Days of Future Past X-Men Origins: First Class--Post Your Casting Choices Here

[Electrix]

They'll most likely cast unknowns for the roles, especially if the team are going to be fairly young (12-17ish).

 

[cin0]

hmm i think actress Jurnee Smollet would make a good young Storm...I could care less if she doesn't look like Halle,

*NO WOMAN WILL EVER HAVE THE BEAUTY THAT IS HALLE,SO PPL NEED TO STOP THINKIN' THESE YOUNGER ACTORS NEED TO RESEMBLE THEIR ADULT COUNTERPARTS THEIRS ONLY SO MUCH HAIR/MAKE-UP CAN DO!!!*

just give her a decent white wig and a good dialect coach to teach her to speak w/a Keyan accent and I'll by it...

u mean the accent that halle had in the first movie and then completely dropped in the next?

 

[cin0]

I think your philosophy is incredibly flawed.

no its not. i cant say how many people see an actress that think is so good that they should play every female role, or that they think looks so good that they should play every role. i dont even think zoe looks good and i dont think she would be the right choice.

 

[Phoenix_Flare]

u mean the accent that halle had in the first movie and then completely dropped in the next?

yes...I didn't have a problem w/her Keyan accent, if wasn't good in X1 then she could have worked on making better in X2 & perfecting it in X3

 

[Retroman]

Wild suggestion here....how about Naturi Naughton as young Ororo?! Here she is dressed up as Storm at a Halloween party last year.

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I watched NOTORIUS on dvd last week and i thought she was good as Lil Kim plus i hear good things about her role in Fame.

 

[JP]

She's 4 feet tall.

 

[cin0]

yeah, she's definitely not tall enough.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

She looks like a little chunk...a turd in heels.

F*** No.


[blackout]By the way...

*crushes Retroman in a bearhug*[/blackout]

 

[J'adore]

julian mcmahon - Magneto?

 

[AG1973]

I am new to this site so forgive me if I make a statement that someone else has already made.

IMO if the movie is to be called the X-Men: The 1ST Class then it should be the X-Men's first class wich consists of Cyclops, Beast, Ice-Man, Marvel Girl, and Angel on the Red & White costume.

I personally feel that Singer has mutilated the X-Men franchise but I hope that in this reboot they get it right.

 

[AG1973]

On another note Storm should not be part of the team in X-Men first class. But if they were to use Storm Naturi Naughton as thick as she is does not have the gravitas IMO to be storm and shee is too short.

 

[Deaths Head II]

I personally feel that Singer has mutilated the X-Men franchise but I hope that in this reboot they get it right.

It's not a reboot. Its a prequel. Angel and Iceman won't be a part of the team because they would be too young at this point in the film universe's timeline.

 

[AG1973]

I should have said that this film should be a reboot because Singer mutilated the franchise. Almost as bad as he mutilated the Superman franchise.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

If we have another reboot I will die.

 

[Deaths Head II]

I should have said that this film should be a reboot because Singer mutilated the franchise. Almost as bad as he mutilated the Superman franchise.

I really don't get people who claim that Singer "mutilated" the franchise. He was the one that made X-Men a successful film franchise. Hell, he was one of the guys that started the modern super hero film boom.

 

[danoyse]

I really don't get people who claim that Singer "mutilated" the franchise. He was the one that made X-Men a successful film franchise. Hell, he was one of the guys that started the modern super hero film boom.

Exactly - it was because of him I got into X-Men in the first place. All I knew of it before the first movie was the arcade game, and the only reason I saw the movie was because I knew who weren't into superhero movies were raving about it.

And my X-Men-crazed friend at work loved the movie. I remember after I saw it he proceeded to give me the biography of every single character.

Yeah, now that I know the comics better, they're obviously different...but not a 'multilation' by far. He got it, he just created something that was accessible to everyone.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Exactly - it was because of him I got into X-Men in the first place. All I knew of it before the first movie was the arcade game, and the only reason I saw the movie was because I knew who weren't into superhero movies were raving about it.

And my X-Men-crazed friend at work loved the movie. I remember after I saw it he proceeded to give me the biography of every single character.

Yeah, now that I know the comics better, they're obviously different...but not a 'multilation' by far. He got it, he just created something that was accessible to everyone.

Bingo.

 

[AG1973]

I really don't get people who claim that Singer "mutilated" the franchise. He was the one that made X-Men a successful film franchise. Hell, he was one of the guys that started the modern super hero film boom.

I will give Singer that but the movies would have been just as successful if he would have followed continuity more closely. Singer ignored the essence of the characters Cyclops did as written in the films did not exude his natural leadership ability he came across as insecure and more of Professor X's bodygaurd. Storm was not strong enough, Jean was too old and Boby was too young.

Look at how good Iron Man was as a film. Downey channeled Tony Stark. Yes they made some modernizations and adjustments but they stayed very true to the source material.

And also consider BB and TDK after Shumacker reduced the Batman franchise to camp worse than the 60s Batman getting back to the source material made it work.

All I am saying is Singer ignored the source material. The X-Men story is a rich one there was no need to water it down so so much. X-3 was a fun movie to watch but it still fell short IMO.

 

[Deaths Head II]

Iron Man, BB and TDK came way after Singer's X-Films. Super hero films keep one-upping each other and the standard of quality is always being raised. It's easy to look at films from 2008 and claim they're more true to the source material seeing as super hero films have become a market and corporations are basically running to claim rights to characters. The market wasn't the same for super hero films back in the 90s and people seem to forget or simply ignore this fact.

Singer was more concerned of taking the source material and making legitimately good films that the public would respond positively to. And that's what he did. He didn't care what the fans would think because the fans weren't going to be the deciding factor: it was the general audience. Now there is a market for super hero films and in that market, we know super hero films can thrive and now there is more openness to loyalty to the source material. But it's only because of stuff like the Singer X-Films and the Raimi Spider-Man films that this is the case.

 

[danoyse]

Iron Man, BB and TDK came way after Singer's X-Films. Super hero films keep one-upping each other and the standard of quality is always being raised. It's easy to look at films from 2008 and claim they're more true to the source material seeing as super hero films have become a market and corporations are basically running to claim rights to characters. The market wasn't the same for super hero films back in the 90s and people seem to forget or simply ignore this fact.

Singer was more concerned of taking the source material and making legitimately good films that the public would respond positively to. And that's what he did. He didn't care what the fans would think because the fans weren't going to be the deciding factor: it was the general audience. Now there is a market for super hero films and in that market, we know super hero films can thrive and now there is more openness to loyalty to the source material. But it's only because of stuff like the Singer X-Films and the Raimi Spider-Man films that this is the case.

This x 1000.

If he'd stayed completely straight to the source material, it would have made the fans happy, sure...but in actuality they're really a small portion of the general audience. Singer made a film that had appeal beyond that, that people could relate to even if they'd never read a comic book. If anything, that film cured that camp stigma that Schumacher's last Batman films had left regarding the superhero movie genre.

And it's not like the didn't get it, either. He understood the franchise, but he took what he thought were the best parts of it and created his own story. That's why he didn't want the actors reading the comic books, why he made it clear as the film was being made that it was sci-film instead of a superhero movie.

It worked, and the genre's leaped since then. It's because superhero movies are in such a different place now I'm curious to see what he's going to bring back to it. Hopefully he'll take what worked best in his films and advance them with all the stuff they can do in these movies now.

 

[AG1973]

Iron Man, BB and TDK came way after Singer's X-Films. Super hero films keep one-upping each other and the standard of quality is always being raised. It's easy to look at films from 2008 and claim they're more true to the source material seeing as super hero films have become a market and corporations are basically running to claim rights to characters. The market wasn't the same for super hero films back in the 90s and people seem to forget or simply ignore this fact.

Singer was more concerned of taking the source material and making legitimately good films that the public would respond positively to. And that's what he did. He didn't care what the fans would think because the fans weren't going to be the deciding factor: it was the general audience. Now there is a market for super hero films and in that market, we know super hero films can thrive and now there is more openness to loyalty to the source material. But it's only because of stuff like the Singer X-Films and the Raimi Spider-Man films that this is the case.

Rami stayed very true to the source material with his first two films. What would be wrong with trying to make this new film closer to the source material?

 

[Deaths Head II]

Rami stayed very true to the source material with his first two films.

A lot of people would disagree. In fact now with the reboot news it seems everyone is coming out of the woodwork and complaining about how Raimi "ruined" Spider-Man with all three of his films and thank god Sony is rebooting to save us from Raimi and his horrible cheesy Spider-Man-in-name-only films.

Besides, Raimi's Spider-Man films also came after Singer's X-films and were able to raise the standards too. But Raimi's films were pioneering because Singer may have had the first modern super hero film but Raimi had the first modern super hero film with guys wearing masks.

What would be wrong with trying to make this new film closer to the source material?

It's not likely seeing as it's a prequel to the established film universe. They could maybe use this chance to fix some of the problems with the original trilogy (like showing Cyclops in a more heroic leadership role and giving Storm more to do) but the most important thing for me is that we get a good X-Film.

 

[AG1973]

I know that they have said that the upcoming X movie is a prequel to the ones that have already been done but it doesn't have to be.

They can do a re-boot that is closer to the source material and still make a very good film, heck it's sci-fi they can do that and do it right.

 

[BMM]

Most people don’t really give a damn about the original five, including those who advocate their inclusion in a reboot. Ask them about their ideas for sequels. It’s great. They almost always dump the original five for an entirely different line-up. It appears most just want to be able to say the movies are comic book “accurate.” In fact, I bet most people who advocate the original five have no interest in watching even two movies based on them, let alone more.

 

[Rodrigo90]

I think Clive Owen would make a good Magneto.