Earlier today, we heard from director Matthew Vaughn about both his experiences while filming the controversial
X-Men: First Class as well as that leaked image of the cast which was met with a huge amount of criticism due to it looking more than a little dodgy. His exact words in fact were,
"I don’t think it’s a Fox image. It’s not a pre-approved image. It’s like a bad photoshop, which maybe it was by someone. It didn’t reflect the movie." Interesting. Well, according to a report from
Latino Review, he was in fact being less than truthful about that, and there are also some serious problems with how the film is coming together. Here are some excerpts from that report.
Apparently, Matthew Vaughn got put on blast this morning for straight up LYING to Slashfilm about that so called leaked FOX picture.
The movie is still shooting in LA while Vaughn is somewhere else editing.
They're shooting at the Culver City Studios for the next couple of weeks. The official story is that they're just shooting pick ups but the reality is...
...that hot mess of a film has not been coming together. Vaughn and company ran from location to location but never got the right stuff, or stuff that worked.
That's what's happening right now - while he's cutting the film somebody else is shooting literally six weeks - almost a whole film - worth of stuff.
Ouch!
Again, expect massive denials saying that they're doing pick ups that they missed because of delays on set and cast availability.
I'm not sure what to think about this. I know that
Latino Review are a fairly reliable source in terms of news, but the claims of Matthew Vaughn outright lying about that image don't sit right with me...unless he was trying to save face after the huge amount of people who hated it of course! It is however much more believable that there are some serious issues with the filming of this movie. After all, it's being rushed out for a release this June, and the above info might explain why we've still not seen a trailer. (and why there are seemingly no plans for one at the Superbowl) What do you guys think? Be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place!
X-Men: First Class is set to be released on June 3, later this year!
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