Way back we talked about a rumoured X-Babies movie as well as Zak Penn writing some X-Spinoffs and now we might be getting closer to figuring out what one of them is. X-Men: First Class is a title currently being bought up in many forms (listing in production magazines, website etc) that hints to a Young X-Men story.
An interesting listing at Production Weekly caught our eye – “X-Men: First Class.” Could 20th Century Fox be developing a movie based on the series written by Jeff Parker and pencilled by Roger Cruz? Or are they using the title of that comic for their proposed Young X-Men spin-off?
The Comic book by that title was a miniseries that focused on the first 5 XMen: Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Iceman and Marvel Girl.
Well since we are already introduced to those characters in different spans of the storyline already existing in the movies it is unlikely that they will use that lineup in a movie.
My prediction is that this is a new take on New Mutants. New Mutants was a book that focused on the young teenage members of Xavier’s school that formed a junior X-Men team. Not many of the original New Mutant lineup was seen in the three X films, so they might go with Cannonball (who’s real name Guthrie was seen in an Easter Egg on screen). Wolfsbane, Psyche, Karma, and Sunspot.
They might litter up the lineup with popular later members Magik (Colussus’ little sister), Cypher and Warlock. Or even the graduated paramilitary X-Force members like Domino or Cable. This would be a great moment to introduce Cable unsuspected on the franchise though if they did I imagine he would be a late teen to still fit in the ideology of a Young X-Men movie
I think I would really like to see a Young X-Men story, especially if they used it as a platform to introduce younger members into X-Men and let the X-Men focus their adventures on something other than school business.
