Similar to how there was LOADS of content exploding all over the Net before the film's release, A LOT of stuff has been popping up everywhere in time for the September 9 release of the X-Men First Class DVD & Bluray! From Behind the Scenes pictures to deleted/extended videos AND a "Making of" video showing the strenuous process that Jennifer Lawrence had to go through for the Mystique makeup! And yes, this IS a jumbo post cos I'm gonna pack ALL THAT in this! :D
Behind the Scenes Images
Check out all the gallery below for all the BTS action! Thanks to SupereroHype Forums for these!
Behind the Scenes Images
Check out all the gallery below for all the BTS action! Thanks to SupereroHype Forums for these!
Deleted/Extended Scenes
^ Plan Sebastian Shaw (extended scene)
^ Charles & Eric recruiting Angel (extended scene) (I always wondered how come only Erik shows off his powers while Charles doesn't. It all makes sense now :P)
Check out the remaining vids at StarkIndustries while they are still up & running! The other vids are:
- Eric in the Argentine airport
- Sebastian Shaw with Cuban generals
- Meeting Moira & Charles, Pts 1 & 2
- Russian truck (extended scene)
- Eric against Soviet soldiers (extended scene) -Part of which was seen in the movie trailers but missing from the movie itself :'(
- Training Havoc, Pts 1 & 2 (extended scenes)
- Training Banshee, Pts 1 & 2 (extended scenes)
- Hank & Raven in the lab (Advanced Stage)
Making of: Mystique's makeup!
3D X-Men First Class photos
Now this isn't part of the DVD/Bluray but check out these rad 3D photos of X-Men First Class! And the trailer after them is an experimental 3D video. All have been created by XMF3D! Of course, the standard cyan & red 3D glasses are imperative to truly enjoy these...
UPDATE (08/09):
So the DVD & Bluray releases tomorrow & there's still some last-minute sneak peeks popping up over the Net. First up, the DVD/Bluray covers for the Brazil release via LivrariaSaraiva & for the International release via ComicBookMovie:
We do know about that slew of Behind the Scenes videos that were being released before the movie's release, but apparently the DVD/Bluray contain new BTS footage with new insights from the whole crew. Below is the VFX segment of the BTS footage, head onto Youtube & watch the remaining 7 videos.
Then a snippet from the Bluray BTS has also been released by Marvel. It's about the conception of the movie's end credits sequence:
Some other good X-Men First Class news, it's leading the Scream Awards nominations with whopping 13 nominations with only Harry Potter 8 surpassing it with 14! The following are the categories for which X-Men First Class has been nominated:
- The Ultimate Scream
- Best Fantasy Movie
- Best Director
- Best Scream-play (screenplay)
- Best Fantasy Actress (Jennifer Lawrence, Mystique)
- Best Fantasy Actor (Michael Fassbender, Erik Lensherr aka Magneto AND James Mcavoy, Professor X) My vote undoubtedly went to the Fass!
- Best Villain (Kevin Bacon, Sebastian Shaw)
- Best Superhero (James Mcavoy, Professor X)
- Breakout Performance- Female (Zoe Kravitz, Angel)
- Breakout Performance- Male (Michael Fassbender, Erik Lensherr aka Magneto)
- Best Cameo (Hugh Jackman, Wolverine)
- Best Ensemble
- Best Comic Book Movie
And lastly I end with a cool video that IGN has created about the screwd up timeline in the X-movies. Enjoy!
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