Wanted actor James McAvoy has agreed to portray young Charles Xavier in X-Men: First Class, the origin story focusing on the friendship and eventual fallout between Professor X and Magneto. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox has characterized the film as the “epic beginning of the X-Men saga”
The film reportedly covers the time before Charles Xavier and Eric Lensherr became Professor X and Magneto. They were two young men discovering their powers for the first time and 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. Plus, its spawned several movies, TV shows and comics.
Fox anticipates filming this summer in London, with the movie tentatively scheduled for a June 3, 2011, release.
Stay tuned to The Flickcast for the latest news on this X-Men origin story.
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May 28, 2010 at 11:38 pmJames McAvoy To Star In ‘X-Men: First Class’…
Actor has been cast as a young Charles Xavier.By Adam RosenbergJames McAvoyPhoto: Getty ImagesThe X-Men are coming back, but not the way most know them. Fox is prepping “X-Men: First Class” for a June 3, 2011, release, and the big news is that James …