X-Men: First Class

Yes we all know Thor is coming out on May 6, 2011 and we are looking forward to it.

Ditto for Captain America: The First Avenger, also set for 2011, on July 22nd.
I still think Marvel missed the boat here, it should have been July 4th.

One film I haven't mentioned here is X-Men: First Class.
Matthew Vaughn is directing and the film is set for release on June 3, 2011 and it is supposed to be the first of three films.

Here is the plot synopsis:
"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. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men."

The "Big Bad" for the film is supposed to be the Hellfire Club (which could be interesting).

Here's the cast rundown so far....

James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier (Laurence Belcher as a young Charles Xavier).
Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr / Magneto (Bill Milner as a young Erik Lensherr.)
Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw
January Jones as Emma Frost / White Queen
Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert
Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy / Beast
Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkholme / Mystique (Morgan Lily as a young Raven Darkholme).
Oliver Platt as "The Man in Black"
Zoë Kravitz as Angel Salvadore
Caleb Landry Jones as Sean Cassidy / Banshee
Lucas Till as Alex Summers / Havok
Edi Gathegi as Armando Muñoz / Darwin
Jason Flemyng as Azazel
Álex González as Riptide / Janos Quested
Tony Rich as Thomas

So from looking at this, Marvel is going WAY off the reservation with this one.
And people complain about Smallville.

Looking at the info available on the film, I have to quote multiple Star Wars characters and say, "I've got a bad feeling about this."
Something about it just looks wrong.
Nothing I can really put my finger on.
Maybe going too far from the books I grew up with?

Why do I keep thinking it shouldn't be called X-Men: First Class, it should be called X-Men: We Really Want This Movie To Do Good So We're Gonna Get A Younger Cast and Rip Off Twilight

And if this is First Class...where's Angel,Ice-Man and Jean Grey?

People keep saying this is a Silver Age adaptation.
No it's not.
Sebastian Shaw, White Queen, Moira MacTaggert, Mystique and most of the others in this film weren't around in the Silver Age.

But hey, I could be totally wrong and the movie could be great.

Wolverine Is Still Hanging In There

Those are NOT can openers......

Wolverine is still fighting at the box office.
It did have that second week drop I feared it would have, but that was because of Star Trek.
This weekend saw Wolvie drop down to third place behind the debuting Angels and Demons and Star Trek.
Wolverine still managed to pull in a $151.1 million three week total though.

As for the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"video game, it's kinda like the movie as in I have heard anything from "awesome" to "don't bother".
From what I have heard, the game is very brutal.
Pretty much like what would happen if Wolverine really was allowed to cut loose on someone.
Cut being the operative word.

I'm kinda glad they treat the game this way though.
I know I've complained a lot about dark versus light in superheroes, but Wolverine is one hero that needs to be dark.
Woverine stunning people with his claws doesn't work.
Its like the Punisher with rubber bullets or a stun gun.

I hate to say this, but maybe "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" could have stood to be a little darker.

Spiderman / Venom Spinoff

Writers confirm a Spider-Man Venom spinoff is in the works

Sony is officially moving forward with its Spider-Man spinoff movie focusing on Venom and has hired Zombieland writing team Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese to pen the script, the writers told a group of reporters.

"We had a really great relationship with Sony on [Zombieland], and so that was a nice in for us there," Reese said in a group interview. "It gave us a leg up."

The duo is already working on the script, but they are sworn to secrecy on the details. "We're under strict orders on Venom," Wernick said. "We can't talk about it. It's just super secret."
http://scifiwire.com/2009/04/writers-confirm-a-spider-.php

Fantastic Four Reboot

I heard about this in a really cool way.....
Jessica Alba told me.....LOL
No.
Really.
She did.

Exclusive: Fantastic Four is Getting the Boot...a Reboot that is

IESB's has heard word around town is Fantastic Four over at 20th Century Fox is gearing up for a reboot.
With Daredevil already getting the once over and Planet of the Apes also in the running for a new start with a prequel in the works Fantastic Four is joining the reboot gang.
The two films previously released never really caught on with the fans and the studio is reportedly looking to completely retool, recast and recrew the franchise. This means no Tim Story, no Iaon, no Julian (thank the maker, he never sat well with me as Dr. Doom), no Chris, no Chiklis and no Jessica.
You can read the full article here

Of course I'm sad Jessica won't be in it.
But I had already read that Chris Evans said there wouldn't be a sequel.
At least with him in it.

But how is rebooting a movie that soon after the original gonna work out?
Fantastic Four came out in 2005.
4: Rise of the Silver Surfer came out in 2007.

The Hulk came out in 2003, but it was a single movie with no sequel and they didnt release the "reboot" till 2008.
I don't know, maybe they waited long enough.
I wish them luck.
Even though I really didn't have a problem with the first two movies other than the way they did Doom