Tag: Michael Fassbender

The Original X-Men in X-Men First Class 2?

The Cast of X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com

  Writer Jane Goldman is Director Matthew Vaughn’s frequent collaborator (Stardust, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class.) Goldman is not officially on board for the sequel but shared her ideas with Film School Rejects for the next film, Goldman was specifically asked about the addition of Cyclops and Jean Grey.

  “You know, I can always make suggestions, and I did last time. Ultimately, those decisions come down to someone other than me,” Goldman said. “Would I, personally? Well, it’s really tricky. I think the route we had gone down with ‘First Class‘ — it’s sort of a question of where to go next, and I think those two characters were very strong, especially having [Michael] Fassbender and [James] McAvoy play them so brilliantly. In a comic sense, I still think there’s room for an X-Men [film] with the original X-Men [Laughs]. In terms of how they fit in this new universe that ‘First Class’ kicked off, I don’t know. I mean, yes, I think there’s room for that. All sorts of ideas have been talked about and Matthew has some particular ideas, and, in this case, all of those decisions will be done through Matthew.”

  Simon Kinberg (X-Men: The Last Stand) is currently the only screenwriter on board.

 Havok (Alex Summers played by Lucas Till) is the younger brother of Cyclops. If we could forget what happened in X-Men Origins: Wolverine – how cool would it be for Professor X to rescue Scott from the “orphanage” of Nathaniel Essex aka Mister Sinister.

Uncanny X-Men #50 courtesy Marvel

  I still hold on to my idea to introduce Lorna Dane aka Polaris. This green haired mistress of magnetism is the daughter on Magneto and becomes Havok’s girlfriend. 

  Thanks to Comic Book Resources for the Goldman interview.

New Roles for Henry Cavill and Michael Fassbender

Henry Cavill on the set of The Man of Steel

  Two new possible roles for leading men of the comic book/sci-fi genres:

  The new Superman is working on his next big role – it’s with one of my favorite directors. Henry Cavill (The Man of Steel) is in talks to join The Great Wall for Edward Zwick according to Variety. The film explores a mystery behind the building of China’s mighty icon. Cavill wrapping his final works of production on The Man of Steel.

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Fassbender in Prometheus courtesy 20th Century Fox

  Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class, Prometheus) may re-team with Director Ridley Scott for The Counselor based on a script by Cormac McCarthy. according to Deadline. The article reports that insiders are calling the script “like No Country for Old Men on steroids.”

  Thanks to Dark Horizons.

Michael Fassbender on Romance Versus Work

Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy from X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com

  The man who played a young Magneto is certainly attracting diverse roles and media attention. Michael Fassbender is saying that his career is takes priority over relationships at the moment.

  “To be honest, relationships as a whole for me in this industry have been a difficult thing to maintain,” Bang Showbiz quotes him as saying.

  “It goes with the territory. I would be prepared to walk away from relationships because of my job. I wanted to give this everything and go for it 110%, so I guess my work has taken precedence over that.”

  Fassbender was romantically linked to Zoe Kravitz who played X-Men traitor Angel in X-Men: First Class. For more of this story here’s the RTE link.

X-Men First Class Cast Confirmed

X-Men: First Class courtesy 20th Century Fox

  X Marks the spot for the cast of X-Men: First Class. Following up on yesterday’s news that Matthew Vaughn will return to direct the next film – The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision reports that the entire cast will return – including Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence.

One point the article makes is that Simon Kinberg is working on the script – he wrote the excellent Sherlock Holmes and the “critically reviled” X-Men: The Last Stand.

I hope Rose Byrne’s Moira MacTaggert is back. I think James McAvoy (will he lose his locks in the next film?) and Byrne have great chemistry to explore.

Michael Fassbender On “Prometheus” Script and “Alien” Connections

 

Michael Fassbender in Prometheus courtesy 20th Century Fox

  In a year full of comic book films my must see movie is Prometheus. Ridley Scott is set to reinvigorate science fiction again.

  Ridley Scott’s return to science fiction will dive deeper into the Alien universe he created. Michael Fassbender is praising his Prometheus director for exploring new territory and classic approach to building suspense in a new interview with IFC.

  “It’s a slow burn,” Fassbender said. “There are again sort of action sequences in it of course, but they’re there at the right time to serve the plot as opposed to just filling in another scene.”

The man who played a young Magneto in X-Men: First Class credits Lost writer Damon Lindelof for his script.

“There are connecting veins and you will recognize things,but it’s like wow this is a whole new world altogether,” Fassbender said.

The connections between Alien and Prometheus will be clear on June 9th. The star gives assurance from the director who gave us the Space Jockey, his ship and those nasty aliens.

“I haven’t seen anything yet, “Fassbender said, “but speaking to Ridley and he seems to be pretty happy.”

 You can read more of his interview here.

Michael Fassbender on X-Men: First Class Sequel Ideas

Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy from X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com

  Michael Fassbender quotes are coming fast and furious as the hot star talks about a possible sequel to X-Men: First Class while promoting his new movie Haywire.

  Fassbender gave IFC his thoughts on the next chapter of Xavier and Magneto.

  “You know what’s interesting about Magneto and Professor X from the comic books as well, is there’s such a complexity to their relationship,” he explained, offering the notion that Magneto need not necessarily become a full-fledged villain. “It’s not just like clear-cut enemies; they’re best friends as well. In the comic books, even after they’ve had this sort of rift, Professor X asks Magneto to come back and look after the students at certain points… I think there’s always that complexity in their relationship and we want to keep that alive as possible, because that’s I think a really interesting thing — the conflict there.”

  “I get where [Magneto] is coming from, that’s for sure — having read the source material, the comic books,” he explained. “From what we know with human beings, history has told us that we’re a pretty destructive race, so you can see where he’s coming from. It’s always interesting for me to have the villains doing positive things as well as negative or destructive things. I just think it’s more realistic.”

  I would like to see Magneto’s children (Polaris, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver) turn up in the sequel. Fassbender is still a young man so casting and aging make-up would be considerations to make it work.

  Thanks to SuperHeroHype for the story.

Fassbender on “X-Men: First Class” Relationships

The Cast of X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com

  Michael Fassbender is the indie prince of Hollywood right now but to the geeks he’s the Master of Magnetism. While talking about his work on Shame with The Hollywood Reporter Fassbender did talk about X-Men: First Class in which he played a young Magneto.

  “I’m very proud that were able to pare it down and make it about relationships and the characters. The action sequences were there to support those relationships, as opposed to the other way around.”

  For the full interview and his revealing cover click here.

Michael Fassbender on Filming “Prometheus”

 

The Cast of X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com

  Michael Fassbender was the Master of Magnetism in X-Men: First Class and the focus of George Clooney’s show stealing joke at the Golden Globe Awards for his performance in Shame. The actor’s hot streak continues with Haywire. While promoting that new film Fassbender talked about filming Prometheus with Ridley Scott to In Style.

“The first thing that struck me was a good script. Really intelligent script. A real thriller. Real anticipation. The first alien had that. The atmosphere was thick. You knew that something was going to happen. Which is very rare that you can read that in a script. And also, Ridley Scott is the master. He’s amazing. Really something else to watch him work. His attention to detail. And also his mischievousness, his playfulness. And again, no idea is stupid for him. He’ll let you bring it to the floor and have a go at it. I really, really enjoyed working with him. And of course the cast.”

Fassbender confirmed he will be playing an android named David. Thanks to Comic Book Resources for finding the story.

Because you can’t get enough of this trailer here it is again!