Xcite! X-Men Destiny releases in 7 days!

Just a week left till the September 27 release of the X-Men Destiny game! So I've got loads of visual gaming goodness to gawk at in this post: new screenshots! New wallpapers!! AND 2 behind the scenes trailers for the game!!! Enjoy!

Get a load of the new screens below! Some new looks at Juggernaut, Cyclops & a Sentinel in action!

And now behold the character wallpapers! :D (All in a 1280x960 resolution)

Lastly, the BTS trailers released for X-Men Destiny. The 2nd one is BTS with Stan Lee.

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Check the suits in action in the video below:

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Xstatic! X-Men First Class debuts at #1 on home video sales charts!

Yup! X-Men First Class is working it's mutant magic via DVD & Bluray sales as well!

First off the latest update on the XFC BO figures from last time is:
*Total Domestic Gross= $146,369,110 (as of 14/9)
*Total Foreign Gross = $206,208,385 (as of 29/8) -This is STILL not an accurate estimate cos India, Hungary, Kuwait, Poland, Slovakia & Ethiopia have their estimates for only upto June at BoxOfficeMojo.

Now onto the home video sales! The X-Men First Class DVD & Bluray was released in the US on Sept 9 & debuted on the charts at numero uno! HollywoodReporter reported that XFC outdid their closest competitor, Hanna by a margin of more than 4 to 1 DVDs & 5 to 1 Blurays sold! You can check out the current state of DVD affairs via Nielsen.
^Fox releases X-Men: The Ultimate Collection later this month in Brazil containing Blurays of the 5 X-films, 4 more blurays & a DVD extra!

As for rentals, apparently all Fox, Universal & WB titles have been held back from Netflix & Redbox for 28 days, so none of their movies have hit the rental charts yet. You can scan HomeMediaMagazine's DVD, Bluray & Rental charts...

Check out another extended scene from the DVD/Bluray that has been officially released:


Lastly, get a load of this cool 3D projection that was created on a Los Angeles building as part of the promotions for the XFC DVD & Bluray!

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Xstatic! X-Men First Class movie gets it's own comic book!

LOADS of First Class hype rising just at the point of the movie's DVD/Bluray release today!

First all the updates I posted about in my last post & now this! Just saw a new cover for a X-Men First Class movie-tie in comic! Check out the cover for the first issue on the right.

Yup! I said "first" issue!! From the cover it seems that this isn't gonna be a one-shot. Also it doesn't appear to simply be an adaptation of the movie (like was released for X1 & X2, I'm not sure about X3 & X-Men Origins:Wolverine) but rather another chapter in the whole First Class saga.

In X-Men First Class: The High Hand #1, you'll learn "more about the Hellfire Club from "X-Men: First Class." So this first issue will be more like a prequel to the prequel movie :P When you buy the X-Men First Class Bluray you'll also be getting cool X-Men comics via Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, including X-Men First Class: The High Hand #1 along with 9 other comics including Uncanny X-Men #389.

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Now let's go onto X-Men First Class sequel news! X-movies producer Lauren Shuler Donner has been giving loads of sound bytes lately, because of the DD/Bluray release, about the status on the X-movies. This is what she had to say on the XFC sequels:

• Since the making of First Class was just as tiring a process as it was rewarding to the entire team, they took some time off, but have now regrouped & are in serious talks for a sequel.
• She doesn't feel pigeon-holed due to the previous X-films or feel pressure in ending the prequel films to where the original trilogy started. Their main aim is to come up with a great story. If it does tie in nicely with where 2000's X-Men began then that's great, but the story is going to be of prime importance to them.
• Confirmed that the next sequel would most probably be set in the 70s.

With regards to an X4 & X5, which she herself has teased us about before, she's now stated that there could be an X4, but they "don’t want to saturate the market". Since First Class was such a roaring success they will most probably go ahead with a First Class sequel. She's also candidly stated that she "wasn’t too pleased with those movies (X3 & X-Men Origins:Wolverine). We just wanted to make something that was a fan-pleaser. There are many elements that go into making a movie, and not all of them came together. Two thumbs up to her for going ahead with First Class for sure rather than an X4 too & for fessing up! :)

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Xstatic! The X-Men First Class DVD/Bluray Jumbo Post!

Similar to how there was LOADS of content exploding all over the Net before the film's release, A LOT of stuff has been popping up everywhere in time for the September 9 release of the X-Men First Class DVD & Bluray! From Behind the Scenes pictures to deleted/extended videos AND a "Making of" video showing the strenuous process that Jennifer Lawrence had to go through for the Mystique makeup! And yes, this IS a jumbo post cos I'm gonna pack ALL THAT in this! :D

Behind the Scenes Images
Check out all the gallery below for all the BTS action! Thanks to SupereroHype Forums for these!

Deleted/Extended Scenes


^ Plan Sebastian Shaw (extended scene)


^ Charles & Eric recruiting Angel (extended scene) (I always wondered how come only Erik shows off his powers while Charles doesn't. It all makes sense now :P)

Check out the remaining vids at StarkIndustries while they are still up & running! The other vids are:

• Eric in the Argentine airport
• Sebastian Shaw with Cuban generals
• Meeting Moira & Charles, Pts 1 & 2
• Russian truck (extended scene)
• Eric against Soviet soldiers (extended scene) -Part of which was seen in the movie trailers but missing from the movie itself :'(
• Training Havoc, Pts 1 & 2 (extended scenes)
• Training Banshee, Pts 1 & 2 (extended scenes)
• Hank & Raven in the lab (Advanced Stage)

Making of: Mystique's makeup!


3D X-Men First Class photos
Now this isn't part of the DVD/Bluray but check out these rad 3D photos of X-Men First Class! And the trailer after them is an experimental 3D video. All have been created by XMF3D! Of course, the standard cyan & red 3D glasses are imperative to truly enjoy these...


UPDATE (08/09):
So the DVD & Bluray releases tomorrow & there's still some last-minute sneak peeks popping up over the Net. First up, the DVD/Bluray covers for the Brazil release via LivrariaSaraiva & for the International release via ComicBookMovie:

We do know about that slew of Behind the Scenes videos that were being released before the movie's release, but apparently the DVD/Bluray contain new BTS footage with new insights from the whole crew. Below is the VFX segment of the BTS footage, head onto Youtube & watch the remaining 7 videos.


Then a snippet from the Bluray BTS has also been released by Marvel. It's about the conception of the movie's end credits sequence:


Some other good X-Men First Class news, it's leading the Scream Awards nominations with whopping 13 nominations with only Harry Potter 8 surpassing it with 14! The following are the categories for which X-Men First Class has been nominated:

• The Ultimate Scream
• Best Fantasy Movie
• Best Director
• Best Scream-play (screenplay)
• Best Fantasy Actress (Jennifer Lawrence, Mystique)
• Best Fantasy Actor (Michael Fassbender, Erik Lensherr aka Magneto AND James Mcavoy, Professor X) My vote undoubtedly went to the Fass!
• Best Villain (Kevin Bacon, Sebastian Shaw)
• Best Superhero (James Mcavoy, Professor X)
• Breakout Performance- Female (Zoe Kravitz, Angel)
• Breakout Performance- Male (Michael Fassbender, Erik Lensherr aka Magneto)
• Best Cameo (Hugh Jackman, Wolverine)
• Best Ensemble
• Best Comic Book Movie

Fly over to the Scream Awards & get voting...I voted all in favor of XFC except for the Best Villain (had to be Red Skull), Best Superhero (compared to Thor, Professor X is mehh :P) & Breakout Performance- Female (Sif FTW!)...

And lastly I end with a cool video that IGN has created about the screwd up timeline in the X-movies. Enjoy!

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