Posted on: August 23rd, 2010 Bryan Singer Reveals Big X-MEN FIRST CLASS Details
X-Men First Class, Matthew Vaughn’s prequel to the X-Men franchise, is one of those comic book properties seemingly riddled with rumors and unconfirmed casting and characters. And with the list of characters teetering dangerously near the side of “over-saturated”, some rumor control was direly needed.
X-Men and X-2 director Bryan Singer took an opportunity to clear up many of the rumors (and add some new information) surrounding First Class. In a recent conversation with AICN, singer spilled the following beans:
The film is set in the 1960’s with Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr in their late twenties. Xavier will not be in a wheelchair (though how he ends up in one will be revealed) nor will he be bald.
In terms of technology, the film will be similar in tone to the James Bond films.
The costumes will be vibrant and fantastical than previous films. AICN describes them as “comic bookish”. Singer hints that we could have our first peeks at costumes within a month.
Scott Summers (Cyclops) and Jean Grey will not be in the film, though Scott’s brother Alex, also known as the mutant Havoc, will appear, played by actor Lucas Till.
January Jones is confirmed for Emma Frost and Kevin Bacon is confirmed as Sebastian Shaw, leading the Hellfire Club as the film’s core villain(s).
The film is really starting to fill out, casting-wise, but frankly I’m a little worried that already we’ll be seeing too many mutants, a problem that weakened the third film. Not only that, but it seems they’re going with a lot more lesser known characters, some only the die-hard x-fans would know. That being said, here’s the cast of First Class as it stands now:
Magneto … Michael Fassbender
Professor X … James McAvoy
Beast … Nicholas Hoult
Emma Frost … January Jones
Havok … Lucas Till
Banshee … Caleb Landry Jones
Mystique … Jennifer Lawrence
Moira McTaggart … Rose Byrne
Azazel … Jason Flemyng
Angel … Zoe Kravitz
Darwin … Edi Gathegi
X-Men First Class will be directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, Stardust) and will hit theaters next June 3, 2011.
2 Responses to “Bryan Singer Reveals Big X-MEN FIRST CLASS Details”
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Adam Says:
August 23rd, 2010 at 6:09 pmInteresting, and you’re right, I’ve only heard of about half of those characters.
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Ben Rankel Says:
August 23rd, 2010 at 6:55 pmThis, admittedly, comes from the ‘fan boy’ part of me, but this movie looks like it is shaping up to be one dire fucking mess.