X-Men The Early Years
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"It is the first class of Xavier's school, way back when, so it's young Scott, young Jean, young Beast and that'll be really fun," Donner is reported as saying on Coming Soon. "I think (the plan) is to follow some of the characters into their own stories, and weave them back into the X-Men world. And hopefully First Class will become its own franchise and we can follow them as they grow up." Just as long as they don’t recast Patrick Stewart and do that CG de-aging trick they used in the opening scene of X-Men III. That was just downright freaky. Donner also said that a Magneto film was still in development. |
X-Men movie producer Lauren Shuler Donner revealed in an interview on America's Fox Movie Channel that there are tentative plans for an X-Men Origins movie called First Class, which will feature the some of the original X-Men as young pupils at Xavier’s School For Gifted Youngsters.
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I remember watching the pilot for Generation X back in the 90's and of course there's been Mutant X which both had potential, aside from the daft plots and poor acting, so I can see the reasoning behind a Young X-Men franchise.
I only hope when it's made it's still aimed at mainstream fans and not dumbed down into kids movies complete with fart gags and "I love you dad" moments.
Posted by Pete (127.0.0.1) on April 15, 2009 at 02:17 PM BST #
I have to say, I was hoping that it would be Rogue etc, not the first few. Most of my favourite characters wouldn't be in the film at all... and my least favourite, Cyclops, would be.
Still, I'll certainly watch any X-Men they give us. I'm just holding out hope that one day they'll actually make some moves about the characters I really care about.
Posted by Lanta (127.0.0.1) on April 15, 2009 at 09:19 PM BST #
So I too second a team that includes Rogue, Shadowcat and Iceman. I would also love to see Banshee and have Nightcrawler back. Perhaps even a more rounded Angel (X-Men 3 is a bad dream best forgotten). Or Colossus, Forge!, Cable, Jubilee and Emma Frost.
I also want Mister Sinister as a main villain!
An Astonishing X-Men movie would also be cool.
Or what would be really slick. A NEW WARRIORS MOVIE!
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