Days of Future Past First Class Official Casting Thread

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Thank the lord Taylor Lautner wasn't available.

My expectations for this film just took a nosedive.

It would be like casting Paris 'zero talent' Hilton as Emma Frost.

agree!

i'm glad Singer is not on the project anymore as a director after seeing that he wanted that d-bag from Twilight in the X-Men movie

still though, it is still a Fox movie and its history with the X-Men franchise has been less than flattering

i think the only good thing this move has going for it is who they cast as Xavier and Magneto, in addition to the awesome Kevin Bacon as the villain

i'll reserve any further judgment once pics and the trailer pops up

 

[JP]

Wow. .

 

[chaseter]

I don't think Singer was calling for Lautner...I think Rothman was.

 

[JP]

I don't think Singer was calling for Lautner...I think Rothman was.

But he just flat out said that he wanted him.

 

[chaseter]

I thought someone posted a link with Rothman saying he wanted Lautner and everyone talked about how he was trying to cash in on the Twilight craze. I am too lazy to go back in look, it really doesn't matter if it was Singer or Rothman...what matters is that Lautner is not in the movie.

 

[JP]

^Exactly.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I think at this point Singer will just distract Matthew Vaughn.

He needs to give Vaughn some breathing room. Producers shouldn't be doing the casting.

 

[chaseter]

I have heard many rumors about Singer picking people he is personally attracted to and trying to get them to do stuff with him if ya know what I mean. So if Singer wanted Lautner, if the rumor is true, I wouldn't be surprised just as much as I wasn't when I thought Rothman wanted him to cash in on the teen girl Twilight craze.

 

[BMM]

I think at this point Singer will just distract Matthew Vaughn.

He needs to give Vaughn some breathing room. Producers shouldn't be doing the casting.

Considering the very limited time First Class has for pre-production, and the fact that Singer helped build the franchise from the ground up, I have no problem with him helping Vaughn at this point.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Yeah so he can push his twilight friends into the cast.

Singers X-men movies are the past. We don't need a re-tread of his movies. That's the reason there's a new director. If Singer wanted to do an X-men movie he shouldn't have jumped ship to do Superman or he should free up his schedule to direct a sequel. No reason to put his fingerprints all over someone elses work. That's not the producers job.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Well, needless to say, it was grave tactical error for Bryan to release this little tidbit on the newswire. The entire worldwide web comic book community is seething with contempt over it...and the X-Men: First Class bashing has been rejuvenated.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

I have heard many rumors about Singer picking people he is personally attracted to and trying to get them to do stuff with him if ya know what I mean. So if Singer wanted Lautner, if the rumor is true, I wouldn't be surprised just as much as I wasn't when I thought Rothman wanted him to cash in on the teen girl Twilight craze.

I've heard this as well. It's interesting how this "news" has the gay online community ablaze too...apparently Lautner has a whole new slew of hopeful fans. Hahaha....

 

[squeekness]

agree!

i'm glad Singer is not on the project anymore as a director after seeing that he wanted that d-bag from Twilight in the X-Men movie

I actually don't have a problem with Lautner himself, I thought he was decent enough for what they had him do in Twilight. I just don't see who he would play is all.

I've heard this as well. It's interesting how this "news" has the gay online community ablaze too...apparently Lautner has a whole new slew of hopeful fans. Hahaha....

LOL, is Lautner even gay? I didn't think so..

 

[Silvermoth]

I'm gay and I don't think Lautner is hot. Definetely not Marvel material anyway .

 

[illest urban]

Here's another gay who doesn't see the Lautner appeal... so he went and worked out a couple months and came back with some abs... NEXT! Even the RUMOR of him being involved has me losing faith.

And don't get me started on the Meagan Goode news. Seriously!?!? The same Meagan Goode of Roll Bounce, You Got Served, and House Party 4 fame!? I mean, was STACY DASH busy or something, Rothman!? Geez. If they are going to go with a 30 year old, they need to quit messing around and hire Zoe Saldana or Kerry Washington. Otherwise, let's stick to young Black actresses who can actually ACT, like Keke Palmer, Kyla Pratt, and Jurnee Smollett. If Meagan Goode is cast as Storm, I'm done.

 

[JP]

Yeah so he can push his twilight friends into the cast.

Singers X-men movies are the past. We don't need a re-tread of his movies. That's the reason there's a new director. If Singer wanted to do an X-men movie he shouldn't have jumped ship to do Superman or he should free up his schedule to direct a sequel. No reason to put his fingerprints all over someone elses work. That's not the producers job.

Well, like it our not, this IS Singer's work. This is his story that he wrote the treatment for. Vaughn had to step in because Fox, as usual, decided to rush the project instead of wait for Singer to finish Jack The Giant Killer. As a producer, I'm certain Singer has a lot of say. And that's fine by me. He delivered two exceptional (albeit flawed) X-Men films and to have him and Vaughn team up is a great advantage.

 

[JP]

Here's another gay who doesn't see the Lautner appeal... so he went and worked out a couple months and came back with some abs... NEXT! Even the RUMOR of him being involved has me losing faith.

And don't get me started on the Meagan Goode news. Seriously!?!? The same Meagan Goode of Roll Bounce, You Got Served, and House Party 4 fame!? I mean, was STACY DASH busy or something, Rothman!? Geez. If they are going to go with a 30 year old, they need to quit messing around and hire Zoe Saldana or Kerry Washington. Otherwise, let's stick to young Black actresses who can actually ACT, like Keke Palmer, Kyla Pratt, and Jurnee Smollett. If Meagan Goode is cast as Storm, I'm done.

Oh dear God, Good is NOT in the film. Unless you can point me to the direct quote from Singer regarding Good.


It just ticks me off when we fanboys get in a tizzy over RUMORS. Especially baseless ones.

 

[illest urban]

No one is going to take away Bryan's brilliant casting choices of the past. He has done well with some very unconventional choices that, thankfully, have turned out to be powerful actors on screen.

However, I will take this from him: The fact that he even considered Lautner and Meagan Good for Storm speaks volumes to me. It shows that at least in the area of Storm, Bryan still doesn't "get it". And that's the way it is. To illustrate: Some comic book writers don't "get" certain heroes and therefore write/draw them terribly out of character. Reginald Hudlin's take on the Black Panther is a good example of that. Similarly, directors are capable of botching certain characters too. I personally believe that George Lucas is a solid director. Mark Hamil? Carrie Fisher? Harrison Ford? Excellence at its best. But his creation of Ja Ja Binx???? x 1,000,000. That wack casting choice marred those early prequels for a LOT of moviegoers. Kinda like uh....Halle Berry's Storm did for fans of this franchise.

All it takes is for one poorly cast actor to weaken the cohesiveness of an entire film to the point where the bad actor/actress actually detracts from it.

Compi, Do you want to go through another 8-10 years of watching one of the top X-Men being an eye/ear sore for an entire film with fans whining incessantly over it with no end in sight??? I do not.

So in the case of Storm, like I said, get Bryan OUT of the casting chair. He still doesn't "get the character" or her essence at all...even 10 years later. He's still going for paint-by-number, cardboard T&A eye candy and Meagan Good is definitely in that column.

Bad.

PREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEACH. I co-sign everything you say here. And let the church say AMEN! Seriously, we can't have Meagan as Storm. As a Black fan of Storm, I guess I just expect a lot. I want her to be the powerful, goddess-like character we all love... not some poptart Roll Bounce bimbo.

 

[illest urban]

Oh dear God, Good is NOT in the film. Unless you can point me to the direct quote from Singer regarding Good.


It just ticks me off when we fanboys get in a tizzy over RUMORS. Especially baseless ones.

Smooches.

 

[BMM]

Yeah so he can push his twilight friends into the cast.

Singers X-men movies are the past. We don't need a re-tread of his movies. That's the reason there's a new director. If Singer wanted to do an X-men movie he shouldn't have jumped ship to do Superman or he should free up his schedule to direct a sequel. No reason to put his fingerprints all over someone elses work. That's not the producers job.

Until this movie has secured everything and is ready to shoot, that is exactly the producer’s job. I have yet to hear of any movie in which a producer, who isn't producer in name only, is not involved in pre-production.

 

[JP]

Smooches.

Didn't mean to snap. This forum is just getting exhausting!
D:

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Well, like it our not, this IS Singer's work. This is his story that he wrote the treatment for. Vaughn had to step in because Fox, as usual, decided to rush the project instead of wait for Singer to finish Jack The Giant Killer. As a producer, I'm certain Singer has a lot of say. And that's fine by me. He delivered two exceptional (albeit flawed) X-Men films and to have him and Vaughn team up is a great advantage.

But you must admit, Singer pushing the twilight boy into the movie is a bad sign. It just shows he learned nothing from Superman Returns when he cast another boy toy as the lead.

also din't Vaughn revamp the script with his writing team from Kick Ass? As a producer, Singer should only step in when his help is requested. I don't think they needed his help casting people. Singer pushed his "friend" Taylor on Vaughn with no regard for the source material or the fans or the director. If he's going to make boneheaded decisions like this he need to back away and give Vaughn some space.

People assume Singer woul've made X3 a masterpiece but if Superman Returns was any indication, it could've been a disaster.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Great, another mousy mannequin for Storm.

Singer knows only 3 things about Storm:

1) Storm is female.
2) Storm is black.
3) Storm is attractive.

That's it.

As far as he's concerned any pretty black face can play her. Either he knows nothing about the character or he outright despises her.

Which one is it, Bryan???

 

[BMM]

What in the world are you talking about??? No one has been cast as Storm. Moreover, there has been no mention of Singer casting anyone in this movie, let alone Storm.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

^ Yeah, Messiah. It's just a rumour. Calm down.