Back in November we reported on the happenings of the next X-Men feature (following X-Men Origins:Wolverine of course), X-Men:First Class, and today we have word that the film will in fact be a prequel and not a sequel as was previously reported.
Lauren Shuler Donner, producer on all previous X-Men films and the upcoming Wolverine, spoke to Fox Movie Channel’s “Life After Film School” about the prequel and said, “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 said. “I think (the plan) is to follow some of the characters into their own stories, and weave them back into the X-Men world.” She added that, “hopefully First Class will become its own franchise and we can follow them as they grow up.”
Remembering back to our post in November, johnny thunders and Ryan both brought up good points that in order for this film to remain true to its comic that it needed to be about our current X-Men as kids….and it looks like it’s shaping up to be that way. It feels like they are re-visiting or even attempting to create another X-Men world on top of the one that’s already established. Depending upon how well Wolverine does, I bet Fox will just try and saturate the market with X-Men after X-Men products.
What do you guys think? Are you more excited about this?
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Scotto
While I usually am the guy that says, ‘come on, come out with a new idea,’ I would say that I might be up for this. I am always curious how things begin. That’s why the Star Wars prequels were so good for me, because I wanted to see how it all started! I would say that is also why I am ready to see Star Trek.
April 15, 2009 at 10:23 am
Dan
You liked the Star Wars prequels? Wait, so do you consider yourself a Star Wars fan? If you answer yes, then you couldn’t possibly have enjoyed the prequels!! Come on, Jar Jar?!?!
I am glad you brought up the Star Wars prequels because that’s the fear I have with these movies. They are going to try and go as far back as they can, leading up to the first X-Men, and in the end, I think the quality will be degraded movie after movie.
I fear the prequels.
April 15, 2009 at 10:33 am
Scotto
Yeah I liked them. You’re telling me that you didnt like finding out how Vader was Luke’s father? Come on now. The movies themselves will always have flaws, but overall the concept of learning how the characters get their start…it is good. The movie might lack a little, but it doesnt always make for an overall bad movie.
And like Terminator this summer, it will be fun to see the beginning of the end! But back to X-Men…
I am not a comics guy. I have read a few in my lifetime, but not enough to classify myself as a true reader. So from that sense, just out of shear curiosity…I am all over these movies. It’s fun to see how the characters got their start.
After reading some of the comments, personally, I think with very movie you take a risk whether its good or bad. Some movies we’ll agree to and others not so much. But that again is the beauty of the opinion. We all entitled to them, kind of!
April 15, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Dan
I was intrigued by the idea of the back story, yes, but not at the expense of the quality that Lucas put forth.
Interest and intrigue isn’t enough for me to like a movie or completely dismiss its obvious flaws and quality…but, that’s just me.
April 16, 2009 at 9:25 am
Donna
I agree with Dan on the Star Wars prequels..I didn’t enjoy them and didn’t feel like it made the Star Wars series any better.
April 15, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Ryan
I fear that this iteration of X-Men (not unlike its comic counterpart) will be campy and kitsch, just like the Star Wars prequels. I’m even worried about that a little bit with Wolverine. If it’s anything like the comic book, though, I won’t be interested. Ok, I will, but I won’t admit it.
April 15, 2009 at 3:13 pm