X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class is a movie now in production, which will tell the story of Xavier's first class of Mutants.

Lauren Shuler Donner, producer of the first 3 X-Men movies as well as X-Men Origins: Wolverine, says "It is the first class of Xavier's school, way back when, so it's young Scott, young Jean, young Beast and that'll be really fun. I think (the plan) is to follow some of the characters into their own stories, and weave them back into the X-Men world. And hopefully First Class will become its own franchise and we can follow them as they grow up."

In a later interview she notes that she enjoys producing movies about kids and that it provides a lighter touch to the franchise.

Synopsis
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men.

Crew
The first draft of the screenplay is being written by Josh Schwartz, who was also asked to direct the movie but refused. Schwartz' writing credits include Gossip Girl and The O.C.. X-Men and X2: X-Men United Director Bryan Singer was signed to direct "X-Men: First Class" in December 2009, But he'll produced the movie due of having to direct "Jack The Giant Killer"

Cast

 * James McAvoy as Professor Xavier
 * Michael Fassbender as Magneto
 * January Jones as Emma Frost
 * Caleb Landry Jones as Banshee
 * Lucas Till as Havok
 * Nicholas Hoult as Beast
 * Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique
 * Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw
 * Edi Gathegi as Armando Muñoz/Darwin
 * Jason Flemyng as Azazel
 * Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert
 * Oliver Platt as "The Man in Black"
 * Zoë Kravitz as Angel Salvadore
 * Álex González as Riptide
 * Morgan Lily as young Mystique
 * Bill Milner as young Magneto
 * Laurence Belcher as young Xaiver