Matthew Vaughan To Direct X-Men: First Class Sequel

The excellent X-Men: First Class has been confirmed for a sequel, and director Matthew Vaughan will be back at the helm. There is no date or title yet (Second Class? Anyone?), but 20th Century Fox Production President Emma Watts confirmed the just-closed deal with Vaughan to Deadline. Producer Bryan Singer will be back as well, and the writer Simon Kinberg - co-producer of the beloved First Class and co-writer of the equally reviled X-Men: Last Stand - will write at least the first draft of the First Class sequel.

The Crazy, Mixed-Up Timeline of 'X-Men: First Class'

With X-Men: First Class out on DVD and Blu-ray, IGN has assembled an amusing animated infographic illustrating it's screwy timeline that, even by comic movie standards, takes pretty extraordinary liberties with established continuity. It's my opinion, as a lifelong X-fan, that throwing continuity concerns out the window and focusing on story resulted in the best X-Men movie to date, and my personal favorite movie of the summer. However, that doesn't make this any less fun.

Feminine Mystique: Watch Jennifer Lawrence Get Nekkid and Blue

"Oh, hello Michael. I'm afraid I blue myself."

In perhaps the single greatest promotion for a DVD ever, this X-Men: First Class featurette goes behind the scenes of Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique make-up process. Basically she gets naked while six women cover her with layer upon layer of body paint for hours at a time.

It's uh - you know, good for research and stuff, so you might have some interest in this.

Seriously, it's pretty interesting to see how much old -school, non-CGI artistry went into creating the character (the Mystique makeup method has remained the same since it was first used on Rebecca Romijn in the very first X-Men movie), and I applaud everyone involved for putting in the work to make Mystique look awesome instead of turning her into a CGI smurfette.

X-Men: First Class hits stores on DVD and Blu-ray on September 9.

X-Men: First Class Papercraft

Daaaw it's happy little chibi X-Men: First Class papercraft! By artist Ngoc Thuy Do:

I made simple paper toys of Erik (Michael Fassbander) and Charles (James McAvoy) from “X-men: First Class“, download and make yours if you’re interested :’D

Click here to download the .pdf file to make your own.

Magneto's Just a Sweet Transvestite in 'X-Men: First Class' Deleted Scene

Cross-dressing was never an option, Charles. Whoops, I guess it was. It's a shame this scene was cut from the theatrical release of X-Men: First Class, but it's awesome that they're including it on the Blu-ray. 

The scene is one you're familiar with: Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Eric Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender) are recruiitiing Angel Salvadore (Zoe Kravitz), giving her the full "you are not alone" X-Men speech we've all come to be familiar with. Only in this version, Charles demonstrates his powers by having a little fun at the expense of his best buddy Eric. Who of course has a wonderful sense of humor, totally doesn't take it personally, and the two would be the best of friends forever and ever.

"I have one thing to say! Shantay shantay shantay! I mean, KILL ALL HUMANS!"

Sadly, EW is being super-greedy and not letting anyone but them embed the hilarious clip, so click here or on the image below to check it out on their site.

'X-Men: First Class' - Mutants Running Around Naked, F***ing in the Bushes??

One of the many reasons that X-Men went from a failed title to one of the most-loved modern superhero comics after Chris Claremont rebooted the franchise with Giant-Sized X-Men #1 was because he masterfully found a way to make mutants a metaphor for the pains and pleasures of puberty. You might have missed it, after all over the years that metaphor has become increasingly subtle.

Or maybe not so much with the subtle.

So perhaps that spirit of sexual awakening can be attributed to allegations that the X-Men: First Class set was basically a raucous sex bacchanal of near-Caligula proportions.

Check out the piece at the Daily Beast about the production nicknamed "Sex Men" by the film's crew, and read about the lascivious goings-on behind the scenes, including the mystery as to whether January Jones strutting about in her underpants for months on end has anything to do with her turning up pregnant after the film wrapped.

Congratulations January, it's a - boy?

Lindelof Turns On the Snark in 'X-Men: First Class' Review

Damon Lindelof on X-Men: First Class:

Emma Frost's THREE mutant powers: Telepathy, Transformation to Solid Diamond and last but not least, Sucking at Acting."

Emma Frost's THREE mutant powers: Telepathy, Transformation to Solid Diamond and last but not least, Sucking at Acting.Sun Jun 05 00:10:55 via webDamon Lindelof
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Of course, let's remember that Lindelof's TWO mutant powers are stretching out a remake of the Twilight Zone episode "Death Ship" over six seasons, and writing one issue per year of the mindless Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk miniseries, which didn't wrap until Jeph Loeb's Ultimatum event had killed off one of its title characters.

Green Lantern vs. X-Men: First Class - I'm a Marvel, I'm a DC [Video]

X-Men: First Class premiered last night, a movie that, in this fan's opinion, not only overcame the significant burden of four terrible installments in the X-Franchise, but raised the bar for comics movies to come. Just spectacular.

Which is not to say it's immune to being made fun of - hey, this is Comics Cavern, everyone's fair game.

Green Lantern hasn't opened yet - in fact it only finished up its massive CGI FX overhaul a couple of days ago - but that's no reason not to start the feuding between the two franchises. Hysterical YouTube user ItsJustSomeRandomGuy has done just that, with this riff on the "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" commercials.

Awesome X-Men: First Class Poster by David Williams

David Williams, who previously did a killer minimalist poster for Thor, is back with this take on the upcoming X-Men: First Class.

I love how much is said with so little - at the risk of getting all artsy, the comrades-in-arms Charles and Erik (Professor X and Magneto) look like they're at ground zero of a movement, stepping into the future, but looking at it in two entirely different directions. And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to sample some cheese and discuss Sartre because apparently I'm intellectual guy today.

X-Men: First Class hits theaters on June 3.