Xcavate: X-Men First Class Blu-ray to Release on Sept 9!

The official date is finally out for the release of the X-Men First Class Blu-ray & DVD: Sept 9! The wait is gonna be long but it should be totally worth it!

The home release will include the following amongst other extra features:
*10 X-Men Digital comics (including a never-before-seen backstory comic)

*The Cerebro Mutant Tracker- an interactive video database of all the mutants from the X-films (IGN should be squealing in glee about right now! :P)

*The Blu-ray will be released in two editions: One with a Professor X cover & the other of Magneto! Check out both below!
I'm most DEFINITELY digging the Magneto cover for this!!! :D

Here's the video announcing the movie's Blu-ray & DVD release:

Reports had come in quite a while ago that the DVD would contain 13 deleted scenes that were shot for the movie but never made it to cinematic glory. Altogether they apparently run for just 14 mins & should mainly include scenes involving Moira MacTaggert as well as those that deal with her relationship with Prof X in more detail. But I guess we should be expecting that in too? Cos the X3 DVD did come with deleted scenes/alternate endings...There's certainly no point of including any Behind The Scenes/Making Of footage cos it's all been released already! (If you haven't seen it yet, I'll post it for ya!

And now for the news that sucks (well mostly for ME of course! grrr) & also the reason why I didn't put this post in an "Xstatic" segment! To promote the release of the Blu-Ray & DVD, the first 1000 fans who pre-order the X-Men First Class Blu-ray/DVD during the San Diego Comic-Con (I do hope you guys are aware of the SDCC- this year it's happening from July 21–24) gets a free t-shirt to show their support for either Team Charles or Team Erik! Check out the t-shirts below:

Can't wait?? Pre-order your Blu-ray &/or DVD today!

As you may have noticed the t-shirts are available in yellow on black (like the Erik one) & black on yellow (like the Prof X one). I personally LOVE the yellow on black & I ABSOLUTELY love the Magneto print! Team Magneto FTW! :D I do love the quotes on both of them though-"Peace was NEVER an option" (predictable :P) & "How's that for a MAGIC TRICK?"...Nicely done- I just wish I could get my hands on one! T_T LOL

(Thanks to CraveOnline for the heads-up!)

UPDATE (22/7): Check the AWESOME DVD cover art! Nothing beats the Blu-ray Team Erik cover but then at least I would think of purchasing the Prof X DVD now! It looks just as cool as the Erik one! But oh well, the Fass is now become one of my favorite actors so I'd still choose the Team Erik DVD!

^I wish Mystique was the one standing behind Charles. Sucks that she's made smaller to make way for Havok! Guess they were trying to make up for the way they had pushed Alex waaaaaaaay at the back like some extra in the movie's posters!

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Now that I FINALLY have downloaded Take That's song "Love Love" that was used by (fellow Brit) director Matthew Vaughn as part of the XFC soundtrack (weird it doesn't feature in the OST that was released & is yet the first song to play once the credits roll!) it's my current fave song! Check out the video in my XFC Soundtrack review post! Now you can download &/or buy the CD of this EPIC Soundtrack right here:

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Xstatic! X-Men First Class Sequels & BO News!

Even when the film was just released, ideas for future sequels were being spoken about by director Matthew Vaughn, producer Bryan Singer as well as members of the cast (though their guesses are as good as our's).

Matthew Vaughn has said he'd like to open the sequel "with the Kennedy Assassination, & we reveal that the magic bullet was controlled by Magneto. That would explain the physics of it, & we see that he's pissed off because Kennedy took all the credit for saving the world & mutants weren't even mentioned." On another occassion he's said it will have only ONE new major character! Let the guessing game begin lol! But most probably it will be a positive character cos he also added "...as Professor X is in a wheelchair, Magneto needs to have a nemesis he can fight with. Someone that will be his equal."

Bryan Singer felt that it's possible that Wolverine may have a more significant role than a cameo. And when asked by IGN if he'd like the sequels to be set in the 70s & 80s next, he was totally for it! He too mentioned the JFK assassination as well as the Vietnam War & Civil Rights Movement, though quickly adding that each movie doesn't need to be a history lesson but it would be cool to intertwine the stories with these events...

NOW to the main news: the Coventry Telegraph has declared that the Fox studio execs are indeed "discussing sequels internally." These deliberations would be happening mainly due to the fact that even though critically the movie was a huge success, financially it hasn't really hit the mark like it could have.

Of course there are several reasons for this:
-The last 2 X-Men movies (X3 & X-Men Origins Wolverine) have left a bad taste in many mouths.
-No huge star cast. Absolutely none of the star power from ANY of the previous X-movies have returned for roles (besides two cameos from Jackman & Rebecca Romijn).
-The movie didn't make use of 3D or IMAX to jack up the ticket prices.
-Bad marketing, no- make that EXTREMELY bad marketing. The only thing that saved it were the several trailers/clips/TV spots that were being offered up almost everyday before the release.

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And finally to last weekend's Box Office news for X-Men First Class. Alas! The movie has slipped from No. 6 in the previous weekend to No. 11 now...But this was bound to happen with Transformers storming cinemas & it also being Week 5 for X-Men First Class!

Here's how the US BO looks right now (figures don't include July 4 earnings):
1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon $97,500,000
2. Cars 2 $26,170,000
3. Bad Teacher $14,500,000
4. Larry Crowne $13,111,000
5. Super 8 $7,820,000
6. Monte Carlo $7,425,000
7. Green Lantern $6,520,000
8. Mr. Popper's Penguins $5,450,000
9. Bridesmaids $3,653,000
10. Midnight in Paris $3,566,000
11. X-Men: First Class $2,970,000
Green Lantern slipped from it's No.3 spot to No. 7 this week!

However, X-Men: First Class made an additional $647,628 on the 4th of July raking in a total gross of $3,617,628 after the 4 day weekend. Thus it's totally gained a domestic gross of $139,329,355 (almost reaching it's effective budget of $140 mil!). And as of July 3, estimates are that the film's total international takings is to the tune of $195,700,000! That is a TOTAL worldwide moolah of $335,029,355!

^Ummm yup Mags ditto! I'm with ya! LOL

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X Things You Oughta Know When Watching X-Men First Class...Pt II

(Continued from here)

VI The characters Darwin & Angel (Salvadore) are actually pretty new characters in the X-Men comics. And unlike his movie counterpart, Banshee hadn't joined the X-Men when he was a kid but as a grown man. In fact he even helped Emma Frost run Prof X's school!





VII The director Matthew Vaughn was supposed to be in the director's chair for XMen 3: The Last Stand. However due to time constraints & creative differences he soon decided to part ways leaving the chair empty for Brett Ratner. (And the rest as they say was history!). However Vaughn got his second chance with First Class (see what I did there? :P ) & according to the reviews going round it has been a decision for the better...Also while Bryan Singer (director of X-Men 1 & 2) was supposed to be directing this movie, work on another project of his forced him to take the producer's role.



VIII Despite bad marketing (that includes sub-standard posters, a website that only went live I think a week before the film's release?, the website containing just 2 wallpapers?!?, inadequate use of viral tie-ins, etc.), the movie has been generating a REALLY positive buzz. Fans who had absolutely NO desire to go to watch the movie in cinemas went AND LOVED it! This has probably to do with the amazing amount of trailers & TV spots released for the film (which were of great quality from the start unlike that of Green Lantern) & also lately more so due to the spectacularly high amount of great reviews it's been garnering!

IX If this movie does great, it will fast-track the development of 2 more sequels in this series. The filmmakers have decided to create the next 2 movies in the 70s & 80s settings. It will also jump-start the X-Men franchise & the original trilogy will continue via a 4th, 5th & 6th part! Ahh good days to be an X-fan! :D

X The movie's gonna be friggin AWESOME! So go watch it! :P

Well I can actually think of more points to add here but I didn't wanna get too spoilery on you guys :P Or too geeky either lol! Hope you guys enjoyed (or will enjoy) the movie!

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