X-Men: First Class (2011) starring James McAvoy,
Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt, Kevin Bacon.
Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Screenplay by Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz,
Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn. Based on X-Men by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby. Produced
by Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Gregory Goodman USA/UK,
Color, Run time: 132 minutes. Superhero.
Following a trilogy of X-Men films and a rather disappointing X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), 20th Century Fox, which had the license for the franchise, decided make X-Men: First Class. While viewed by some as a prequel, it is really a reboot of the series. We’ll get to more of that later but the film is a sign of a franchise in free-fall. Unlike the MCU, which was planned out for nearly a decade of films, X-Men seemed to be making it up as it went along.
