Despite the fact that it underperformed at the box office (at least domestically) I thought X-Men: First Class was one of the best comic book movies every made. It's good to hear that Fox isn't letting poor returns dissuade them from doing a sequel. According to "Heat Vision" Fox plans on starting principal photography in January 2013 with an eye, presumably, on a summer 2014 release date.
No news on if Matthew Vaughn will return as director but I sincerely hope so. His directing and work on the screenplay may have single handedly saved the X-Men franchise. This film will also not work if they don't get all the original talent back i.e. Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy.
And before all you Hunger Games fans get nervous, Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) will be able to do both films because Catching Fire starts shooting in the fall. There was some trepidation because Lawrence's contract with X-Men had a stipulation for sequels. Since she signed the contract before The Hunger Games this meant that if Fox wanted to they could have delayed Catching Fire and told Lawrence "you have to do this sequel first." Thank fully that did not happen. So hooray for Hollywood!
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