Hey U Guys! were on the red carpet for the Jameson Empire Awards and scored a number of interviews including one with the flamboyantly vivacious Jane Goldman who confirmed that[@ the 1:32 mark]she and director Matthew Vaughn are developing the X-Men:First Class sequel "among other things." It was previously reported that Simon Kinberg would be writing the sequel so this development means that he's either working with Vaughn and Goldman or he's out.
X-Men: First Class is a 2011 American superhero film directed by Matthew Vaughn and produced by Bryan Singer, based on the X-Men characters appearing in Marvel Comics. The fifth installment in the X-Men series, the film acts as a prequel for the X-Men trilogy, being set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It focuses on the relationship between Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr (Magneto), and the origin of their groups—the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants, respectively. The film stars James McAvoy as Xavier and Michael Fassbender as Lensherr. Other cast members include Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Zoë Kravitz, Nicholas Hoult and Lucas Till.
Announced in 2006, First Class entered production in August 2010 and finished in December, with additional photography taking up up to three weeks before the film's premiere in June 2011. Locations included Oxford, the Mojave desert and Georgia, with soundstage work in both Pinewood Studios and the 20th Century Fox stages in Los Angeles. The film received positive reviews and was a box-office success with earnings of $353 million worldwide.
Running Time: 132 minutes
Release Date: 3 June 2011 (USA)
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, some sexual content including brief partial nudity and language
Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Written by: Ashley Miller (screenplay), Zack Stentz (screenplay),Jane Goldman (screenplay), Matthew Vaughn (screenplay), Sheldon Turner (story) and Bryan Singer (story)