X-Men First Class X-Men: First Class is an upcoming American superhero film, directed by Matthew Vaughn, based on the characters appearing in Marvel Comics. The film is the fifth installment of the X-Men film series and a prequel to the first three movies. X-Men: First Class is scheduled for release on June 3, 2011.

Cast & Crew

Release Date
June 3, 2011

Language
English

Director
Matthew Vaughn

Producer
Gregory Goodman
Simon Kinberg
Lauren Shuler Donner
Bryan Singer

Distributed by
20th Century Fox

Screenplay by
Jane Goldman
Ashley Miller
Zack Stentz
Jamie Moss

Star Cast

  • James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier
  • Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
  • Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw
  • January Jones as Emma Frost / White Queen
  • Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert

Music By
Henry Pryce Jackman

Cinematography
John Mathieson

Written by
Bryan Singer

Editor
Eddie Hamilton
Lee Smith

Synopsis
The film is a prequel to the first three movies, set during the 1960s, with John F. Kennedy as president of the United States. X-Men: First Class parallels the history of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Civil Rights Movement. The villains of the film will be the Hellfire Club. The plot is as follows:

“Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were 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.”

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