Bryan Singer’s indepth Details On XMen: First Class
Although not directing X-Men First Class, Bryan Singer is involved in the production of the film, along with holding a story credit with Matthew Vaughn’s film.
With all the speculation over casting recently, Bryan spoke online about more of the details of the new film -
- The story is based in the 1960′s. (possibly due to the cmic series starting in the 60′s??)
- The main story centres around Xavier and Lehnsherr (James Macavoy and Michael Fassbender) in their 20′s starting their mutant kind endevours.
- Xavier will not start in the wheelchair and has a full head of hair, so we hope to see how he is paralysed. (hmmm, which mutant will be doing that…?)
- The story adaption is not based on the comic X-Men First class, but ‘a new beginning for the X-Men.’ (is this another way of saying we are going to do our own thing?)
- The technology is inspired by the James Bond tech. of the 60′s and thecostumes “will be far more comic bookish than we’ve seen before.”
- Cyclops and Jean Grey will not be in the film (hmm, weren’t they the first Xavier school mutants?), but Alex Summers (Havoc, Cyclop’s brother) is in and played by Lucas Til.
- The Hellfire Club will be present in the film with Sebastian Shaw (KevinBacon) and Emma Frost (January Jones) as members. The costumes will besimilar to what they were in the original comics and Bacon may sport aponytail with a ribbon.
- The film will have a much more international feel, picking up withXavier attending school at Oxford University. Shooting will take placein England and the US. Because this is the 60s, Russia will berepresented.
According to AICN, the statement from Singer -
The film takes place in the 1960′s …. There is a spirit of a hopeful future that was prevalent in that time. We will see how Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr met—and how they dreamt of a future with Mutant & Human kind. They’re going to be in their late twenties. Xavier—as played by James McAvoy will not be in his wheelchair to begin the film — but we will see how he wound up in a wheelchair…. We’ll see McAvoy and Fassbender’s Magneto formulate what it is they are attempting by creating the X-Men.
Singer spoke mostly about the characters: Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw, and Havoc.
Emma Frost, formerly known as the White Queen, can read minds and project her thoughts into the minds of others. She also can transform her skin and hair into diamond-hard form.
Sebastian Shaw is a mutant who is able to absorb kinetic energy and rechannel it into superhuman strength, speed and durability. Shaw was born into a poor family but built a financial empire, Shaw Industries. Shaw and Frost are both part of the Hellfire Club.
Also, Kevin Bacon will be playing Seb. Shaw ‘The Black King’ of the secret society known as the Hellfire Club.
Start date of photography would be August 31st.
Read more about Bryan Singer Reveals Major X-Men: First Class Details, Including Kevin Bacon’s Role by www.reelzchannel.com
How much will end up in the film, as always, we wait and see, but it seems the theme will be more comic book based in look. Still, this is giving a good idea of the direction of the film.
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