Tag Archives: X-Men: First Class

J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 opened to $37 million at the domestic box office to take the top spot dueing a weekend that saw a major drop in box office receipts. After huge weekends from ‘Hangover 2’ and ‘X-men: First Class” only a last minute marketing push by Paramount allowed ‘Super 8’ …

Seems that every day there is news about another actor joining the cast of X-Men: First Class. According to Deadline, five more roles have been filled. January Jones has signed on to play Emma Frost, as well as Zoe Kravitz who will play Angel and Jason Flemyng will be Nightcrawler’s …

Matthew Vaughn is working at a furious pace to cast X-Men: First Class.  Now comes word that Jennifer Lawrence and Kevin Bacon are joining the cast, according to a report at The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. Jennifer Lawrence will play the shape-shifter Mystique, who was portrayed by Rebecca Romijn …

Rumors are flying everywhere when it comes to casting for Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class. According to everyone, Benjamin Walker was considered a lock as the Beast just a couple of weeks back.  Last week Walker left the project, presumably due to the studio’s concern regarding his age compared to …

X-Men: First Class finally has its lead villain.  According to Showbiz 411, the role of the young Magneto has gone to Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds). Fassbender had his choice of Marvel vilains over the last few weeks. He was already in talks to play the lead villain in Marc Webb’s …

James McAvoy (Wanted, Atonement) has landed the role of the young Charles Xavier (Professor X) in the upcoming film, X-Men: First Class, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. X-Men: First Class will follow the relationship between the young Xavier and Erik Lensherr (who later becomes his arch nemesis …

Thanks to her husband, talk show host Jonathan Ross, the world now knows that Jane Goldman, co-screenwriter of Kick-Ass, is hard at work on the new installment of the X-Men franchise, X-Men: First Class. Ross announced it via Twitter: “Also, for those who need to know, my wife IS currently …

Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick Ass, is in talks to direct X-Men: First Class, the prequel to 20th Century Fox’s hit X-Men trilogy. According to multiple sources, Vaughn was the top candidate for the job, but then passed last week after talks fell apart. The Hollywood Reporter stated that Bryan …