bar location? I could picture them trying to include a Wolverine cameo in that setting.

[TNC9852002]

Well if you see anything going on there you're officially on assignment to report it back to us. :oldrazz:



Yeah, Hugh Jackman is going to filming a movie there starting next week, I think -although I'm hoping they don't take advantage of that to sneak in a Wolverine cameo they don't need.
Yeah, I think most of the movie sets in the state are a few hundreds miles from me unfortunately.. :p

[Sentinel X]

Everything sounds so good...but the release date :dry:
They could hire a good director but film directors are not miracle workers. I don't see how they're going to get this out for 2011 and have it still be good and not look rushed.

[Electrix]

Everything sounds so good...but the release date :dry:
They could hire a good director but film directors are not miracle workers. I don't see how they're going to get this out for 2011 and have it still be good and not look rushed.

To quote Matthew Vaughn's IMDB personal quotes page (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891216/bio):

"Prep properly and you make a great movie."They've been prepping since he signed on at the beginning of May, possibly even before, and they will continue to until they film in August/September.

First Class basically has the same production schedule as X3, and while that's not the most encouraging fact, First Class is a smaller film. Vaughn also uses CGI/effects lightly, which will reduce time needed in post.

They just need to have a tight schedule with no fat. If Vaughn didn't think he could do it he wouldn't have signed on.

[TNC9852002]

Ugh...one of my biggest pet peeves is how people can tell whether or not a movie is rushed or not. There are so many other factors other than a movie's production time that can go into the final product to the point where this "rush factor" is extremely difficult to capture and quantify as a root cause of anything detrimental or advantageous even.

[JP]

Another quote from Vaughn when asked how he and Goldman finished their Kick-Ass script in 4 weeks:

"A good script should never take a long time to write."

[TNC9852002]

Damn. :p

[Electrix]

JP posted this in another thread but I thought we might as well put this thread into use.

There's a film unit in Didcot train station car park. How exciting :D Via (https://twitter.com/MightyBlackout/status/19892047966)

@MightyBlackout (https://twitter.com/MightyBlackout) I *think* it might be X-men!

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) Via (https://twitter.com/Chimpmansworth/status/19839566823)

[JP]

Another report!
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?...0169014&v=wall


Exciting!

[TNC9852002]

They're filming X-Men 3...AGAIN?


Oh wait, I guess there are some people that have fully embraced in forgetting that movie.. :p

[Electrix]

Information page on Didcot train station:

http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/filmandfunction/film.html

It has been used for filming TV dramas in the past.

[Crockett]

Haha X-Men 3. Some people are just...:doh:

[JP]

Haha X-Men 3. Some people are just...:doh:

I've heard worse. Like "X-Men: Wolverine The Origins" and "X-Men: The Last Man Stand"
:doh:

[Electrix]

JP were do you find all this stuff? Have you got X-Men Twitter and Facebook alerts? :D

[TNC9852002]

Yep...The general audience deserve all of the negative criticisms that we give them.. :p

[Crockett]

I've heard worse. Like "X-Men: Wolverine The Origins" and "X-Men: The Last Man Stand"
:doh:

:hehe:

[JP]

JP were do you find all this stuff? Have you got X-Men Twitter and Facebook alerts? :D

I get bored, so I search the hell out of twitter and facebook. :hehe:
Also, I took a Retroman masterclass.

[Megaton Sun]

They're filming X-Men 3...AGAIN?

I wish!

[Loganbabe]

Guess I'll post this here too:
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

[JP]

Yeah, I posted that a few posts up. :p

[Loganbabe]

Didn't see it... :huh:

Edit: Okay, now I see that the twitter is from some guy commenting on the Facebook report you posted! :doh:

[Electrix]

With filming apparently beginning today I hereby give this thread an official bump.

'Bump'

[JP]

August 31st, Electrix. Didn't you read the Singer interview? ;)

[Electrix]

*With filming apparently beginning soon I hereby give this thread an official bump. :D

[Octoberist]

Who's doing the visual effects? It better not be the guys who did Wolverine. I shal never forget the Gumby CGi claws.

[Project862006]

well that was a cheap Australian company lol

Special Effects by
Dan Homewood - senior special effects technician
(The Dark Knight/Batman Begins/Casino Royale/John Carters Of Mars/)

Visual Effects by
Adam Coglan - visual effects
(X-Men: The Last Stand)

[Octoberist]

nasty!

[Seen]

I've heard worse. Like "X-Men: Wolverine The Origins" and "X-Men: The Last Man Stand"
:doh:

X-Men: The Last Man Stand sounds like the porno version of X-Men: The Last Stand.

[TNC9852002]

X-Men: The Last Man Stand sounds like the porno version of X-Men: The Last Stand.
Wow...that's..reaching.. :p

[JP]

Who's doing the visual effects? It better not be the guys who did Wolverine. I shal never forget the Gumby CGi claws.
I'm sure there will be multiple houses. . .

But as of now, 4DMax. They're also working on Green Lantern and Captain America.
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0297094/

[BMM]

As long as they avoid the effects work showcased in Wolverine, I'll be happy.

[Storm22]

Yeah I have high hopes for First Class FX considering the quality of the FX in X1 - X3. Wolverine on the other hand had terrible FX.

[Electrix]

Drat! Had to turn down offer of 4 weeks on X-Men First Class for day job

@jamiegambell (http://twitter.com/jamiegambell/status/22568040673)

He's a sound boom operator who worked on Stardust.

[JP]

This guy lives (works?) around pinewood studios"

saw some of X-men filming but couldnt see who the actor was too much crew around em!!! 9:56 AM Aug 27th (https://twitter.com/richbiscuit/status/22268644703) via web

is going to the xmen: first class set in a bit!!! about 4 hours ago (https://twitter.com/richbiscuit/status/22615029336) via web

wow x-men set was filming! water tanks and fake concentration camps bonanza! about 2 hours ago (https://twitter.com/richbiscuit/status/22624720594) via web

https://twitter.com/richbiscuit

[Electrix]

Mr. Fassbender should be on set then :D

[JP]

Bill Milner. ;)

[Project862006]

hope it is shot like singer's magneto flash backs i love that scene

[JP]

It's my favorite scene in X1. Second favorite being the hallway scene with Xavier and Magneto.

[The Wizard]

Looks like we'll get an Erik flashback. Wonder if will get one for Charles. Probably.

[JP]

Yes, played by Charlie Rowe.

[Electrix]

Is waiting to start work on x-men. Its guna be a later night!!! Xx@Lucindajelley (http://twitter.com/Lucindajelley/status/22641199333)

Make-up artist waiting for a night shoot!


Previous tweets:

Is starting xmen on monday :) about time!!! Xxxx

Can't wait to start Xmen on monday :) be nice to be part of the make-up crew again! Xxx

Early night got work tomorrow can't wait to meet the xmen team :) let's hope it leads to good things for me and chloe :) xxxxx

[JP]

Exciting! :D

[JustABill]

I love how Twitter has become a means of spying on movie sets. :awesome:

[The Original Bamfer]

What an exciting time!

[The Wizard]

Wonder what the night shoot's about.

[Electrix]

X-Men: First Class is being filmed in the UK. Naturally, all good superhero films are, at least partly, shot here. Where else in the English speaking world can you find so many aging thespians who can chew their way through such exposition with such conviction, and so many special effects and stuntpeople willing to throw themselves into the firing line, quite literally in some cases? But the perils of such shooting is to find locations that don’t instantly look like something out of Trainspotting and not Miami Vice. So keeping them inside is a good thing.
Right now the company Sarah Eastel Locations is searching for all sorts of properties. Including one described as;
Large cellars with high ceilings ideally within south east.
For very high profile feature film shooting within bext two months
I understand that’s X-Men: First Class. And they need a new X-Mansion. I also note they’re looking for
Large brutallist building to double as CIA headquarters, for feature film shooting November for 1 month. Anywhere in the UK
Early Stan and Jack X-Men had Professor X aligned with the US secret services. I wonder if the same could be happening here?


http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/09/10/would-you-like-x-men-first-class-to-film-in-your-basement/

[The Wizard]

Interesting.

[Hellion]

@Lucindajelley (http://twitter.com/Lucindajelley/status/22641199333)

Make-up artist waiting for a night shoot!


Previous tweets:

Awesome!

[Electrix]

This got lost in the speculation thread so i'll post it here:

Some guy who works at Pinewood studios tweeted (http://twitter.com/richbiscuit/status/24106956942):

saw halle berry here on my break! She's either filming her new movie Dark Tide or visiting the First Class set. She's friends with Lauren Shuler Donner. A non-Storm cameo would be cool.

[mclay18]

Another quote from Vaughn when asked how he and Goldman finished their Kick-Ass script in 4 weeks:

"A good script should never take a long time to write."

No wonder he brought in Jane after Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz finished their draft. But will the WGA grant Goldman a writing credit? I don't think she's a WGA member, since there wasn't any WGA-approved credits for Stardust, The Debt and Kick-Ass.

[Dead Ken]

Does anyone know how long they are filming in Oxford? I'd like to see what the set looks like, I'm interested in how films are made, especially when it is just outside my place of study haha

[TheVelvetOnion]

I have one sentance to say about this...

I was stood watching them film X-Men First Class in my town...

Some of you may have seen the recent pictures of James McAvoy with hair as the article keeps saying walking out of one of the old buildings we have in Oxford...

well... i was stood in the crowd the day those photos were taken. and im going back tomorrow to have another sneek peak look...

may take camera with me see if i can take some sneaky pics i'll keep you posted.

its so bizzar, there filming X-Men not far from my home.

[TheVelvetOnion]

think there there for a couple of weeks... from what im told the roads have been closed off around there for that long.

[JP]

Cool, thanks. :)

[the a1ant]

About them recreating Magneto's origin scene from X1...

According to Bleeding Cool’s sources, this sequence plays out shot-for-shot in the upcoming X-Men: First Class… at least, up to a point. They casting is different too, of course – this time around, the tremendous Bill Milner is playing Lensherr – and when the sequence does deviate, it’s with some very dramatic twists… which we’ll be keeping under our hats for now, I’m afraid.

Director Matthew Vaughn had video reference of the original sequence on tap for the cast and crew during their prep for shooting this sequence, and for the shots that are mirrored, the attention to detail is apparently quite exhaustive.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/10/01/scoop-x-men-first-class-to-contain-key-scene-recreated-from-first-x-men-movie/

:up: :up:

[JP]

Sounds awesome.

[the a1ant]

Just noticed "Devil" already posted this in the other thread - sorry :p

[Electrix]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1316965/X-Men-England-New-installment-filming-Oxford-University.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Rose, Jennifer and McAvoy on set

[FreeRadical]

The Magneto scene being recreated, but with deviations? Could this be a new X-men universe being created, explaining why Emma Frost, Moira McTagget are appearing in the 60's and Xavier possibility dating Mystique?

It's a bit like the new Star Trek film last year with certain characters/events occuring differently than normal e.g. Kirk being the captain early, Spock/Uhura's relationship....

[Angamb]

this is the Photos thread, so...

post the damm photos!! lol

[The Wizard]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1316965/X-Men-England-New-installment-filming-Oxford-University.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Rose, Jennifer and McAvoy on set

I assume the brown-haired guy in the bike scene was Fassbender, and was that Rose with him, or someone else?

[JP]

It's neither. Just extras.

[BMM]

Byrne looks very much like Moira in those photos.

[TheVelvetOnion]

I was where the set was this morning unfortunatly they had already moved on by the time i got there. Shame. But i did see some cool stuff, like probs that were still left up so i think they may come back filming during the week.

[Matt]

The Magneto scene being recreated, but with deviations? Could this be a new X-men universe being created, explaining why Emma Frost, Moira McTagget are appearing in the 60's and Xavier possibility dating Mystique?

It's a bit like the new Star Trek film last year with certain characters/events occuring differently than normal e.g. Kirk being the captain early, Spock/Uhura's relationship....

I'm guessing it'll be more like Superman Returns, where it is based in some kind of vague continuity and its not quite a prequel but not really a reboot either. Just, something in between.

[Loganbabe]

this is the Photos thread, so...

post the damm photos!! lol
:cwink::up:

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/bluebell_blu/James%20McAvoy/X-Men%20-%20First%20Class/jamesx-menfirst-class0001.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/bluebell_blu/James%20McAvoy/X-Men%20-%20First%20Class/jamesx-menfirst-class0002.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/bluebell_blu/James%20McAvoy/X-Men%20-%20First%20Class/jamesx-menfirst-class0003.jpg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1316965/X-Men-England-New-installment-filming-Oxford-University.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/bluebell_blu/James%20McAvoy/X-Men%20-%20First%20Class/jamesx-menfirst-class0006.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/bluebell_blu/James%20McAvoy/X-Men%20-%20First%20Class/jamesx-menfirst-class0005.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/bluebell_blu/James%20McAvoy/X-Men%20-%20First%20Class/jamesx-menfirst-class0004.jpg

http://laineygossip.com/James_McAvoy_Jennifer_Lawrence_in_Oxford_on_the_se t_of_XMen_First_Class_01oct10.aspx?CatID=0&CelID=0

[rashad]

Nice pics!

[TheVelvetOnion]

actually i think its more inline with the comics than you think...

Mystique in the comics is said to be as old as wolverine
this movie is set in the 60's

The only difference is the core original 5 x-men cast but we still get beast so that might be something

and Emma Frost was never really confirmed in x-men origins wolverine, She was Emma the sister of Silverfox. So...

[Seen]

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/bluebell_blu/James%20McAvoy/X-Men%20-%20First%20Class/jamesx-menfirst-class0005.jpg


I really like this one.

[Figs]

What's the blonde's name next to McAvoy? Is she the one playing Mystique? I tend to forget names of new actors easily.

As for that older set report of cellars with high roofs. It totally makes me think of the basement of the Hellfire Club, where in the animated series('90s) Wolverine and the team were under there in water up to their legs trying to do a sneak attack on Sebastian and all of them. I wonder if the henchman with the masks are going to be in this a bit.

[JP]

Jennifer Lawrence.

[Figs]

Jennifer Lawrence.

Thank you!

I must say, she has very, very nice legs.

[JP]

A4h1YQtVSPw

[TheComicbookKid]

:cwink::up:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/bluebell_blu/James%20McAvoy/X-Men%20-%20First%20Class/jamesx-menfirst-class0001.jpg


http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/bluebell_blu/James%20McAvoy/X-Men%20-%20First%20Class/jamesx-menfirst-class0006.jpg


Them thighs!:hrt:

[Electrix]

Nice find JP :up:

[Figs]

Them thighs!:hrt:

I know, right!

[BMM]

A4h1YQtVSPw

Awesome! I can't quite tell the nature of this scene. Perhaps Moira is suspicious of Mystique and is following her and Xavier?

[Mr. Fixit]

Cool vid & pics, thanks for posting.

[Doctor Jones]

Thank you!

I must say, she has very, very nice legs.

That was the first thing I thought of. Best part of a woman's body right there.

[DocHoliday]

Now we know why Xavier can't use his legs anymore...those two = a lot of work and remember what Mickey said in Rocky.

[Rac]

Mm, I like Rose as Moira.

[Loganbabe]

:wow:


FILMING ground to a halt on the new X-Men movie when a buggy carrying JAMES McAVOY crashed.

The actor was shaken when the motor tipped over while ferrying him around Pinewood Studios, Bucks.
I reckon you'd have to be driving pretty fast to flip one of those electric golf buggies.
Filming movies can be dull, with actors kicking their heels for ages between takes. Maybe James and his co-stars had been indulging in a few Jackass-style stunts to pass the time.
He had been shooting scenes for X-Men: First Class with co-star JENNIFER LAWRENCE.
Fortunately the star, who plays a young version of Charles Xavier - played by PATRICK STEWART in the other films - wasn't seriously hurt and he was back at work that same day.
Now that's superhuman dedication to the cause.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3167034/X-Men-filming-is-halted-after-James-McAvoy-is-shaken-in-buggy-crash.html


I hope he's really okay... :csad:

[FaT_tONle]

Might as well send him to the wheelchair and make it official. Lock him up for twenty years as Xavier. I'm drunk though, so my sincere condolences to the McAvoy family.

[Loganbabe]

Well, it's not like he died or anything! ;)

[Loganbabe]

An interesting article about the Oxford shooting:

When the X-Men met the Ox-Men
By Rebecca Lees | Last updated: 12:19, 07/10/2010

When two strange men knock on your door, you probably don’t expect them to be X-Men.
But this was what happened to finalist Christina Head while she was drying her hair last Tuesday morning.
The men borrowed her room in Hertford college to store electrical equipment while a team of 200 people filmed scenes from the new X-men: First Class film outside for two days.
James McAvoy, who will play a young Xavier in the prequel, set a–flutter the hearts of a steady stream of onlookers.
McAvoy was not the only one causing a stir, as the crew blocked off Catte Street on Tuesday and Wednesday, and held up traffic on St. Aldates on Thursday.
Location Manager Tony Hood said: “Oxford council and the general public have been very welcoming. We’ve had a very positive reception.”
Filming continued until 2am on Wednesday. A remote controlled crane lifted an enormous light structure 100 feet into the air to give the effect of moonlight, as actors dressed in tweed walked and cycled up and down Catte Street.
After setting up for three weeks, filming for two days, and spending around £200,000, Hood said that this would produce only a few minutes of useable footage.
They may have to return to Oxford for re-shooting due to the rain affecting two shots last week.

The plot of X Men: First Class takes place before the three previous films. The scenes shot in Oxford will include Xavier getting doctorates in theology and philosophy from Oxford University in the 1960s, his manipulation of student uprisings using his psychic powers, and the way he meets best friend turned arch rival Magneto.
Although Hood said that the setting will be identified as Oxford, do not expect to recognise it. One of the scenes is shot outside a fictional pub. Look out for Christina Head’s college bedroom, the electrical storeroom, above “The Eagle”.
X Men: First Class is due to be released on 3 June 2011.
In the meantime life is now back to normal for Head, although she did gain twenty pounds out of the $120m film budget for her trouble


http://oxfordstudent.com/2010/10/07/when-the-x-men-met-the-ox-men/


Lucky girl! :awesome:

[JP]

$120 mil? That's just about what I thought.

[Deaths Head II]

I figured it would be somewhere between 100 and 150.

[Downhere]

Well, $120 million isn't too bad. Vaughn made Kick-Ass for $30 million and it easily look liked it cost double that. So, I think he will make good use of that budget.

[The Wizard]

Interesting spoiler.

[JP]

I wish I didn't read that spoiler.

[Wolverine1988]

Maybe i missed something but how was that a spoiler?

[chaseter]

If it was, it was the lamest spoiler evaaaarrrrr.

[Deaths Head II]

Yeah, I skipped it and when I saw JP be like "Wish I hadn't read that" I was expecting something mind-blowing.

[JP]

Ya'll are silly. :o

[Loganbabe]

Maybe i missed something but how was that a spoiler?
A spoiler is a spoiler, it doesn't matter if it's a big revelation or just some minor stuff like that one. I didn't mind reading it, you didn't mind reading it, but another person might be bothered because he/she doesn't want any kind of info about scenes/the script.
If I hadn't put on the spoiler tags I bet people would be jumping on me. Better not take risks. :o

[Electrix]

Someone told me yesterday that X-Men: First Class is going to film in Egypt. Thought I'd share in case anybody actually cares!

Via (http://twitter.com/#%21/dsatthemovies/status/26630920052)

Could be interesting if true.

[Electrix]

Someone told me yesterday that X-Men: First Class is going to film in Egypt. Thought I'd share in case anybody actually cares!

Via (http://twitter.com/#%21/dsatthemovies/status/26630920052)

Could be interesting if true.

[the a1ant]

X-Men has a lot of connections with Egypt. Shadow King, Storm, Apocalypse, Living Monolith, and many others. I think Azazel has some ancient history there, too.

Hopefully it's true :up:

[Dark Raven]

:wow:


FILMING ground to a halt on the new X-Men movie when a buggy carrying JAMES McAVOY crashed.

The actor was shaken when the motor tipped over while ferrying him around Pinewood Studios, Bucks.
I reckon you'd have to be driving pretty fast to flip one of those electric golf buggies.
Filming movies can be dull, with actors kicking their heels for ages between takes. Maybe James and his co-stars had been indulging in a few Jackass-style stunts to pass the time.
He had been shooting scenes for X-Men: First Class with co-star JENNIFER LAWRENCE.
Fortunately the star, who plays a young version of Charles Xavier - played by PATRICK STEWART in the other films - wasn't seriously hurt and he was back at work that same day.
Now that's superhuman dedication to the cause.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3167034/X-Men-filming-is-halted-after-James-McAvoy-is-shaken-in-buggy-crash.html


I hope he's really okay... :csad:

If the accident left him paralysed from the waist down, at least it would be genuine.

[Loganbabe]

^ :eek: :down:mad:

[BMM]

X-Men has a lot of connections with Egypt. Shadow King, Storm, Apocalypse, Living Monolith, and many others. I think Azazel has some ancient history there, too.

Hopefully it's true :up:

Xavier's first encounter with Shadow King would be a nice touch.

[DarkSovereignty]

If the accident left him paralysed from the waist down, at least it would be genuine.
thats what i call method acting.

[Rac]

Xavier's first encounter with Shadow King would be a nice touch.
I SO want that.

[Electrix]

Nerdgasm alert: Vaughn was on the phone earlier talking about the fight scene they were shooting all week for X-Men. It sounds incredible.

Via Mark Millar (http://twitter.com/#%21/mrmarkmillar/status/26982195487)

[DCUmoviepage]

I dont believe in anything what Mark Millar says.But in this case i give the credit.

[chaseter]

As long as Penn and Kinberg aren't talking I am happy.

[Deaths Head II]

Millar also recently said that he got a hold of the Wolverine 2 script and that it is one of the best scripts he has ever read. I don't really trust his comments.

[JP]

Mostly because I know he hasn't come within 30 miles of the Wolverine script.

[Green Ghost]

Millar also recently said that he got a hold of the Wolverine 2 script and that it is one of the best scripts he has ever read. I don't really trust his comments.

He also said he knows which villain(s) will be in Batman 3 and how awesome a big scene of the movie will be :whatever:

[Doctor Jones]

Millar reminds me of Fitz from The Departed.

"Mum... I'm not gonna maike et home fo suppa."

[Project862006]

he also said he was gonna direct superman

[Electrix]

he also said he was gonna direct superman

No, he said he wanted to write it and had an 8 hour long trilogy planned. At the time he said he had a 'top Hollywood director' interested, which turned out to be Matthew Vaughn. I don't think Vaughn would fall under that category. Not yet, anyway.

[JP]

andyffgibbons (https://twitter.com/#%21/andyffgibbons) Andy Gibbons
Just saw James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult filming a scene for X-Men: First Class. All green screen so nothing much to report.

Yesterday.

[KulaJava]

As long as Penn and Kinberg aren't talking I am happy.

They've done their damage.

[the a1ant]

Yesterday.

@andyffgibbons was Nicholas Hoult in costume (blue, furry) or as-is? Appreciate any info!

@xmenfilmsdotnet He was in costume but very 60's geek chic. Trousers, shirt, blazer and horn rimmed glasses.

[JP]

:atp:

[The Original Bamfer]

'Not sure they're clear that "costume" also means blue and furry, though... if they were, they probably would have said something about it.

[JustABill]

Hmm, sounds like to me, he was just filming as Human Hank.

[Electrix]

Savannah, Georgia newspaper Savannah Morning News (http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-10-21/x-men-pick-jekyll-island-over-tybee-island) reports that X-Men: First Class (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=50645) will film on Jekyll Island. Here are several clips from the article:

The Jekyll Island Authority this week approved an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox for filming of "X-Men: First Class."

Filming is expected to begin on Jekyll later this month and is scheduled to run to the end of the year. Producers will pay the authority $16,000 for use of a 4.5-acre beach area east of Beachview Drive and the fishing pier at Clam Creek. That fee is established as long as producers at the end of filming agree to provide 375 cubic yards of beach-quality sand at the beach location, according to the signed agreement. The sand is worth a film credit of up to $15,000, the agreement states.

Toward the end of the scouting, however, a producer reviewing the locations on Google Earth thought the water near Jekyll looked bluer.

Chris Petrikin, of Fox corporate communications, said Jekyll ultimately was chosen for of its "visual aesthetic," abundance of crew and equipment resources, travel access and housing availability.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/109239-x-men-first-class-to-film-on-jekyll-island

Images of the pier at Clam Creek here (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/364991)

[Angamb]

Maybe they will shoot a romantic plot there.

Id like to see Muir Island, but maybe Moira is too young for that... dont know

[Deaths Head II]

Moira might start her lab while Xavier starts up his school.

[Angamb]

definetly

[Doctor Jones]

I assumed it would be a scene with Xavier in his own head or him in someone else's head. The place is kind of surreal looking.

[DCUmoviepage]

Everone really still trust what Mark Millar says? And with in Darren direction maybe the new Wolverine movie do something well.

[Angamb]

I hope Wolverine 2 wont have a bigger boxoffice than First Class.

Two Wolverine movies are enought, its time to continue the saga with the whole team.

[Doctor Jones]

Who gives a damn which makes more? I just want two great films and if they're great, both deserve their own successes.

[squeekness]

^^ I agree. I don't pit one movie against the other. Maybe it's because I'm a Wolverine fan, too. But it makes no sense for there to be any competition.

[Deaths Head II]

I do want First Class to do better then Wolverine so Fox would get the message that X-Men doesn't need Wolverine to be a success. If it does less (especially by a significant margin) than Wolverine then Fox might think "You see? Wolverine is the real money maker. Not these other losers. Now let's get started on X-Men First Class 2: Wolverine Rising."

I would like Wolverine to be a success (provided it's actually a good movie) but I think it's important for the future of the film franchise for First Class to match it very well in the box office. And I would prefer FC to actually surpass it so when Wolverine does show up in the X-Men again maybe he'll play a more balanced role.

[danoyse]

Who gives a damn which makes more? I just want two great films and if they're great, both deserve their own successes.

^This. :up:

[X-Maniac]

Maybe they will shoot a romantic plot there.

Id like to see Muir Island, but maybe Moira is too young for that... dont know

Yep, Muir Island is the first thing that comes to mind but if you look at images of Jekyll Island, it looks too 'exotic' for a rugged Scottish island.

Krakoa? Genosha? Something for an astral plane sequence?

[Deaths Head II]

Maybe Muir Island won't be a Scottish Island. Maybe they'll want it to somewhere close to the main location of the plot so it can be involved more in the story.

[Angamb]

Ive always wanted Muir Island with some shoots like this, like on the 90's animated series:

http://vuelosbaratos.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/irlanda.jpg

http://artigoo.com/imagenes/josele/acantilados-moher.jpg

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_GZXD8GdoV6BC8kPtBDuWBKzwaCORj KSHuhumDGRhhoAzfe0&t=1&usg=__cmKz1WReyZ2Zm6vAKMV0OQrYRKs=

[DCUmoviepage]

Who gives a damn which makes more? I just want two great films and if they're great, both deserve their own successes.

The important is see in the end good X-men film, doesnt care if a spin-off or official team movie.Wishing luck for both.

[Emma Frost]

Ive always wanted Muir Island with some shoots like this, like on the 90's animated series:

http://vuelosbaratos.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/irlanda.jpg

http://artigoo.com/imagenes/josele/acantilados-moher.jpg

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_GZXD8GdoV6BC8kPtBDuWBKzwaCORj KSHuhumDGRhhoAzfe0&t=1&usg=__cmKz1WReyZ2Zm6vAKMV0OQrYRKs=

I like that too.

[narrows101]

Wonder if this is true and if so, what he's doing there (he was still in NYC as of Friday afternoon). This poster is from Brunswick, Georgia. A Facebook report:



Mike Todd Sr -I drove Hugh Jackman from X-Men To the Airport this morning. They are filming on Jekyll...Cool guy!

2 hours ago via Facebook for BlackBerry


http://www.facebook.com/search/?flt=1&q=hugh%20jackman&gl=1&lo=en_US#!/profile.php?id=100001203505992&v=wall

[Deaths Head II]

I told you guys...time traveling Halle and Hugh cameos.... :awesome:

[Angamb]

I HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE NOT.

dont wanna get mad yet.

[JP]

Oy. LOL

[marvelrobbins]

X-Men Origins:WOlverine may be removed from the official film Contunity so they could
work In a cameo by Wolverine.Remains to be seen rather we have time traveling Wolverine and Storm.But,even If we do this doesn't mean all of history will be altered.
If,and It Is a big If,Hugh jackman and Halle Berry are In the film it would be cameos.And
If they are In It you have to admit they were good about keeping It under wraps.This
Is like X2 when they keep Jean's sacrifice a secret.

[danoyse]

I told you guys...time traveling Halle and Hugh cameos.... :awesome:

:facepalm:

[psyonic]

:dry:

[narrows101]

Well if it is a cameo by Hugh, he will be wigged and have fake facial hair because as of Friday in NYC (he's followed by the paps all the time so there are photos practically every day), his hair was still very short from filming Real Steel and he just had a shadow for facial hair.

[Great Mind(s)]

Would it be so horrible for a Hugh CAMEO? I mean, in X2 it was made apparent that Xavier and Magneto both knew Wolverine or at least OF him in the past. Before his memory was shattered of course. AND of course I'm pretending the Wolverine movie never happened. It would be cool to see Hugh looking the same as in X-Men 1 with Patrick Stewart and in First Class with James McAvoy.

[Deaths Head II]

Well if it is a cameo by Hugh, he will be wigged and have fake facial hair because as of Friday in NYC (he's followed by the paps all the time so there are photos practically every day), his hair was still very short from filming Real Steel and he just had a shadow for facial hair.

Or maybe he'll play WW2 soldier Wolverine and not have such an obvious Wolverine look.

[Electrix]

I don't have anything against a cameo from Hugh, in fact I'm looking forward to seeing it. We know he probably won't have more than a scene or two, if that, and it will give a nod to the fans/audience.

[Deaths Head II]

Plus it'll give them something to show off in the trailers.

I would actually be surprised if they don't do it. Marvel gave Wolverine a cameo in the Avengers cartoon for pete's sake and Fox/Singer are just as Wolverine-crazy. Not to mention there is no downside besides annoying fans that would probably see the film anyway.

[Doctor Jones]

We dont need a Logan cameo.

[Deaths Head II]

Doesn't really matter if it's needed...

Like I said, to Fox there is no downside to it.

[danoyse]

I don't have anything against a cameo from Hugh, in fact I'm looking forward to seeing it. We know he probably won't have more than a scene or two, if that, and it will give a nod to the fans/audience.

I'm always fine with a Hugh cameo. :oldrazz:

But I would have been curious to see what would have happened if they'd left him out this time.

[The Original Bamfer]

There is no need for it at all. No need. Ugh.

[Doctor Jones]

We all know it'll be some stupid marketing thing for Fox to run with in the promotion.

"Look Wolverine DOES appear! That means people will see this film!"

[Deaths Head II]

I can already see the trailer. It'll be like that Star Trek 2009 trailer with a big cameo after the title appears except swap Nimoy saying "Live long and prosper" with Hugh saying something.

[huzzah]

So I take it were still suppose to ignore X3 and X-men Origins:Wolverine?

[DCUmoviepage]

So I take it were still suppose to ignore X3 and X-men Origins:Wolverine?

Just Wolverine film,but nothing is official confirmation about that, i hope for this happen for real. If this cameo really happen, is not a time travel, but part of Logan's origins if maybe they can explore on Aronofsky's film.i dont see this as a problem.

[Wolverine1988]

Would it be so horrible for a Hugh CAMEO? I mean, in X2 it was made apparent that Xavier and Magneto both knew Wolverine or at least OF him in the past. Before his memory was shattered of course. AND of course I'm pretending the Wolverine movie never happened. It would be cool to see Hugh looking the same as in X-Men 1 with Patrick Stewart and in First Class with James McAvoy.

I never saw indication that Magneto and Xavier knew of Wolverine from the past, they knew that he had been experimented on and that was something that was pretty obvious.

[squeekness]

There was a conversation in Magneto's prison cell where an unspoken implication was made that the pair knew of Stryker's projects in the past, including one with Wolverine. They didn't say that they had ever crossed paths with Logan, though...

Mags said something like, "So you think that by taking in the Wolverine..." in reference to Xavier trying to make up for letting Stryker's kid Jason down or some such.

[DCUmoviepage]

There was a conversation in Magneto's prison cell where an unspoken implication was made that the pair knew of Stryker's projects in the past, including one with Wolverine. They didn't say that they had ever crossed paths with Logan, though...

Mags said something like, "So you think that by taking in the Wolverine..." in reference to Xavier trying to make up for letting Stryker's kid Jason down or some such.

Makes sense.I have to rewatch the old films to find possibles clues if maybe can be used in First Class.

[Wolverine1988]

There was a conversation in Magneto's prison cell where an unspoken implication was made that the pair knew of Stryker's projects in the past, including one with Wolverine. They didn't say that they had ever crossed paths with Logan, though...

Mags said something like, "So you think that by taking in the Wolverine..." in reference to Xavier trying to make up for letting Stryker's kid Jason down or some such.


I still dont see how that alludes to them knowing who Wolverine was prior to x1....

If anything it indicates they knew of/ran tino Stryker before and were aware of his experimanting on mutants, they see Wolverine come along he has metal claws and no clue how he got them, they just put two and two together, i doubt they heard of Wolverine, i mean Stryker experimented on alot of mutants.

[chaseter]

I also don't think they ever alluded to knowing who Wolverine was. They knew Stryker experimented on mutants but they had no idea of Logan or the procedure done to him.

[merbass]

I would assume Hugh's cameo will be in Charles's future vision. He could even appear alongside Storm ( same technique used in X3 when actors were filmed separately )

Or He could play soldier killing Nazis in Germany and encountered young Erik !

[Devil]

The only Wolverine's cameo i will accept it's Logan in World War II's sequences. Maybe he can met young Xavier or young Magneto.

[The Wizard]

Is a Logan cameo confirmed?

[Project862006]

Singer Speaks:
At a recent press screening Singer, who is producing the X-Men: First Class, said a fed words about what we can expect from Matthew Vaughn's prequel, and says Wolverine will not be in the film..
"He's not in the movie, he's in the Wolverine movies."

A Fox spokesman has since told us: "X-Men hasn't started shooting in Georgia yet and if Hugh was in Georgia, it wasn't for this movie.

[danoyse]

There are some photos on one of the celebrity sites (no idea which one) of Hugh trick-or-treating with his kids in NYC this weekend, so he definitely wasn't on the X-Men set.

[Project862006]

maybe the taxi man got it wrong and it was huge grant lol

[squeekness]

Yeah, because all the Aussies and Brits look alike. :p

[Project862006]

:oldrazz:yup

[JP]

Good that it's confirmed. :up:

[Deaths Head II]

I'm surprised.

I would have figured Singer would have loved to stick Wolverine in this film.

[Boba_Fett_123]

"He's not in this movie, he's in the Wolverine movies" also seems to indicate, at least to me, that these movies really are two different things (as in continuity). I may be reading into that too much, though.

[Angamb]

I want to believe in Singer.

I hope he doesnt dissapoint me when I see a shoot of Wolverine on the final trailer.

[chaseter]

Singer Speaks:

Thank God:o


I want to believe in Singer.

I hope he doesnt dissapoint me when I see a shoot of Wolverine on the final trailer.
If he does lie and I find out before the movies comes out...I won't bother with the film. I learned my lesson listening to Penn and Kinberg. But, I still have faith in Singer and Vaughn...they haven't done anything to ruin that and I doubt they will.

[Doctor Jones]

Compared to anything we've heard in the past two films, I have no doubt in Singer and Vaughn at all. They're good filmmakers, and they're smart and know what they are doing. All the signs are good so far. I hope we get some pictures soon. I want to see Fassbender.

[Angamb]

I have faith in them too.

I just hated that typical Fox rumour about Logan cameo.

[samsnee]

Good. It'd be nice to have just ONE x-men movie without wolverine.

[Deaths Head II]

"He's not in this movie, he's in the Wolverine movies" also seems to indicate, at least to me, that these movies really are two different things (as in continuity). I may be reading into that too much, though.

That would be very encouraging if that's the case. I don't see why else they would act like Wolverine and the X-Men are so separate at this point, even if Wolverine has branched off into his own franchise.

[merbass]

Remember before X3 came out when they say X3 is different from the leaked script. Or Wolverine the movie will be different than the leaked version ? Look how they all turned out ?

I'll be happy if he is in cameo scene like Charles in Wolverine movie!

[Deaths Head II]

That's not really the same thing. A script change promise gives people back the incentive to see the film in theaters after losing it when reading a horrible script (though it really shouldn't, the story needs a good foundation and no amount of rewrites will fix that). A Wolverine cameo would probably lure in more fans and members of the general audience if they go through with it. So there is no real reason to lie that they aren't going to do something that would make more people happy.

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Remember before X3 came out when they say X3 is different from the leaked script. Or Wolverine the movie will be different than the leaked version ? Look how they all turned out ?

I'll be happy if he is in cameo scene like Charles in Wolverine movie!

The difference here is major though, this is Singer speaking, on X3 it was Rothman.

[Doctor Jones]

So when do you guys think we'll start seeing some offical pics? Maybe by the end of the month? December?

[Deaths Head II]

I hope we get something during November. Even if it's just a leaked picture. Hopefully of something cool like blue Beast.

[Angamb]

I wouldnt mind to wait for December and be blown away by the teaser. and the first cover!

:)

[Retroman]

Yeah next month would be a good time release stuff. But i hope what they show is good and distinctive enough to make an impression on the general audience. Because so many big budget (superhero) movies are been released next year it's easy to get lost in the crowd.:o


Here's some news i spotted but i'm not sure if it really is new.....

From British Braces (http://www.britishbraces.co.uk/shop/news.php) and Deborah Woolf Vintage Fashion (http://www.deborahwoolf.com/):
X-Men: First Class

When you see the new all action X-Men movie, keep an eye open for our Men's Braces! We have just supplied another bulk order to Pinewood Studios. This time for X-Men: First Class

British braces have supplied mens braces for several well known films including the recent Gulliver's Travels. Oct/Nov Press - Deborah Woolf Vintage Gucci & Crocodile bags featured in the September issue Elle Magazine fashion spread. We have supplied 1960s jewellery and clothing for the feature film X-Men: First Class currently in production at Pinewood Studios.

And Candy Alderson who's a part of X-Men's hair and makeup crew posted the following on her blog (possible spoilers):

x-men, war horse

Its been a month of crazy hours! iv been working on the new X-Men, X-men First Class, directed by michael Vaughn. Its starring James McAvoy, Kevin Bacon, Nicholas Hoult, Jason Fleming, January Jones and a whole lots more....

Fran Hannon is make-up and hair designer, and iv been working in the crowd rooms supervised by Crissy Whittney. the style is 1962, so a really beautiful hair and make-up to do. we have had a couple of scenes with glamorous dancing girls - so lots of big lashes and twiggy inspired make-up. my favourite socket shadow has to be MAC's copperlatte, its a grey but has a very slight tinge of purple, and looks effective but soft enough to keep it pretty. that with a vanilla base - perfect! we are using a few wigs, but it is mainly hair pieces styled into the girls own hair, put up into wonderful behives and rolls. i love the 60s!
First week i was working was filmed in oxford, was the first time id been, such a lovely city. since then we have been mainly in pinewood and had two days filming in central london. once in 'Cafe de Paris' and another in Australia house.
Iv been spying on 'Beast', he's being made next to our fitting room. he looks big and very blue!

Posted @ 10:06:32 on 30 October 2010SOURCE:http://www.candyalderson.co.uk/page8.htm

[JP]

:awesome:

Thanks, Retro!

[the a1ant]

It will be interesting to see how Beast looks in this film. Hopefully they go a bit crazy with his look. He is a young adult in the 60's, after all.

It will also be cool to see how he'll deal with living in a time period "when the world didn’t know mutants existed.”

[DCUmoviepage]

Great info! Impossible in end of november/december something about the coming comes out ofthe box!

[Silvermoth]

I immediately thought of this...
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7335/hairspray28.jpg

hahaha, but I'm just kidding around. I'm sure it's going to be great! I'm really loving it so far even though I'm, as always, wary of Fox's involvement.

[psyonic]

I'm more excited for the never before seen characters like Emma, Sebastian, Angel, Darwin etc. Not so much for the rest that we have already seen in previous movies. I hope we get a names trailer haha ..

[Angamb]

Im interested for all the characters, specially Emma, Moira, Mystique, Beast and Havok.

[Deaths Head II]

I'm the most interested in Havok and Banshee but that's mostly because they're two of my favorite X-Men.

[JP]

I immediately thought of this...
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7335/hairspray28.jpg

hahaha, but I'm just kidding around. I'm sure it's going to be great! I'm really loving it so far even though I'm, as always, wary of Fox's involvement.

So did I, but that's probably because it's one of the best films to capture the era.

[Wolverine1988]

I'm the most interested in Havok and Banshee but that's mostly because they're two of my favorite X-Men.

Yeah iam really interested in how much Havoc is going to be in this and how he is gonna be used

[JP]

X-MEN FILMING ON JEKYLL ISLAND
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/photo.php?fbid=167573823262386&set=a.167573793262389.36603.153802154639553

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=36695&id=153802154639553&ref=mf#!/photo.php?fbid=167950883224680&set=a.167950793224689.36695.153802154639553

[narrows101]

There were some Twitter reports that Jackman is in Atlanta, and the tweeter from the description sounds like some sort of reporter for an Atlanta newspaper. She also said she "wouldn't reveal her source." Hugh hasn't been seen since Nov. 3 doing the "school run" in NYC with his daughter LOL (there are photos practically every day of him picking her up from school). He did host an event last night in NYC and a reporter from Australia said in this report (http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/factsheets/article/-/article/8291714/nelson-aussie-invasion-of-new-york-city/) that it was reported that he had a "full beard" - I *guess* he could have just not wanted to shave, but it does make you wonder...


Our mate Hugh Jackman (who makes his American home here) hosted the black tie gala at the American Australian Association which I was fortunate enough to attend as a guest. In a sea of Aussie ex-pats, tycoons like Rupert Murdoch and visiting dignitaries, Hugh of course stood out above the crowd. Even growing back his Wolverine whiskers, no one looks more dapper in a tuxedo (don't you wish he were hosting the Oscars again!?).

[psyonic]

"Jackman not in 'X-Men' prequel"

http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2010/11/03/15945786-wenn-story.html

[narrows101]

I don't believe he is either, but the Powers That Be probably wouldn't say if he was, even though they have said he isn't.

[X-Maniac]

"Jackman not in 'X-Men' prequel"

http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2010/11/03/15945786-wenn-story.html

Stuff the Toronto Sun. That Jackman story and Singer quote came from my site. I watched/heard him say it.

[DCUmoviepage]

Blue Beast confirmated, Kremlin and cast updates

http://www.dailyblam.com/news/2010/11/10/beast-will-be-blue-in-x-men-first-class (http://www.dailyblam.com/news/2010/11/10/beast-will-be-blue-in-x-men-first-class?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)

[marvelrobbins]

We will probally see Beast's transtation from human looking to blue.

[huzzah]

We will probally see Beast's transtation from human looking to blue.

So what happened in X2? Can we also write that off as a fingment of our imagination? Wasn't that a Singer film? Apparently the greatest of all Xmen films?

[BoredGuy]

^^ He was on a tv screen for all of 3 seconds.

It's called, "ignoring it"

[squeekness]

It could have been someone taking his place because Beast was in hiding. All that mattered was that Hank's opinions were being expressed. :)

[chaseter]

So what happened in X2? Can we also write that off as a fingment of our imagination? Wasn't that a Singer film? Apparently the greatest of all Xmen films?

You will have to have to write off Patrick Stewart turning into James Mcavoy and Sir Ian turning into Fassbender. It was just a minor nod to fans. An easter egg if you will. Toy Story 3 has tons of Easter Eggs but nobody goes crazy when they see a toy of Lightning McQueen from Cars and then wonder if they are from the same toy verse where Cars is just an elaborate toy set in the world of Toy Story.

[Deaths Head II]

Wasn't Beast in X2 originally supposed to turn into blue Beast when Cerebro was being used on the mutants at the end? Maybe they'll implement that idea somehow with however that was actually supposed to work.

If not, I'm not going to lose sleep over a cameo.

[BMM]

They're ignoring cameos!?! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Oh, wait. We knew that months ago.