With Hollywood’s recent determination to reduce their turn-around by having whole franchises in various stages of production before the first film is even released, it is surely only a matter of time before X-Men: Second Class is prepped and ready to go.
When 20th Century Fox gets around to producing their premature sequel, it appears that they will have no shortage of ideas on where to go next – not according to Total Film, anyway.
In a recent interview with the magazine, director Matthew Vaughn revealed that First Class’ ending sets up a potential late-60s set sequel that will likely be “even more fun” than the original, which we will see upon it’s release in June.
“First Class is similar to Batman Begins, where you have the fun of introducing the characters and getting to know them, but that takes time”.
“But with the second one you can just get on with it and have a rollicking good time. That’s the main difference between Begins and The Dark Knight.”
“1962 is far more grounded in the world of the ’50s. I think it takes about five years for a decade to really start getting its identity, so the fun thing about this for me would be doing [a sequel] in the latter part of the decade, where you’ve got The Stones, The Beatles, Flower Power…”
Bryan Singer appears similarly keen to spread the franchise across different eras, admitting to having discussed the possibility of setting the next two chapters in the 70s and 80s respectively.
Should this be the path the production takes, the third film in this second X-Men trilogy would dovetail nicely into the adventures of Singer’s original movie. James McAvoy would like to see his Professor X go through somewhat of a transformation in the meantime.
“In First Class he uses Cerebro for the first time and maybe it unlocks something in his head – maybe he can’t keep the voices out or something”.
“So in the second movie his journey could be about getting himself out of a mess. And then in the third movie he become… Patrick Stewart!”
If I wasn’t excited by X-Men: First Class before, I certainly am now.
