Tag Archives: Matthew Vaughn

Michael Fassbender May Be Magneto In ‘X-Men: First Class’

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Chris Ullrich

With James McAvoy already signed on to play Professor Charles Xavier in Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class, word now comes that the film may have secured the talents of Michael Fassbender to play Xavier’s friend turned nemesis Eric Lensherr (aka … Continue reading →

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Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman Rewriting ‘X-Men: First Class’ Script

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Sebastian Suchecki

It didn’t come as much of a surprise to many people when Fox announced Matthew Vaughn as director of the upcoming prequel X-Men: First Class. He is a hot commodity right now due to the mild success of Kick-Ass, and … Continue reading →

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The Flickcast – Episode 54: First Class

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Heather Toshiko

This week on The Flickcast Chris is on vacation so Matt teams up with guest host Elisabeth Rappe for all kinds of interesting discussion and debate on lots of different topics. Some of these topics include the new Jonah Hex … Continue reading →

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Confirmed: Matthew Vaughn Attached To Direct ‘X-Men: First Class’

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Matt Raub

Less than 24 hours ago, we brought you news that Kick-Ass director/co-writer Matthew Vaughn was in negotiations with Twentieth Century Fox about directing the upcoming prequel X-Men: First Class. It looks like the studio was happy with their meeting, as … Continue reading →

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Matthew Vaughn In Negotiations To Direct ‘X-Men: First Class’

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Matt Raub

Now that Kick-Ass has been considered to be a financial success (even though it was still toppled by 3D Dragons), it’s inevitable that the film’s director and co-writer of the screenplay, Matthew Vaughn, would be considered a hot commodity and … Continue reading →

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Review: ‘Kick-Ass’

Posted on April 16, 2010 by The Flickcast

By Shannon Hood Reprinted from the SXSW Film Festival, 3/14/2010 Make no mistake about it, Chloe Moretz (500 Days of Summer) owns this movie. She may only be 11 years old, but her performance as Hit-Girl is spunky, sassy, and … Continue reading →

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Two More Clips From ‘Kick-Ass’ Surface

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Matt Raub

While a few of The Flickcast team  got to see Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of the popular comic Kick-Ass at SXSW, the rest of us are still pretty excited for its US release next Friday. We’ve been bringing you some great … Continue reading →

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‘Kick-Ass’ Movie Kicks-Ass

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Diane Panosian

Many months ago, I was strolling past the movie theater on one particularly beautiful morning in downtown Burbank when I happened upon one of those annoying movie ticket barkers.  I was about to ignore him when I saw the following … Continue reading →

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