Reports from Live5news(Via The Coventry Telegraph) state that the crew are set up, and cameras are rolling on the Jekyll Island set for Matthew Vaughan's mutant prequel. Apparently several locations around the island are being used. Communications Officer Eric Garvey offers the following..
"I understand some areas you won't recognize but some areas you will like, for example, the fishing pier will be recognizable in the film. So we are excited about that. Hopefully, it will drive some visitation here and on in the future,"
Fan speculation has been rife as to what exactly will take place on the island in regards to the plot of the film. Some believe that the island will turn out to be Krakoa, the living island. One thing is for sure, thanks to the aerial set pics we do know a plane of some sort(it certainly resembles the X-Men's Black-Bird jet) has a very bad landing..
In other X news, Kevin Bacon was interviewed over at
PhillyStylemag.com about his return to acting after a hiatus to perform with his band. Bacon will play Sebastian Shaw in the film, and here he speaks for the first time about it. His comment is brief, but he does suggest that Shaw will not pose much of a physical threat to the young mutants in the movie..
In X-Men: First Class, slated to open in early June, Bacon plays mutant villain Sebastian Shaw. Although it’s his first major action role (the only thing that comes close, he says, is 2000’s Hollow Man), it’s not a particularly demanding part physically.
“I’ll let the younger actors do that,” he laughs. “I’m more one of those sit-in-my-chair-and-destroy-the-world type of guys.”
(Thanks to DCMF for the thumbnail pic)
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