Matthew Vaughn confirmed to direct X-MEN: FIRST CLASS; plus release date and plot info
Our long (read: less than a week long) national (read: movie and comic book nerds-ial) nightmare is finally over. The back and forth is done. Nikki Finke can stop screaming "TOLD YA!" at anyone who will listen. KICK-ASS director Matthew Vaughn is officially confirmed to helm X-MEN: FIRST CLASS.
In celebration of this news, Twentieth Century Fox has sent out the requisite press release, including the film's release date. Can you say "fast track"? The film will go into production this summer, to release next summer on June 3, 2011.
Hit the jump to read the press release, along with the very basic plot outline for this X-Men origin story!
BRYAN SINGER AND MATTHEW VAUGHN UNITE FOR X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
Twentieth Century Fox will release film on June 3, 2011
LOS ANGELES (May 4, 2010) __ “Kick-Ass” director Matthew Vaughn will helm X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, a new chapter in Twentieth Century Fox’s blockbuster series of films based on the Marvel Comics.
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS begins production this summer for a June 3, 2011 release. Bryan Singer, who conceived the story for FIRST CLASS and directed the original “X-Men” and its sequel “X2,” is producing along with Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg.
“I’ve been a fan of Matthew’s since LAYER CAKE,” said Singer. “He has a deft hand with multiple characters and storylines, and a great love of the X-Men universe. I feel the combination of this story and his vision will make for an exciting and original X-Men film.”
Added Twentieth Century Fox president of production, Emma Watts: “X-Men: First Class presents an exciting opportunity to further explore the history and relationships of these beloved characters. Matthew’s combination of talent, verve and vision is perfectly suited to the task.”
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
With this news, I have to ask the inevitable question - who is on your dream FIRST CLASS casting roster?
Source /Film, Twentieth Century Fox
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