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First Look at X-Men: First Class's Line-Up

Bold choices in the designs.


    I'm having flashbacks to the promo pics from the first movie in '99...
    I'm having flashbacks to the promo pics from the first movie in '99...
Comic Vine was there with you, every step of the way, when the casting announcements for X-MEN: FIRST CLASS were trickling in and here's what they've pooled into - - the purported first promo pic of the new X-Men in costume. Bleeding Cool's got this image, though it’s still pretty small to get a good look at or even be sure if it’s not a savy fan’s photoshop creation.

So, from left to right, it looks like you have…

Some quick observations…

  • The costumes look somewhere between the leather jumpsuits of the movies and the blue-and-yellow uniforms from the classic line up (and also that extended Shi’Ar storyline Jim Lee drew in the 90s.)
  • Havok does, indeed, seem to have the characteristic concentric circles symbol on his chest.
  • Moira looks like she's in a jumpsuit of her own. Maybe she'll be joining the X-Men in the field?
  • Kravitz is missing Angel's trademark seraphim wings. Perhaps she has different powers in this one?  
  • Beast and Mystique's make-up look almost exactly the same as they have been in previous movies. Azazel actually does look like a red Nightcrawler as previous reports have suggested.

Now, what do you Comic Vine maniacs think of this line-up of usual and unusual suspects?    
 

Update 

Here's some more images courtesy of Hero Complex
 == TEASER ==
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Update 2 

How about some more? Matthew Vaughn talked to SlashFilm about the first image. 
I freaked out on them yesterday. I don’t know where the hell that came from. I don’t think it’s a Fox image. It’s not a pre-approved image. When I found out, I said, what the fuck is this shit, and Fox is running around trying to figure out what happened as well. I agree. It’s like a bad photoshop, which maybe it was by someone. It didn’t reflect the movie. I was shocked when I saw it. I was like ‘Jesus Christ’…               
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And AICN posted a first look at the teaser poster. 

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@The Dark Huntress said:
" The cast is freaking awesome talent-wise. But some of the choices.....seriously her for Mystique? Not buying it. The original promo shot just about killed any hope that I had for this move. Mystique looks like something from a B horror movie and Azazel doesn't look much better. Same goes for Beast. "
Beast looks perfect in X3, but here you can't even tell that's Beast.
 
I think they picked this cast to try and win the fans of lesser known X-Men characters, but the fact that the ages are all wrong and the team is just messed up utterly, it really doesn't matter how "popular" the lesser known character is in the comics because the character in the movie is nothing like the one in the comics.
 
I've liked everything I've seen with Thor, Captain America, GL, and even the few Spider-Man images.....but this, this just doesn't look exciting. And in truth, I'm the comic book reader and yet I don't care much for any of these characters, sure I like Emma, Magneto, Mystique, and Beast....but these aren't the characters I love in the comics, and if the comic book reader could careless about this, why would any non-comic book reader care?
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@Shadowdoggy said:
" I STILL have no idea what Havok is doing in the 60's "
Lol and that fact that they're using Hannah Montana's boyfriend for the part.

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BAHAHAHAHA FAIL!  
I knew this film was gonna blow! thanks Fox for proving a good portion of the CV community right
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kind of ok

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I want to see it now. I don't know how long it's been since they had another X-men movie out. I still have to see the third one.
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This is lineup and storyline is epic fail.
 
Why does charles have hair.... WHY?????? 
Eric no white hair
And who thought up this lineup.... seriously
Emma looks like the oldest one, i agree with what people have been saying Charles looks completely too young.
The title is so misleading.
Why is beast blue at this point... he's suppose to be Human, ape looking .....
 
What ever you do don't read the synopsis of this movie.... I am completely scarred

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I think Fox must be thinking - 
 "Right, we can't even bother to compete with the next Batman film coming out, so lets just let kick the x-men movie franchise while it's down for lolz"

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this is going to be horrible!!!

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who's the kid in the glasses in the first picture suppose to be? 
 
well im glad Magneto has his helmet 

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@Renee said:
" @Shadowdoggy said:
" I STILL have no idea what Havok is doing in the 60's "
Lol and that fact that they're using Hannah Montana's boyfriend for the part. "

LOL Hannah Montana's boyfriend... can't wait.
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Since this movie is tied to the previous movies from what I know, I am curious about some things. In Wolverine Origins Emma Frost was a teenager and Xavier was way older than her and in this movie, not only she is an adult back in the 60s but probably even older than Xavier. I am curious to see how they will explain this.

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I am liking the new pics of them in the regular clothes. The one with Emma and Sebastian Shaw kinda gives me chills.
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@ComicMan24 said:
"Since this movie is tied to the previous movies from what I know, I am curious about some things. In Wolverine Origins Emma Frost was a teenager and Xavier was way older than her and in this movie, not only she is an adult back in the 60s but probably even older than Xavier. I am curious to see how they will explain this. "

Maybe Emma is a family name. The one from Wolverine could be a cousin, niece or something. Considering Emma in Wolverine wasn't a telepath I'd think people would be more interested in this version.
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@PrinceIMC said:
" @ComicMan24 said:
"Since this movie is tied to the previous movies from what I know, I am curious about some things. In Wolverine Origins Emma Frost was a teenager and Xavier was way older than her and in this movie, not only she is an adult back in the 60s but probably even older than Xavier. I am curious to see how they will explain this. "
Maybe Emma is a family name. The one from Wolverine could be a cousin, niece or something. Considering Emma in Wolverine wasn't a telepath I'd think people would be more interested in this version. "
Who knows maybe they are not even the same person. In Origins shee was Silver Fox's sister so I guess this could be a way to explain this.
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As may people have mentioned, I think Magneto's helmet looks slightly oversized, and both he and Professor X looks younger that some of the members.  
 
Let's hope that this movie doesn't bomb because I like quite a lot the X-Men film franchise

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@The Dark Huntress said:
" The cast is freaking awesome talent-wise. But some of the choices.....seriously her for Mystique? Not buying it. The original promo shot just about killed any hope that I had for this move. Mystique looks like something from a B horror movie and Azazel doesn't look much better. Same goes for Beast. "
QFT
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wow 
that helmet 
it's just.....wow 
like, as in BAD
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@Shadowdoggy: True.
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@ComicMan24:
I was doubtful before 
not I just feel sure that it's going to be awful
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@Shadowdoggy: For it seems that I will see this on DVD most likely, if I watch it.
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I know this has the upmost potential to be a hideous catastrophy however i would imagin that James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender will give good performances, and regardless of how dreadful this will be I'm gonna go see it anyway.

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@Omega Ray Jay: 
agreed 
they're both graet actors 
and I like January Jones as well 
.....but I'm still worried..... 
@ComicMan24:

yeah, or until it's a "Watch Instantly" on the netflix ;) 
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The photo of Magneto with the helmet is some seriously funny s%it, he looks like Bomberman :D Xavier looks like Peter Parker. This is going to be hilarious, I will wait 18 months for a bargain copy of the DVD then watch it with friends as part of some drinking game where you have to drink every time something completely fail happens.
 
This movie is in serious danger of killing off the superhero craze for this generation of fans and cinema-goers.

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@Celineness:
exactly 
and to hear rumors like they're making Luke Cage, Iron Fist AND Heroes for Hire in 3 different movies 
and the fact that GHOST RIDER got a sequel 
makes me think we'll all be in our 50's before they make any more superhero movies after this next batch of crap
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@shawn87: its beast
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looks like a kid in a haolloween costume 
 
 

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@ComicMan24:  Also her diamond form came after the genosha incident, the timeline is very confusing if it is suppose to go by the previous movies.  And it doesn't explain why scott's younger brother is there, and supposedly Scott wasn't born.  And that Scott and Emma are suppose to be around the same age.
 
So far the line up is a utter mess, and confusing as all getout.  Did anyone check out the kid who is suppose to be playing beast?  There is no way he could be human ape beast unless he took some serious steroids and weigh trained like mad.
 
I feel like it's spiderman 3 all over again... Topher as Venom... why is green goblin on a snowboard.. and why is Gwen Stacey here isn't she suppose to be already dead..., and what's with the dance sequence........
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who is the guy with glasses and who is the guy and girl left and right to magneto plz tell me

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This could be ultra cool or very bad. We will have to wait and see.

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 It looks like an old Star Trek or fan-made film -_- And I really don't like these actors - no charisma....this film gonna be bad :/

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@The Dark Huntress said: 

" The cast is freaking awesome talent-wise. But some of the choices.....seriously her for Mystique? Not buying it. The original promo shot just about killed any hope that I had for this move. Mystique looks like something from a B horror movie and Azazel doesn't look much better. Same goes for Beast. "

that picture is a fake. they released all the other pictures to counter everyone thinking this was how it was going to all be. 
 
@AgeofHurricane: it is still set in the same world as the original films but in the 60's..Storm and Cyclops aren't born yet..as for Wolverine he's off playing nicely with Sabertooth..according to film mythos..  
 
@shawn87 said: 

" who's the kid in the glasses in the first picture suppose to be?  "

 
That's Nicholous Holt as Beast! Clearly this film will deal with his second mutation into the blue fuzzy form we all know.        
   
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@marvelunivers said:
" looks like a kid in a haolloween costume 
 
 
"
I think this Magneto looks good,....Well except in this pic 

WAIT NO CYCLOPS??????? But......hmmmm,....could be good, cos that slut Emma Frost dont get any cyclops this way
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 January Jones Talks Emma Frost's Transformation And Costumes! 
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=29694 
LEAKED? where's the leaked photo?  uuugggghhhh ...i guess that photo was a really  official one but  it's so bad that  vaughn just tried to deny it

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@doddy said:
 http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=29694"
So this confirms that Emma Frost will have her diamond form in the movie...
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Wats going on here??????????
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@Thunderscream:
yeah, because we all know she had it way back before the X-Men were even formed 
you know.....back in the 60's when Havok was somehow alive and a teenager 
-_-
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@Shadowdoggy: I wish this was the only problem with this movie.
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@ComicMan24:
if only 
it's sad that aside from that interview, the pics and the casting, we really don't know anything about the movie 
.....but everything we know is already so screwed up and wrong......
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@Thunderscream:
you said it.
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@Shadowdoggy: I really want this movie to be good but what I have seen so far don't make really optimistic about it.
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@ComicMan24:
yeah, it's just sad to think that at this point, we have to assume these movies will be terrible 
I mean, the track record for marvel movies is a little off in favor of "crap" vs "gold" 
when I was a kid, and I was dying for them to make X-Men movies, I never thought they would be such a let down 
they're sort of a joke at this point 
such a shame 
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@Shadowdoggy: I liked the first 3 movies. The one with Wolverine no. But everything about this movie look weird so far.
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@ComicMan24:
the 3rd one was where it all went down hill for me 
Wolverine was sort of eh 
they changed too much 
why did Silver Fox have to be a mutant 
what was the point of that?
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I think the plot will be about Krakoa.  And hopefully, everyone will die on that island and if this movie makes it to a sequel they'll cast less dumb choices for a cast, like the actual first class team.

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@Shadowdoggy: The third had many flaws yeah but it was still quite enjoyable IMO.  I agree they changed a lot in Wolverine. It wasn't  a good movie.
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I'll admit I was extremely upset when I found out that there was no Storm, Jean, Cyclops, Iceman, or Angel in this movie but I still retain hope for it. But maybe the current team is only supposed to last for the first film and then the x-men that we all know and love will be the team line-up from here on out.

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I wont even bother to go see this at the theater unless these forums EXPLODE with, "no its actually really good!", not "its better than it looked", because it looks like crap. I am betting this will be my redbox or netflix pick some Friday night in the future.

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cant wait

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Hope frost walks in her thongs in that movie.