I may be one of a small crowd when it comes to my opinion on the X-Men: First Class sequel, but I am totally jazzed about the impending arrival of X-Men: Days of Future Past.  It is one of my favorite storylines and I’m very happy they’re making it into a film.  And I’m double-plus-mega-happy that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are coming back to reprise their roles as the old-fogey versions of Professor X and Magneto.

One other person is happy about returning to the sequel, and that is Sir Ian McKellen himself.  In a brief interview with The Huffington Post, he had a few things to say…

About wanting to reprise the role:

What a gas! I mean, Patrick Stewart and I have been have just been playing “Waiting for Godot” throughout England and in the West End of London. So, we’ve stayed in touch. We can’t believe it [laughs]. I thought these were Fassbender and McAvoy’s parts, but — no, no — we’re back. We’ll give them a run for their money. I mean, I haven’t read the script, so I don’t know how much we’ve got to do. But, to be back in that world, and for Bryan to be doing it — with all the success he’s had in the meantime — it’s wonderful.

And about his opinions of Michael Fassbender as Magneto in First Class:

I thought he was better than me. But, we weren’t quite playing the same character because he was so much younger than me.

And, unfortunately, that’s about all the Post got out of him.  But at least we are likely to hear a lot more in the future as X-Men: Days of Future Past draws nearer to its scheduled release date of July 18, 2014.

Thanks to ComicBookMovie for the heads-up.

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Admittedly, I have a huge man-crush on actor Michael Fassbender. He charmed the shit out of me with his portrayal as Magneto in X-Men: First Class. He’s been consistently good in all his recent flicks too (The Dangerous Method, Shame). He’s a brilliant actor who’s got the “IT” factor, whatever “IT” is. So, now comes the question…would I like a shirtless Michael Fassbender? I’m comfortable enough with my sexuality to say that my eyes wouldn’t mind. What can I say, he’s a pretty man.

Where am I going with this? I don’t really know. I’m exercising poor homoerotic undertones as a set up for some super hero casting news. So let’s get on with it then, shall we? According to Screen Daily, Fassbender will be playing the character Sláine in a upcoming adaptation of the 200AD comic.

Sláine? 200AD?  What? Do you not not your Irish lore? *clears throat* The character of Sláine from the 2000AD comic was based in part on Conan The Barbarian, but drew his most direct influences from the Celtic hero of legend Cú Chulainn.

So, Fassbender will be playing him in a movie produced by his own McCool Films. Fassynating! Seriously, an Irish actor, playing an Irish character based on an Irish legend? Sounds good to me.

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To which I say, “YES! Give me more Michael Fassbender!!” Really, that’s all I need to be happy. Fassbender moving metal shit with his mind and having many, many sexy, subtext-laden conversations with James McAvoy.

Hey, a girl can have her fantasies, too.

Anyway, MTV chatted with X-Men: First Class‘ screenwriter, Simon Kinberg about writing First Class and what we’ll be seeing in the sequel,

I’m a huge X-Men fan. I grew up loving the comic books and it was really exciting to be able to do the origin story of Xavier and Magneto, and getting those two actors, [James] McAvoy and [Michael] Fassbender, were really amazing. So being able to explore those characters with actors of that quality will be exciting a second time around, and doing some things unexpected with those characters, which is the plan.

That’s what was so cool about the first one and what we want to continue. Magneto becomes the villain ultimately of the franchise but he’s a much more complicated character as a young man. He’s someone you sympathize with, you care about you root for even though might not necessarily agree with his methods, you understand his philosophy.

More Erik and Charles! Thank you, Simon for reading my mind. Now please leave before things get dirty.

Seriously, screw the rest of those mutants, they’re boring. The most captivating storyline in First Class is Erik’s journey from victim to hero to villain. Hopefully we get more of this in the sequel.

I think the truth is ultimately that because Michael is such an interesting actor, he’ll never be full-on anything. He’ll have a villainous side and he’ll have a sympathetic human side you’ll be able to relate but you’ll also be afraid of him. He becomes Magneto, he says ‘Call me Magneto’ at the end of the first movie.

Oh, and please give him an awesome Magneto costume. The one at the end of First Class is laughable. It looks like something he pulled together that morning and only because you have Fassbender wearing it does it not look completely ridiculous. But guys, come on, you can give him a better outfit than that.

Check out a video of the interview from the premiere of Kinberg’s latest film, This Means War, below.

What do you want to see from First Class‘ sequel?

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A mere six years after Civil War changed the Marvel Universe forever, or at least until the next event, Marvel Comics is taking an imaginative leap for their next big event coming to comic stores in 2012: superheroes fighting!

But this time, however, the story will be more contained to the heroes that make up the X-Men and the Avengers. In the creatively named Avengers Vs X-Men, the two teams clash when a powerful Force (hint hint), both a friend and a foe to the X-Men, returns to the Earth. In other words, to quote The USA Today:

Kicking off in a special “zero issue” prologue in March written by [Brian Michael]  Bendis and [Jason] Aaron, Avengers vs. X-Men begins the next month with an extinction-level event barreling its way toward Earth, namely the cosmic entity of death and rebirth known as the Phoenix Force. It’s looking for a new host who will possess all of its power, which may or may not be the mutant teenager Hope Summers.

Cyclops, Wolverine, Magneto and the other X-Men want to protect her and prepare her if she’s to be the new Phoenix. Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man and their fellow Avengers want her handed over to them so they can figure out what to do with her and keep the world safe from a potentially fiery fate.

Suffice it to say, tensions — and fisticuffs — arise.

The return of the Phoenix Force has long been hinted at, but do the X-Men and the Avengers really have to fight about it? I suspect this question will be answered in the weeks and months to come.

Source: Topless Robot

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The fine fellows over at HISHE (How it should have ended) have put together how X-Men First Class should have ended.  That’s what they do. There are some interesting insights into the movie that I never really considered at the time. The helmet line is classic.

Which side of the mutant fence would you fall on if you have mutant powers?

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On December 20th X-men arch enemy and metal bending mutant Erik Lehnsherr, better known by the name Magneto, will be given a new character skin for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. These new duds of his has the nation of Spain pissed off.

According to Spanish reports, Zarzuela Palace and the royal house may seek a lawsuit if game company Capcom releases their latest DLC next month. Based on his appearance in The Pulse: House of M Special Magneto’s royal gear nearly matches that of King Juan Carlos. As king, and Captain General of the Armies, this look is his part of his royal appearance and worn for special occasions. You just can’t make a copy of it and have nobody notice.

Koch Media, the game’s distributor in Spain, has been warned that the depiction may infringe on the copyright of the royal figurehead, but this is a strange case. Usually, a lawsuit like this can only be done for physical products and the uniform worn in game is a digital production of the king’s royal dress. Capcom has refused to comment on this yet, but maybe they never even noticed the mistake. For all we know their copyright police were off on a donut run at the time.

The look between the two is almost uncanny though, just look at the medals and that shitty looking wallpaper. The only difference is that Magneto has a chin of Bruce Campbell proportions and you can’t copy that.

Via: Kotaku

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X-Men: First Class was a disgrace to comic continuity. There’s no question about that. However, if you disregard comic cannon, you’ll find the prequel offers a good deal of fun. Action, thrills, tough moral questions. It’s all there. In every sense it’s genuinely First Class (ba dum dum tish).

Anyway, if you liked the flick you’ll probably want to immerse  yourself in the ‘making of’ experience. It’s all in the BluRay, but if you’re too cheap for that, we got you covered. Thanks to YouTube user jasminemaomao, we have the full behind the scenes ‘Making Of’ videos. It’s pretty interesting stuff, or so I’ve been told. To be honest, I didn’t listen to any of the 8 videos below. I only watched for the boobs. January Jones, Jennifer Lawrence and Jane Goldman (she penned the script). X-Men: FAP Class.

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A couple of weeks ago TheWarpZone uploaded a Lady Gaga parody song X-Men Born This Way. They promised that if they got enough hits, they would put together a real music video for the song. The hits (470,875 at last look) kept coming and so the updated version was produced. Enjoy!

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Ryan from The Warp Zone went to see X-men: First Class last weekend and couldn’t sleep until he wrote this song parody based on Born This Way by Lady Gaga. Ryan promises to make a full story video if enough people demand it.

NerdBastards demands it!

Everybody needs to join in and get Ryan going on the full video. His magneto costume is pretty good and I’m betting he knows a couple of Cosplay ladies to spice up the video. Enjoy the video below and then let Ryan know what you think about a full video in the comments section below.

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The people behind the marketing for X-Men: First Class have been bombarding us with so many clips, sneak peaks, and characters trailers you’d think they’d have shown us the whole movie by now. Today we’ve got another batch of clips but one in particular will a be a treat. It’s our first good look at Emma Frost giving us her best icy, scary bitch.

Frightening? Yep, she’s a heartless sex-bomb who can read your mind and turn into near-indestructible diamond. You better run.

The other new clips are Magneto holding back a barrage of missiles, a little Magneto and Mystique scene, Sebastian Shaw‘s attack on the academy and Havoc and Banshee learning to control their powers. Check ‘em out below the cut. I don’t think I need to remind you, but head’s up, some of these clips could be spoilery.

X-Men: First Class opens June 3rd.

source: io9

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