Days of Future Past X-Men: First Class filming thread: News, reports, images etc.

[marvelrobbins]

Most likely If first Class grosses 150-80 Million domesticly(around what X-men and
X-men Origins:Wolverine did) that will Indicate First Class did enough to warrante
a Sequel.If First Class grosses 200 Million or more(reaching what X2 did or If It Is so well
recieved close to what The Last Stand did) domesticly that will indicate Singer and
Vaughn did what Fox was hoping and did what J.J. Abrams did with Star Trek reignated
Intrest In the franchise(meaning making money and creating excitemnet.Both the X-Men
franchise haven't done since X2) and then Fox would likely approve plans for a First Class sequel and allowing Singer to move forward with a X4(although technicanly this would really be called a X-Men and X2 sequel) after he finishes Jack the Giant Killer.

However If First Class only grosses In the 100-150 Million domesticly Fox may only want to devolp spinoff films.

Another thing to consider Is If there Isn't a X2 followed sequel the Wolverine could be the last appearance of Hugh jackman as Wolverine.

 

[Mulholland-Jr]

More than four is called an Anthology I believe...



I'm pretty sure those are ships, so he could be running on water which would suggest Riptide... but then again it kind of looks like he's running on a shore so I may be talking out of my ass.

 

[Dr.Negative]

That could be Quicksilver or Northstar, the third picture must be Riptide due to the hand motion, the character is wearing a jacket, where as the other character is wearing some kind of action suit. It would make sense if it was Quicksilver given that the central characters of the story are Erik and Charles and features heavily there origin story.

However this characters hair is black which could lead you to believe its Northstar.

Its strange really, because i also feel that the facial detail looks alot like the actor they chose to play Beast.

Actually could it be that the character in that story board who appears clearly in cell 2 and 4 is different to the character that is running in cell 1?

The reason i say that is because the character in cell 1 is doing a classic Cyclops pose whilst running and when you look at the area around his eye, there looks like a visor or something there that comes infront of his eye area. Then i look at the character who is in cell 2 and 4 especially in cell 4, you noticed what looks like the tip of a round disk on the stomach of the character. Could this be Havok?

 

[psyonic]

That could be Quicksilver or Northstar, the third picture must be Riptide due to the hand motion, the character is wearing a jacket, where as the other character is wearing some kind of action suit. It would make sense if it was Quicksilver given that the central characters of the story are Erik and Charles and features heavily there origin story.

However this characters hair is black which could lead you to believe its Northstar.

Its strange really, because i also feel that the facial detail looks alot like the actor they chose to play Beast.

Actually could it be that the character in that story board who appears clearly in cell 2 and 4 is different to the character that is running in cell 1?

The reason i say that is because the character in cell 1 is doing a classic Cyclops pose whilst running and when you look at the area around his eye, there looks like a visor or something there that comes infront of his eye area. Then i look at the character who is in cell 2 and 4 especially in cell 4, you noticed what looks like the tip of a round disk on the stomach of the character. Could this be Havok?

1,2 and 4 are the same person because 2 is just a close up of 1. The arrow indicates he sees who he is running towards (3) ..

 

[JP]

A slightly interesting, yet completely unrevealing look at the Jeckyll Island filming of a boat scene.

 

[squeekness]

I seriously hate hand held camera. Too friggin jiggly.

 

[Mulholland-Jr]

Didn't player1 say the Hellfire Club might be on a boat?

 

[DCUmoviepage]

And finally, something: JANUARY JONES INTERVIEW

 

[The Original Bamfer]

Yep, we've seen.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I still really hope that any potential sequels (either to First Class, or to the main trilogy) don't ignore the continuity of ANY film.

Having not read any of the script details for The Wolverine, only what was described in this thread, that doesn't sound like it's -ignoring- X-Men Origins: Wolverine, only that it is continuing on with an unconnected story, which is completely fine.

If X-Men: First Class is merely unconnected to X-Men: The Last Stand or X-Men Origins: Wolverine, then that is fine. I just don't want to see it disregard any of the previous films. If a potential X-Men 4 continues with a story that is unrelated to X-Men: The Last Stand, again, fine, as long as it doesn't discount it.

Minor continuity errors are one thing. But purposefully tossing aside the canon of a particular movie just because isn't okay.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

If we get an X4, it better have Cyclops and he better not be demolecularized. And it seems continuity will be ignored, even if you try to tell me Kayla's sister wasn't supposed to be THE Emma Frost... And I want those films to be ignored. If it's Vaugn's plan to keep Singer's integrity, then I'm all for it.

 

[Project862006]

cyclops so called death in x3 was done in a way where you can say he never really died so he can work

 

[huzzah]

The way things are going I cant see an X4 happening unless they have a completely new cast of actors.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

Which wouldn't really surprise me, though I'm sure Marsden, Paquin and Ashmore would come back. Have Wolverine on leave and recast Storm. It'd be doable, though I think prequels would be their best bet.

 

[BMM]

Which wouldn't really surprise me, though I'm sure Marsden, Paquin and Ashmore would come back. Have Wolverine on leave and recast Storm. It'd be doable, though I think prequels would be their best bet.

I agree, as I've yet to see a particularly good storyline with regards to a potential X-Men 4. Most of them seem like tortured ways of negating The Last Stand without having the guts to say, "We're ignoring The Last Stand."

 

[X-Maniac]

I agree, as I've yet to see a particularly good storyline with regards to a potential X-Men 4. Most of them seem like tortured ways of negating The Last Stand without having the guts to say, "We're ignoring The Last Stand."

Well, that makes no sense.

If you are ignoring something, you don't come out and say 'We're ignoring it' because you are then acknowledging its existence and creating issues rather than ignoring it. The notion of ignoriing tends to suggest no mention or acknowledgement.

 

[BMM]

It does make sense. I could have phrased it better, but I think it's obvious what I'm saying. You're simply making something out of nothing. There are plenty of proposed X-Men 4 storylines that waste their time trying to undo the events of The Last Stand, while simultaneously rehashing the Dark Phoenix Saga. If one is going to go that far, why not simply ignore The Last Stand altogether?

 

[Wolverine1988]

X4 with no wolverine? Sounds wack to me, it's not like Wolverine HAS to be the main focus and hog the screen, iam sure if singer does another x-men movie he understand that Wolverine shouldn't hog everyones screentime, besides i felt it was x3 that was Wolverine overload and that wasn't even Singer's movie.

I dont get all the hate towards Wolverine, Hugh Jackmans Wolverine was awsome in the first two movies, i hope they do an x4 and Wolverine is in it, and iam sure he will be in it.

 

[X-Maniac]

It does make sense. I could have phrased it better, but I think it's obvious what I'm saying. You're simply making something out of nothing. There are plenty of proposed X-Men 4 storylines that waste their time trying to undo the events of The Last Stand, while simultaneously rehashing the Dark Phoenix Saga. If one is going to go that far, why not simply ignore The Last Stand altogether?

I see. Therein, I suppose, lies the difficulty of trying to continue a story that wasn't meant to be continued (at the time).

Intrigued though I am by Singer's vision for the Phoenix Saga, I think it's probably time to move on from that.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I feel it's going to make an already not ideal situation even worse if all we do is start to go out of our way to ignore or undo the events of a couple movies cuz they weren't as good as the others.

I'm sorry that Singer wasn't involved in X-Men: The Last Stand or X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but that doesn't change the fact that those movies were made, and it doesn't change the fact that those movies are part of the "official" continuity. Purposefully ignoring them, or purposefully trying to undo them just makes a bad situation worse through horrid storytelling tactics. The best way to rebuild the credibility of the franchise isn't to pick and choose what you want to accept, and throw out and ignore what you don't, but rather just make the best of the situation given the foundation you have. If done right, a lot of good stories can still be told within the framework of the established continuity, and I think the idea of prequels is the best way to go about doing that. There's no need to start throwing out continuity, and I find that to be bad storytelling form to begin with.

Like I said, certain continuity errors don't bother me. Having Emma Frost in this movie, when she was already in X-Men Origins: Wolverine doesn't bother me. Why? She was such a minor role in the movie to begin with, she was never referred to as "Emma Frost", and they are not even going to be using her same powers. Yes, I'd -prefer- that if Emma were to be used, it'd be a continuation of the Emma from the movie, but really, I see it as the same thing as 2 different Sabretooths. For one, it was done in a way that it's not even necessarily the "same" character (It was Sabretooth in X-Men, and Victor Creed in X-Men Origins: Wolverine), and two, in the case of Sabretooth, there still can be continuity between the 2 versions of the character, theoretically. While there can't really be much continuity between Emma Frosts, the fact of the matter is that's a continuity "error" that I can deal with.

But that's pretty much why I don't want any possible X-Men 4 to happen, because it's either going to proceed without any of the core characters (Xavier, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Rogue, Mystique, Magneto), or the entire movie is just going to be spent saying "Hey, what happened in X-Men: The Last Stand didn't really happen afterall!" and the franchise is just going to become an even bigger cluster**** than fanboys already think it is.

Retcons in comic books are one thing - retcons in a movie series is a whole different ball game.

 

[chaseter]

Putting another block on top of a wobbly block is pointless. Remove the weak parts and have a strong foundation to continue building.

 

[Angamb]

Definetly.

But dont make the same mistakes in the future (Fox). And dont fire Singer again.

 

[Crockett]

But dont make the same mistakes in the future (Fox). And dont fire Singer again.

What do you mean by again? Bryan was never fired from a X-Men movie.

 

[Angamb]

From X3.

He probably wasnt signed, but Fox didnt want to wait for him. Thats what I was meaning

 

[JP]

Let's just.. not. .