I don't think anyone could have anticipated how far the X-Men franchise would go following the release of the very first film - after Wolverine: Origins, it seems that more and more movies are planned along this installment and The House Of El, couldn't be happier.
The next upcoming X-Men group centered movie, planned for a 2011 release, is X-Men: First Class.
X-Men: First Class is intended to be about the young Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast and others who attended Xavier's school. Zak Penn revealed he was offered to direct the spin-off in 2007, which he explained, "The original idea was to have me do a young X-Men spin-off, a spin-off of the young X-Men characters. But someone came up with a pretty interesting idea - do a young X-Men movie which is not what you'd expect."
In July 2008, Fox filed the title X-Men: First Class.
Bryan Singer later signed on to direct X-Men: First Class in December 2009, returning to the series that he started with X-Men and X2: X-Men United. Jamie Moss, the writer behind the 2008 Keanu Reeves movie Street Kings, has also come on board to pen a new screenplay for X-Men: First Class.
In March 2010, Singer reiterated that the film will find its axis in the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the point where their friendship soured, while also detailing the beginning of the school for mutants, with younger incarnations of some characters with new actors in roles of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, etc. Also March 2010, Fox revealed that Bryan Singer will be producing X-Men: First Class instead of directing. The studio wants the film to start production as soon as possible in order to release it in 2011, and Singer is unable to do it due to other work commitments. In May 2010, 20th Century Fox confirmed that Matthew Vaughn will direct the film and announced the film will be released on June 3, 2011.
No one has presented a formal state on whether Hugh Jackman might appear as Wolverine. The current cast roster includes:
- James McAvoy as the young Professor X,
- Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr (Magneto)
- Benjamin Walker as Hank McCoy, (Beast)
- Alice Eve as Emma Frost
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