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A Subtle Attraction?: Magneto (Michael Fassbender, left) and Professor X (James McAvoy) join forces in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS.
It isn’t particularly well known, but mutants were with Washington when he crossed the Delaware, with Einstein when he developed the theory of relativity, and with Sarah Palin while she was waiting for Russia to raise its head [...]

Prophetic messaging? The first few X-MEN films were entertaining; then came WOLVERINE…
In this week’s Cinefantastique Round Table Podcast – the Podcast with a Sense of Wonder – Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski appraise the X-MEN film franchise: what have the mutants contributed to the world of comics-to-movies adaptations? Also up for discussion: remembering [...]

First look at Marvel X-MEN anime series for G4.

Matthew Vaughn cops out on leaked X-MEN FIRST CLASS photo.

January Jones taks about the Hellfire Club, X-Men wear X-Men costumes something like the actual comics.

Fox releases premise of X-MEN: FIRST CLASS

Hugh Jackman confirms that Darren Aronofsky will be directing WOLVERINE 2, film will be darker.

Also coming out on home video this week: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, CAPRICA SEASON 1.0, STARGATE UNIVERS: COMPLETE FIRST SEASON, THE SECRET OF KELLS, GRINDHOUSE SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY, and DOCTOR WHO: DREAMLAND
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Deadline.com reports that Rose Byrne (28 DAYS LATER) and Oliver Platt (2012) have joined the cast of X-MEN: FIRST CLASS.
Byrne (pictured) will play Moira MacTaggert, reportedly Charles Xavier’s (James McAvoy) love interest in the film.
Oliver Platt’s role is said to be a new, non-mutant character, referred to as The Man in Black.
Jason Flemyng (CLASH OF [...]

The TWILIGHT star is said to be joining the cast of X-MEN: FIRST CLASS

It was revealed at Comic Con that the cable channel G4 will be the exclusive American TV network to air Marvel Entertainment’s four new Anime series.
IRON MAN, X-MEN, WOLVERINE, and BLADE will all be getting 12 episode arc, 30 minute length animated programs. The shows will be largely set in Japan and the Far East, [...]

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Alice Eve (BIG NOTHING) is in talks with 20th Century Fox to play Emma Frost in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS.
In the comics, Emma Frost began as a villainess called The White Queen.  Her powers include telepathy, mind control, and psychic assaults. Later, she was given the ability to make herself into [...]

The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Vinnie Jones
(X-MEN: LAST STAND) has joined the cast of NBC’s
THE CAPE as a regular.
Jones will play a freakish criminal named ‘Scales’ on the series, a man with a skin condition that looks like green and gold scales.
A snake-man? A Killer Croc clone?
Guess we’ll have to tune in to find [...]