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Learn Which Mutants Are Joining Xavier, Magneto, Cyclops and The White Queen in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS!!

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Nicholas Hoult (who played the title character in “About A Boy”) will play Hank “Beast” McCoy and Caleb Landry Jones (who sold the Friendo guy his shirt at the end of “No Country For Old Men”) will play Sean “Banshee” Cassidy in “X-Men: First Class,” according to Mike Fleming at Deadline Hollywood.
Still no Angel or Iceman (who with Cyclops, Beast and Jean “Marvel Girl” Grey were among Xavier’s first students in the original funnybook), which suggests an effort is being made to not entirely scuttle the tortured continuity established by the four X-Men films Fox has fired at us so far. (Maybe that seventyish Patrick Stewart Xavier we saw at the end of “Wolverine” was just an illusion projected by the thrityish James McAvoy Xavier?)
As depicted in the illustration above, McCoy didn't acquire his fur until some time after he joined the X-Men.

Entertainment Weekly reports Lucas Till ("Hannah Montana: The Movie") could be negotiating to play Cyclops' kid brother, Alex "Havok" Summers, who can expel plasma blasts.
I imagine Grey could be the subject of the next casting announcement.
I seem to remember Banshee, who can fly and beat people up with his voice, was the Bill Murray of the X-Men, the first new member of the team introduced after the comic started. I could be misremembering. (Banshee also may have started the trend of mixing dirty foreigners like Logan into the team).
“First Class” comes to us from the "Kick-Ass" team of writer-director Matthew Vaughn ("Layer Cake") and screenwriter Jane Goldman.
The cast so far:
Charles Xavier: James McAvoy (“Wanted”)
Eric Lensherr: Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”)
Emma Frost: Alice Eve (“She’s Out Of My League”)
Hank McCoy: Nicholas Hoult (“About A Boy”)
Sean Cassidy: Caleb Landry Jones (“No Country For Old Men”)
AICN sources suggest Aaron Johnson, who played the title role in "Kick-Ass," will play Scott "Cyclops" Summers, though the EW story indicates Johnson will not be in "First Class."
Fox plans to release "First Class" next June.
Find Deadline's stories on the matter here.



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and a newbie too!
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according to Entertainment Weekly.
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Fuck, dude. Learn to spell. You're a goddamn journalist.
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Waiting for the Lord of the Rings Babies movie trilogy to officially kick off, so we can see Gandalf as a slightly less old, old man...
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This movie is seriously shaping up to be a major failure. I'm confident it'll make some change,but like in another X-Men talkback,it's just so Fox doesn't lose them to Marvel/Disney. *sigh*
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But by the third Banchee, I was actually wincing :(
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journalist? highly debatable
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Wouldn't Bobby's father be more like it?
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And not Madelyn. Banshee's history with the X-Men goes back to their original strip when he was an agent of the mysterious and, it turned out, malevolent Factor Three organization.
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...if anyone is interested.
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Interesting so far. Let's see where this goes.
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HAHA! Banchee!
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this is probably common knowledge, but im just starting to pay attention. Is there no Wolverine in this? in not, im starting to become interested.
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plz try to make cyclops interesting this time plz. ty.
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I'm just so worn-down and tired of reboot faggotry.
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July 8, 2010, 6:47 p.m. CST
I just can't bring myself to care at all about this movie
by superfleish76
Bancheechee or no, it is gonna suck.
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my wife said she heard the Lautner(sp?)kid was in the X-men movie. Any truth to this? Iceman maybe?
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That is how the casting seems at this point. I never thought Disney's buy out of Marvel would be the thing to save the Marvel Studio.
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I meant Werewolf
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Please refrain from posting comic news in the future, stick to coaxial so you are easier to ignore.
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...also according to EW.
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July 8, 2010, 6:53 p.m. CST
not too mention it's spelled correctly on the comic you posted
by JackSlater4
you fool
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Who gives a shit when FOX/ROTHMAN/AVID or whoever else is out to make toys and water it down for the masses. Don't try and kick that football yet again, Charlie Brown.
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Are you shitting me?
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It's not like Herc had to even remember how to spell the name Banshee, it's written in big letters on the cover. Doh!!!
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Remember, the X-Men were teenagers when they started. If not for Xavier's academy, they would have been going to HIGH SCHOOL.<p> If you want to bitch about their ages, bitch about Marvel Girl being portrayed as in her mid-thirties in the previous X-Men films.
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X-Men 3 and Wolverine ruined these movies good. Show me Angel and Iceman and I may be on board.
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dickface
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This is how it should have started — with the original X-men. Not that I don't like Logan, he's a fav or mine but there are so many other X-men that would be cool to see on film.
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She's cute, a natural redhead and continue the Brit casting theme.
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July 8, 2010, 7:12 p.m. CST
The Bill Murray of the X-Men? Can you read?
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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So does Ashley Greene for that matter.
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July 8, 2010, 7:13 p.m. CST
Banshee will be wearing Borat's green thong-speedo
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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July 8, 2010, 7:15 p.m. CST
Bryce Dallas Howard will probably be Marvel Girl.
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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Hope they don't do what they did with Angel and Gambit.
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Wolverine's first appearance was in a Hulk comic, so fuck you Fox, we're using him too. Sue us.
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and tell him to 'roid the fuck up
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That's when X-Men went international. Russian with Colossus, Japanese with Sunfire, Irish or Scottish with Banshee, Canadian with Wolverine, African with Storm, German with Nightcrawler, etc etc. <p> Awesome issue.
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July 8, 2010, 7:23 p.m. CST
Do you know what happens to a toad when it gets struck by lightn
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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July 8, 2010, 7:29 p.m. CST
Avengers script needs to be tighter than Harry's waistband
by JackSlater4
to save that movie
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Should have just been a bad ass HBO series. The movies got everything wrong from the first one. The wasted dynamic of Cyclops and Wolverine was the biggest mistake. How awesome would it to have seen them grow from rivals into competetive friends, teaming up and kicking some serious ass as a pair. We never got that.
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July 8, 2010, 7:32 p.m. CST
I wonder if young Storm will have a pseudo-Jamaican accent again
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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July 8, 2010, 7:35 p.m. CST
They should use Chamber for the Wolverine void
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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July 8, 2010, 7:36 p.m. CST
..and Skin and Husk. Damn, need a Generaton
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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July 8, 2010, 7:37 p.m. CST
Sorry, drunk and iPhone posting don't mix
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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July 8, 2010, 7:38 p.m. CST
If Storm is in it, they need the girl from Vampire Diaries
by JackSlater4
http://tinyurl.com/286mgjj
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July 8, 2010, 7:40 p.m. CST
They would need to do the whole African goddess plot for Storm
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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July 8, 2010, 7:40 p.m. CST
Some of you still convinced Singer respected source material
by Immortal_Fish
What a laugh.
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...has improved since he played Nic Cage's son in The Weather Man.
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July 8, 2010, 7:42 p.m. CST
Fuck Magneto. Gimme Sentinels or the Hellfire Club!
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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In the end, he made the good ones.
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July 8, 2010, 7:45 p.m. CST
Singer fucked Cyclops up and made Wolverine the standout.
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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http://www.you tube.com/watch?v=oi2iog_XFAE
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He's becoming the movie Lex Luthor for the Xmen. Give them someone else to fight and pull a Batman Begins at the end heralding Magneto (played by Daniel Craig) in the sequel. That's what pissed me off about the first trilogy. The "funny books" had a wealth of storylines and baddies to adapt.
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And when am I going to get to see some Cable!
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not that its a huge deal but can't we find any american actors to play americans. I'm not trying to be xenophobic or anything and the best actor for the role should get the job I just think its ridiculous that the cast is over have british at this point
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is usually called "abortion".
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http://movies.ign. com/dor/objects/14343587/machete /videos/machete_trl_070810 .html
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Funny, that. Does that make Wolverine Eddie Murphy?
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The baddie from Avatar should play Cable. Not that Cable will ever be in an X-Men movie, ever. But if he was....!!
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... this isn't my X-Men. Feels like it's targeting the 13-20 year old market rather than those of us that read the comics in our teens back in the early 90s. Moving along....
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Actually, that casting is so fucking spot-on that they should just go ahead and make a Cable movie for that very reason. It'd be another George C. Scott/Patton.
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Are you serious? They've been making X-Men comics since the early 60s. Why should they cater to the interests of those who were reading it in the early 90s, specifically? That's such an odd complaint that I have to figure you're just having us all on.
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Him and Wade on the same team....deadly.
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the team had already been established, the school had been founded and Cyclops and Jean Grey had already "graduated" and became teachers. This is simply telling the origins of Chrle Xavier's first students hence the title "First Class." So, obviously they are gonna be younger than they were in the first films. So, everyone can choose to continue bitching about it or... Get over it already.
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This is the ultimate cool news!!!!!!
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Hank calls Jean a credit to her gender when she (and apparently he) doesn't know the difference between pliers and a screwdriver?
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if we can't get an edit button, neither should the "journalists." Once a Banchee.. always a Banchee.
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were obstructed by the ord balloon. My question is "who the feck is Calvin?"
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...diver when she sees one. Pliers? (panel 1 above) Is the Beast just as clueless, or is he as big a patronizing, misogynistic ass as he looks? Also, I NEVER post here... why now, and for this??!11
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He can Mimic the powers of other mutants. Sorry oneblood but if you take a look at the little dots indicating Jean using her TK she is only moving a screwdriver. I agree with Chuckles, Hank is condescending to Marvel Girl in spectacular fashion. Credit to her gender indeed.
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He can Mimic the powers of other mutants. Sorry oneblood but if you take a look at the little dots indicating Jean using her TK she is only moving a screwdriver. I agree with Chuckles, Hank is condescending to Marvel Girl in spectacular fashion. Credit to her gender indeed.
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Was that a double post or did Calvin mimic yours. a ha ha ha. Sorry, couldn't resist.
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okay think about it. The original x-men team was mediocre at best. It was not until Claremont rebooted them with giant-size X-Men 1 that they became the franchise we all know and love today. Iceman, Beast, Angel, were just not as interesting or dynamic as Wolverine, Colossus, and Storm. Albeit Iceman and Beast found their feet years later (Beast, not until he became an Avenger with blue fur). They're just not as compelling as the newer team. 3 Movies of Magneto are enough. Move on already. In 40 years of continuity, there are other worthy villains. Bring back Patrick Stewart as Prof X and actually give him some good lines and something to do rather than step out for the last act of the movie.
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a Defender rather than an Avenger when he went blue.
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He later joined the Defenders and the lamest run ever with Angel, Iceman, Valkerie, and some other lamos
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Havok is the Brad Hall and Sunfire the Tim Kazurinsky.
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Or uniforms, I guess you'd call 'em. No costumes makes this movie nothing more than SKY HIGH.
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Kurt Russell and Bruce Campbell....
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to see this thing flop miserably on its ass. Except for the Dark Knight and IM2, most of the comic book movies released in recent years have been total shit! I mean, I was mesmerized by the Watchmen trailier like most people, and for me it was one of my most anticipated movies of ANY genre for years! And then, while it had its moments, and was in many aspects faithful to the comic, I was completely underwhelmed. I've got my fingers crossed for Avengers.
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Scrap the crap and greenlight this!
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Discuss!
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Nicholas Hoult SUCKS ASS. He's an ugly little unibrowed twirp who was on Skins and for some reason a few idiots in the UK are pushing him in all sorts of Hollywood films now. He was in Clash of the Titans. Cheered when the bugger died.
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The fun parts were fun, but the rest was utter crap.
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Beast was a Defender at one point, and I *think* it was before he joined the Avengers. Oh, and Mimic was the only non-mutant to be a member of the X-Men.
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I thought those were 'casper','Archie', and 'Richie Rich'. The X-men is not a 'funnybook'! Do you know the difference?
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What the hell is Emma Frost doing there? She doesn't appear until deep into Claremont and Byrne's run - the Hellfire Club story that preceded Dark Phoenix. Classic stuff. So including Emma in this is totally out of whack.<p> What these hacks will do is what every Hollywood hack does to every superhero movie. They'll cherry pick the characters and stories (the source material) that THEY think is the coolest, add in a bunch of made up bullshit off of the top of their pointy little heads, then hack it all up into a screenplay, add crappy outfits and then film the piece of shit. 'Cause these Film Fucks ALWAYS think they can do it better.<p>
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Sean Cassidy was already an adult in the X-Men's early years. That kid in No Country is mad young. Nick Hoult is hot as fuck but Beast? BEAST?
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They need to mostly jettison any continuity from the prior (shitty) films and do a rough and ready '80s X-Men style thing with the Morlock Massacre and such. ADULTS, all the needed X-Men, new people, go from there.
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yawn
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yeah, but hollywood calls it "fast tracking" so, it sounds better.
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whatever role in X-Men: First Class. Seeing her in spandex = WIN
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July 9, 2010, 12:16 a.m. CST
Non-furry Hank McCoy made TV screen appearance in "X-Men 2"
by njscribe44
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They need Polaris to help fill out the roster a little, especially if they are leaving ice-man and angel out. Not really sure if this is a reboot or a prequel. And if they do have a younger Storm I hope she has the mohawk.
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Look her up.
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..big steaming pile of shit on a dick. Fuck this stupid movie in it's ear.
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followed by Havok and Polaris. Banshee joined the team along with the rest of the 2nd generation in Giant Size #1. Also at some point Changeling replaced Professor X, so some would count him.
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Nicholas Hoult??!!
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They're going the Harry Potter way with this movie aren't they? This is turning into a kid-fest... Why do I have the feeling the new Spider-man will be receiving the same treatment... You think Marvel is trying to draw in a younger reader base?
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I'm not saying that this is great casting news nor that comics continuity should be ignored. But sometimes the crazed fanboy responses to stuff like this make me shake my head. Look, the reality of the situation, like it or not, is that there are a million reasons for the choices made in adapting a property. Is there anything inherently wrong with the original X-team? For comic fans, obviously not. They sold a bunch of comics and were the foundation of the franchise. Now ask yourself: continuity aside (which comics themselves ignore ALL. THE. TIME.), is there anything *inherently* wrong with the team that is shaping up right now for the film? And is your answer to that based on your comic book understanding of those characters or is it based on a film understanding of those characters? <p> I argue hard with my coworkers at the studio for whom I work that there's no point adapting material if you're going to completely ignore what makes it great and who the characters are. This doesn't appear to be completely ignoring either at the moment. Maybe it will eventually, but reacting to the cast of characters alone as though it's some kind of kick in the nuts to your precious comic book is missing the point. An adaptation is an adaptation, it's not a motion comic. <p> It just strikes me sometimes that there are an awful lot of armchair quarterbacks hereabouts. Which is fine, that's part of the point of an AICN talkback. It's just when the level of invective reaches a certain point based on SO LITTLE that I find it bothersome. <p> And yes, everyone, I will take my elitist moralizing and fuck off. Sorry to interrupt the hate parade.
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It was Len Wein, the creator of Wolverine, thst "rebooted" the team with Giant X-men #1. <P> He wrote that issue and co-plotted the subsequent early issues of the new team till Claremont took over in full.
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The first non-starting member to join the X-Men technically was MIMIC in issue 19 - though he quickly turned. Banshee *is* the first joining member to stay a member, however.
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Waggy beat me to it and is correct about Giant Sized X-Men #1. Remembered Mimic, fucked up banshee. Figure that one out... =/
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July 9, 2010, 3:40 a.m. CST
Hold the Hell up!! Banshee was a grown man and a villian of the
by The Founder
He was and what the hell is FOX doing. I'm sure Banshee was an Xmen villian b4 he joined up and he was also older then the Xmen. The man was well into adult hood.
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July 9, 2010, 3:42 a.m. CST
DAMN here we go again with FOX just screwing over history.
by The Founder
I can go with changes and lord knows we have with the Xmen films but this is just getting asinine. The ages are all over the fucking place. I'm pissed with all this Banshee is now a teen and Iceman an Angel aren't going to be there cause FOX introduced them poorly in the past films.
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July 9, 2010, 3:45 a.m. CST
Disney/Marvel please get the X rites back somehow!! Wolverine di
by The Founder
Not sure if it'll fly with Marvel somehow being able to use Logan too but if they can do it then go for it.
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IM2 was a pile of shit, too, to correct somebody's earlier comment.
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...the last time Vaughn was involved in X-Men we got X-Men 3. He's more responsible for the shit in that than Ratner, who came in and directed what was already developed.<P> Vinnie Jones as Juggernaut for fucks sake?!<P> ...and I'm not convinced about Aaron Johnson for Cyclops.<P> I just hope they actually give us a proper Cyclops, as that was a big problem with the other X-Men movies for me. They had perfect casting for Cyclops and fucked it up by not using him.
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I always think if you're gonna do a prequel with a different cast, crew etc just reboot the fucker (even though I HATE reboots. Even Star Trek). Get some actual high school kids (like 15/16 year olds)to play the core team and then follow them through the films, adding more X-Men along the way. As much as the Harry Potter films kinda suck (though POA was cool), having all the same cast and watching them all grow up was fucking cool.
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of constructive conversation happening on this site anymore. Let's berate the writer for a misspelling - yeah, that's the ticket.
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too bad they wont use that story line
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July 9, 2010, 5:07 a.m. CST
Jean gives Beast a screwdriver and calls it "PLIERS"???
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Hank was obviously being sarcastic when he called her "a credit to [her] gender." Or he just has a REALLY low opinion of women. Or he's just buttering her up so he can get in her spandex panties.
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...it should have included the flying 'Angel' character in the team right from the start.<P>Of course, the 3rd film screwed the pooch (just like Raimi's Spidey 3 did), so I couldn't care less now. Interesting to note that this kiddified reboot is making the same mistake of omitting 'Angel' though. It just 'aint 'X-Men' without that character...
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Seriously, you're practically recasting everyone anyway, so just relaunch the movie franchise with Xavier and the original 5 X-Men. The sequel you can redo the giant sized X-Men story where Xavier brings in Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, and Nightcrawler to find the missing original X-Men. 3rd movie of the reboot films could be an all out X-Men vs Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, with some Sentinels thrown in to make it interesting.
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July 9, 2010, 6:26 a.m. CST
Why are we crying about what's not been made....
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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July 9, 2010, 6:26 a.m. CST
..when in fact we all will collectively hate it no matter what.
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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July 9, 2010, 6:27 a.m. CST
I guess the X-Men Origins: Magneto is off the table.
by I_Only_Fill_Out_Subject_Lines
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based on how easy it would be to incorporate the characters into action scenes? To be fair, it still feels random. Are they going to make any reference to the fact that Banshee goes on to have a kid, who appears in X2? It'd be nice to think they're actually tying this into their, already, failed continuity.
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He was being coerced by Factor Three into being a villain. Something about explosive wired into his headband. Calvin Rankin "The Mimic" used his mimic powers to destroy the headband and save Banshee's life. He then helped the X-Men take down Factor Three. And also showed up a handful of times afterwards. Specifically, he got himself kidnapped by the Sentinels during Neal Adams' run and again by the Secret Empire in Captain America. Then he officially joined the X-Men in Giant Sized X-Men 1. And yes, he was an adult male in his 30's, smoked a pipe, was a former cop, Scotland Yard detective, and SAS officer. But I'm sure the kid who sold Chigur his shirt will pull off those complexities...
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was 8 years ago, is this really what you're citing Hoult in? Only last year he appeared as a supporting actor in an oscar nominated film. Fair enough you can relate certain actors to roles from years gone by but surely they're of specific cult or geek levels. Jackman is Wolverine or Bana is Hulk or Willis is McClane. Come on give the kid some better credit.
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Funny you should mention Harry Potter. I think the same visual effects crew are working on this.
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July 9, 2010, 7:56 a.m. CST
I like the stereotype Irish face Banshee has in that pic
by rev_skarekroe
At least he doesn't talk with an insultingly written accent, a la Claremont.
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It amazes me that fanboys can easily accept multiple universes where things are different in the comic books, but the second someone changes a single detail in the film they start acting like spoiled children. Just pretend the X-movies exist on Earth-585 or whatever and stop your bitching.
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about Alice Eve as Emma, even though that would put her a decade or so older than the other X-Kiddos. ah well, i guess they have to have a hot chick in there somewhere.
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Bleach that mane of hair. Presto. Or do I have the Irish/Scottish thing mixed up like a Mike Myers SNL skit?
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July 9, 2010, 8:08 a.m. CST
the whole fucking industry needs a boot put up its ass
by alienindisguise
creativity is dead. most of these comics are garbage on the page to begin with so its never a surprise when they get turned into a steaming pile of shit called a movie.
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I agree when it's about costumes and shit. But when and exciting character dynamic is replaced by a more generic, boring one (Wolverine is now a tall handsome, charming hero, characters and plot are orbiting around him) I think the bitching is somewhat validated.
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With the ambitious, yet potentially disastrous, Avengers movie coming as well as reboots of X-men and Spider-man, what are the odds that the comic book movie bubble is about to burst? I'm laying down 50/50 odds.
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Though I don't know who decided that. At this point we probably need to assume that the X-Movies and the Spider-movies and the Marvel Studios movies all take place on different Earths anyway.
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agreed, though i think if the decisions Fox made made more sense people would be more likely to play along. no one is asking for a Days of Future Past verbatim from the comics, but lets not kill off major characters for no reason and lets see some GIANT FUCKING ROBOTS.
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hey thats what i said.
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not big enough to play Beast...good actor but he's a skinny guy! weird
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I forgot. When I think of the Giant Size X-Men 1, I think of Claremont. I stand corrected.
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and then get head bonk amnesia at the end so he forgets meeting them all.
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The absence of Iceman and Angel they are trying to piece together some sort of cohesive narrative from the other movies?... So is this supposed to take place in the 80's or something then?
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I'm sure all the movie reviewers will love it the same way they loved that lousy Wolverine movie. Like a chump I decided to trust the reviews and saw it at the local dollar movie theatre. I want my buck back along with $4million for pain and suffering!
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if you can't have Iceman or Angel. I guess they're going to replace the Angel/Cyclops rivalry with Havok/Cyclops. It's a shame, because that dynamic was often about class differences (Warren being the rich snot-nose and Scott being the abused kid with a chip on his shoulder). It seems all Scott had in the early years were rivalries. But if they do Alex and Scott, I really hope they find a way to work in Nathaniel Essex (aka Mr. Sinister) and his genetic engineering. If they're going to go all prequel on this, it would make the most sense that they actually explore the roots of mutancy. But with Rothman still in charge at Fox, I expect nothing but a clusterfuck. He already fucked up the Beast casting - had a guy hired and under contract, and because he wanted to follow the Twilight trend, decided to go younger and fired that guy, couldn't find the right person, tried to hire the first guy back, but by that point Walker had already committed elsewhere. Now they have some skinny Abercrombie kid. Really, there will never be a decent X-Men film until Rothman gets shit-canned.
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will this be in some period? How are they going to set it? If Magneto was in the Holocaust, it would be great if it was in the early 60s like the original X-Men, but of course that wouldn't make sense for the later continuity.
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It beggars belief. The guy has his own franchise with KA. Matthew, please, don't screw up a promising career (unless this is your 'one for the studio').
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they're trying to appeal to a younger audience which usually means they will set it in the modern era because most young folks are only interested in the era they are living in.
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I just can't find myself getting excited about this. I love Vaughn's work and I think the casting of McAvoy and Fassbender borders on brilliance. But this franchise is just played out to me... hell, I even found X2 a little overlong and masturbatory. then the schlocks of X3 and Wolverine came out, and now anything with this franchise's name on it puts a bad taste in my mouth. if anyone can deliver a good flick, its this cast and crew... but will Fox let them?
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Well according to the reliable Latino Review.
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...in ze comics?
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I guess no one wants to kick out a check to Rob Liefield. http://tinyurl.com/2aukxjb
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Seriously. Every time someone mentions this movie, they throw in a picture of the old yellow and blues. It shares a title, that's all. If you've seen the other four movies based in this fucked up continuity, you can anticipate the tone and it's nothing like the 60s comics.
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Keep that whore face outta this!
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Keeping with the continuity of the previous movies is just a downer for me personally. They screwed up far too much in the original films. Cyclops is a pussy, Rogue, Iceman and Angel are annoying kids, Agh I could go on and on but this has been discussed here ad nauseum. Considering where many of these characters end up in the Last Stand, I could care less where they started. I can we care about Cyclops when we know is becomes nothing but Wolverine's bitch in the trilogy and eventually gets killed off screen by the poor rendition of the Phoenix. Fuck this prequel shit. Make it a reboot. That is all.
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Deadpool. That is all.
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Marvel: Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, Mr Fantastic, Captain America, Iron Man, War Machine (alternate Iron Man outfit) Elektra, Thor, X-23, Magneto, Dr Doom, Shuma-Gorath, Emma Frost, Deadpool, Super Skrull, Taskmaster, Juggernaut, She-Hulk Capcom: Ryu, Mike Haggar, Frank West, Chuck (alternate Frank West outfit), Spencer (Bionic Commando), Dante, Chris, Morrigan, Arthur, Amaterasu , Albert Wesker, Zero, Chun-li, Viewtiful Joe, Trish, Tron Bonne, Hsien-Ko, Akuma, Felicia
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X-Men and X2 are the only X-Men films in existence. I could care less about this dorky X-Men prequel or the Spider-Man reboot. The next Batman film is pretty much the only comic book movie I am looking forward to. The minute Marvel had a couple of successes with Spider-Man and X-Men they proceeded to option just about every single title in their library, regardless of whether the series was popular, relevant, or even any good to begin with. Not that DC hasn't released a few meh films (e.g. Superman Returns) and butchered perfectly cool characters like Jonah Hex. I guess I can take comfort in the fact that the comic book film, as a sub-genre, is still far better than video game movies. Name one video game movie that didn't suck?
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"Cyclops is gay, Wolverine or its FAIL." I guess their making this film for people who make statements like that....I guess I'll pass, and save my money for a real film.
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