X-Men: First Class has added yet another new cast member. According to ComingSoon.net, actor Jason Flemyng has been cast as the villain, Azazel. In the Marvel universe, Azazel is Nightcrawler’s father and made his first appearance in “Uncanny X-Men #428 in a storyline called “The Draco” where we finally learned that Kurt Wagner a.k.a Nightcrawler was the son of the lead of an ancient race of mutants, from biblical times no less, who looked like demons and who could teleport by opening portals into other dimensions.”
X-Men: First Class, which is directed by Matthew Vaughn, also features the acting talents of James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, Edi Gathegi, Kevin Bacon and Michael Fassbender. The film which will chart the epic beginning of the “X-Men” saga and follow Xavier and Magneto, who turn from being close friends and allies, into bitter enemies.
X-Men: First Class is currently set to explode onto screens on June 3, 2011.
The cast of X-Men: First Classcontinues to grow! Variety reports that KevinBacon has signed on to star as the as-of-yet unspecified villain of the film. Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone) has also joined the cast where she will play Mystique (a role that Rebecca Romijn played in the first three films of the franchise). The actors join the previously announced Michael Fassbender as “Magneto” and James McAvoy as “Professor X”.
Matthew Vaughn is directing the film which will chart the epic beginning of the “X-Men” saga and follow Xavier and Magneto, who turn from being close friends and allies, into bitter enemies.
X-Men: First Class is currently set to explode onto screens on June 3, 2011.
A brand new teaser poster for Robert Schwentke’s RED, the big screen adaptation of Warren Ellis‘ graphic novel about a group of retired CIA agents, has hit the web! Check out the poster and the trailer below.
The film stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker and Helen Mirren are retired CIA agents who have to get back in the game to stay alive. Check out the trailer and the official synopsis below.
Official Synopsis:Frank, Joe, Marvin, and Victoria used to be the CIA’s top agents — but the secrets they know just made them the Agency’s top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive. To stop the operation, the team embarks on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history.
Alice Eve has been cast as “Emma Frost” in Matthew Vaughn’s highly anticipated superhero flick X-Men: First Class.
The actress joins the previously announced Michael Fassbender as “Magneto” and James McAvoy as “Professor X”.
The film will chart the epic beginning of the “X-Men” saga and follow Xavier and Magneto, who turn from being close friends and allies, into bitter enemies.
X-Men: First Class is currently set to explode onto screens on June 3, 2011.
In comics lore, Frost was originally a villain called the White Queen who eventually became a member of X-Men, then a teacher at Xavier’s School of Gifted Students.
Michael Fassbender has officially been chosen to star as Magento in Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming X-Men: First Class film.
Fassbender will star opposite James McAvoy, who has previously signed to play Charles Xavier aka Professor X, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Fassbender’s recent on screen exploits include roles in Jonah Hex, Inglourious Basterds and 300. The young actor will next appear in Neil Marshall‘s highly anticipated film, Centurion, which hits screens in limited release on August 27th, 2010.
The film will chart the epic beginning of the “X-Men” saga and follow Xavier and Magneto, who turn from being close friends and allies, into bitter enemies. X-Men: First Class is currently set to explode onto screens on June 3, 2011.
The first trailer for Robert Schwentke’s RED, the big screen adaptation of Warren Ellis‘ graphic novel about a group of retired CIA agents, has hit the web!
The film stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker and Helen Mirren are retired CIA agents who have to get back in the game to stay alive. Check out the trailer and the official synopsis below.
Official Synopsis:Frank, Joe, Marvin, and Victoria used to be the CIA’s top agents — but the secrets they know just made them the Agency’s top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive. To stop the operation, the team embarks on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history.
THR reports that James McAvoy has signed on to play a young Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, in “X-Men: First Class,” which Matthew Vaughn is directing for Fox.
According to Fox, “First Class” will “chart 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 the closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.”
The movie is being planned for a June 3, 2011, release.
A brand new trailer for Jonah Hex has hit the web! The flick is based on the 1970′s comic book created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga. Directed by Jimmy Hayward, Jonah Hex stars Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Will Arnett and Michael Shannon.Check out the trailer below and weigh in with your thoughts!
The flick is currently slated to hit theaters on June 18, 2010.
Synopsis: Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is a scarred drifter and bounty hunter of last resort, a tough and stoic gunslinger who can track down anyone…and anything. Having survived death, Jonah’s violent history is steeped in myth and legend, and has left him with one foot in the natural world and one on the “other side.” His only human connection is with Leila (Megan Fox), whose life in a brothel has left her with scars of her own. But Jonah’s past is about to catch up with him when the U.S. military makes him an offer he can’t refuse: in exchange for his freedom from the warrants on his head, he must track down and stop the dangerous terrorist Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich). But Turnbull, who is gathering an army and preparing to unleash Hell, is also Jonah’s oldest enemy and will stop at nothing until Jonah is dead. Based on the legendary graphic novel, “Jonah Hex” is an epic adventure thriller about one man’s personal quest for redemption against the vast canvas of the battle between good and evil.
Michael Fassbender
The first trailer for Robert Schwentke’s 
