X-Men Shows Up

Writer: Roy Lim Jian-Min

11 Feb – "X-Men: First Class" teaser trailer goes online yesterday after it narrowly being beaten by others like "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", "Kung Fu Panda 2", "Rango", "Drive Angry in 3D", "Limitless", "Cowboys and Aliens", "Take Me Home Tonight", "World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles", "Priest", "Fast Five", "Captain America: The First Avenger", "Super 8", and "Thor" which appeared in the TV spot during the halftime of the United States Super Bowl XLV.

Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) in a discussion with Magneto (Michael Fassbender).

"X-Men: First Class" charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men.

The movie stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, January Jones, Rose Byrne and is scheduled for releasing in Malaysia and Singapore on 2 June 2011.