Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 11:09PM Awesome 'X-Men: First Class' Trailer
Earlier today, 20th Century Fox released the first trailer for Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class through the film's Facebook page. A lot of people (myself included) expected to see the trailer debut during last weekend's Super Bowl considering the game was on the Fox network and many other studios used the most watched sporting event in television history (111 million viewers) as an outlet for showing off their new toys. Instead, Fox waited four additional days to premiere the trailer to a little under 4,000 Facebook friends. I haven't taken a math class since I graduated high school four years ago but last time I checked 111 million > 4,000 (but what do you expect, it's Fox...).
Regardless, the trailer is FANTASTIC and reassured my hopes that this film will rightfully restore the franchise. So, check it out after the jump.
First Class is Vaughn's first foray into the mutant superhero family, but the film's story was the brainchild of X-Men veteran Bryan Singer. The film "charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events." A lot of people became instantly skeptical of this film when the first "promo image" was leaked a few months back, but that image in NO WAY represents First Class. The trailer gives off a cool retro-James Bondy vibe with mutant superheroes thrown in mix. And, with Vaughn directing, that's exactly what I expect the film to be. Which is awesome.
X-Men: First Class hits theaters June 3.
Reader Comments (3)
Wow, that looks absolutely fantastic. Fassbender looks likely to steal the show, which suits me just fine.
looks good, the casting is great. My one problem is why bother with the period set up (JFK news conference) and then completely disregard it in the production/costume/makeup design. It is those kind of tiny details that can separate something good from something great. I'm still totally on board and hoping for the vibe of the first two films, not the tragic mess of the 3rd or that horrid Wolverine thing.
That looks so rad.