We have already heard from First Class director Matthew Vaughn on what we may see in a sequel to his movie. Magneto assassinating JFK etc. The ending of the movie, which sees Xavier and Magneto's conflict intertwined with the events of The Cuban Missile Crises, certainly leaves room for the story to continue. Well in an interview with LA Times' 24 Frames, the producer on First Class and director of Fox's first 2 X-Men movies Bryan Singer seems to confirm this, and also adds a few ideas of his own..
"I don't know if every movie has to be a history lesson. But there's a lot of history to cover. If we sequelized this, it could inhabit a whole world of the 20th century," he said. "When ['First Class'] happened, Kennedy had not been assassinated and the Vietnam War hadn't happened yet."
"What's really interesting about the '60s setting is the civil rights movement."
The Civil Rights issue is interesting, as many fans were disappointed that the first movie didn't touch on it, considering the parallels between that and the Mutant struggle. I think it's definitely a natural progression of the story myself. Singer also gives his thoughts on the less popular pair of movies in the X franchise..
Singer is aware of the dangers of overdoing a franchise. Of the third X-Men movie, "X-Men: The Last Stand," which he was involved with only early on, he said, "Some things worked. I'm not sure all of it worked." And he believes the 2009 spinoff "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," with which he was not involved, had its issues. "'Wolverine' told a story, but it didn't always feel like a story that was very essential or interesting."
He also embraces the thought of moving forward with a sixth
X-Men movie and wants to continue the mixture of super heroics and real world events , but admits..
"You don't need to hit people over the head with them in every movie or every scene," he said. "But having them at the core of the conflict is what I think makes it all work."
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