It looks as if 20th Century Fox is moving forward with the rumored young X-Men spinoff.
Superhero Hype stumbled across a listing in Production Weekly for X-Men: First Class, which shares a title with the Marvel Comics series by Jeff Parker and Roger Cruz about the original X-Men: Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman and Marvel Girl.
And X-MenFirstClass.com redirects to Foxmovies.com.
But is this the supposed prequel that was, perhaps erroneously, tied to Gossip Girl producer Josh Schwartz back in May, a feature focusing on a new generation of mutants, or something else entirely?
July 28th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Interesting idea. I see a young Scott Summers on the cast list for X-Men Origins: Wolverine over on imdb so I suppose it’s not beyond possibility.
If it was tied to the current movie incarnation (which would make sense), I guess it would be without Iceman and Angel though.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I would love to see a movie based on Jeff Parker and Roger Cruz’s comic book series, but I don’t see how that could happen. Like Rich said, it would have to be without Iceman and Angel. Still, a movie with a young Scott, Jean and Hank that has the same tone as the comic? I would very much be on board for that.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
This better be better than that GenX thing.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
This doesnt surprise me. They want more X-Men money…
Sounds good though, please go ahead !
July 28th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
I see this as Xavier and Magneto starting a school with Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Beast, Toad & Mystique. Throughout the film Xavier and Magneto’s visions of the future of mutantkind split the school.
July 29th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Marvel frequently plays up the original five X-Men as the focus of a particular issue, a mini-series, or (in this case) an entire title. X-Men: First Class is a nice book. I suspected that Fox would pursue a X-Men in High School project at some point and First Class is a nice reference for the project. But are the original five really the best characters that the franchise has to offer?
I don’t know Fox has in mind but I hope that they don’t feel too beholden to go along with the original five. If the project is set in the movie continuity, it is pretty tempting to focus on the new students and cast it (unofficially) as X-Men4. If the project is independent of all the others, they should pick the characters that best suit the story and rather than commit to the original roster for its own sake.