X-Men: First Class is the fifth installment of the X-Men film series, a prequel to the other films in the franchise that was released on June 3, 2011 in the United States.
It is an origin film focusing on the friendship between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr before they became Professor X and Magneto respectively and the creation of their mutant groups, the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants. The film is set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis against the Hellfire Club.
Just like Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine, Rebecca Romijn makes a cameo appearance as well in X-Men: First Class.
The model turned actress played Mystique in the previous X-Men movies. In X-Men: First Class, Mystique is known as Raven (whom Charles Xavier AKA Professor X treated as family, surprised?)
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Our favorite X-Men member Logan AKA Wolverine is actually in X-Men: First Class.
Hugh Jackman reprised his role as the cigar-chomping, hard drinking mutant with the adamantium-clad skeleton and claws.
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Before they become mortal enemies, do you know that Professor X and Magneto were actually bestfriends?
So, what happened?
The movie X-Men: First Class will answer that question. It will be an origin movie of sorts. Of how Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr became Professor X and Magneto respectively and how the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants were formed.
Is the fifth installment of the X-Men film series and prequel to X-Men.
X-Men: First Class stars James McAvoy as Professor X and Michael Fassbender as Magneto. It also stars Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw – the leader of the Hellfire Club as the antagonist of the movie.
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As the the fifth installment of the X-Men film series and a prequel to the first three movies, X-Men: First Class will focus on the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the origin of their groups, the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants.
While the movie is set to be released on June 3, 2011, its first official trailer was unveiled on its fan page facebook.com/xmenmovies.
Star Trek, the nth movie installment from the seminal Star Trek franchise has overtaken X-Men Origins: Wolverine as the number one film today by raking in $72.5 million on its opening weekend. Based on the film trailers I’ve seen, this one looks awesome. Parang Star Wars meets Transformers ang dating sa ganda ng trailer.
But the one thing that really caught my interest is the actor playing Mr. Spock. It’s Zachary Quinto! Yes, it’s super villain Sylar himself from the TV series Heroes. I’m a big fan of the series and in fact have already watched all episodes except that of Season 3 Volume 4. Pag may pirated DVD na nun, bibili ako, hehehe… Anyway, he is so despicable in TV that it’s refreshing to see him play a new role in the movies. It also happened that this is first movie role.
