Ray Wise Joins X-Men: First Class

the devil from reaper has joined the cast to punish fox for the sins they have commited lol

This guy was amazing in Reaper (why was that show ever cancelled!?!) and I'm sure he'll be great in what is sure to be another crappy Fox movie. :P Here's hoping he has a decent amount of screentime regardless.

Agreed, JoshW. Reaper was an amazing show. It went away too soon.

Why Reaper was canceled.Sometime during the 2008-2009 series, the CW president of Entertainment, Dawn Ostroff, decided the network was only going to focus on a certain demographic.White females, 18-29.

That means they got rid of all of the shows that were targeted at males.That included Smackdown and Reaper.This also meant they would no longer produce "Urban series"(their phrase, not mine)that appealed to minorities.That included Everybody Hates Chris and other shows.

Two of the CW's highest rated series are Smallville and Supernatural.Ostroff has shown her contempt for the series in the past by cutting their budgets and using it to add more episodes to Gossip Girls and 90210.

The network has attempted to build a bigger female audience for Smallville by focusing more on romance, but they are not able to do that with Supernatural, as the series only has two stars and they are both male.She then shipped both series to Friday, but they have found success there.

Same goes for Nikita.They had intended to make a show with a strong female lead that would attract females.But the majority of Nikita's audience is male.So they decide they need to tweak the series because they refuse to have a show that males can watch.They intend to slow down the action, lighten the dark mood of the series and give Nikita a love interest.

Anyway, that's the long answer to why Reaper was canceled.

ray wise being added to the cast is not gonna make the film any better,its still gonna be a pile of shit.

f*ck fox!

Sigh. No Deadpool, your just going to THINK its a pile of shit because they are not making the movie you want to see. Big difference.

@ rormachine

isn't that the opinion of everyone if its not the way you like.

fox had a chance of saving the x-men franchise by rebooting it.

but they know best don't they because the last two x-men related movies where awesome weren't they.

No it isn't actually Deadpool. Some people..lets call the, open minded folk,,can appreciate quality in a film even if it wasn't specifically what they were hoping for or expecting. Anyone who writes off a film without even having seen a trailer is incredibly stubborn and obtuse imo. yes, the last two X movies were sub par, but that doesn#'t mean this one will be. Look at Singers first films. Then agin you probably didn't like them either did you?

@ rormachine

the first two films had their moments i.e magneto as young boy in poland at the start & some of the other scenes are alright.

the nightcrawler in the white house scene was amazing the hint at the phoenix storyline & the magneto prison break where all great.

but they dropped the ball by not featuring the villains i wanted to see,magneto & the brotherhood was fine but stryker,come on mate.

mr.sinster & the marauders,the sentinels or apocalyspe & his four horsemen would of been cool.

i'm not the only one who thinks like this,on paper this movie sounds shit.

"but they dropped the ball by not featuring the villains i wanted to see,magneto & the brotherhood was fine but stryker,come on mate."

Lol there you go again, thinking its all about you.

@ captain america

alright,mate.

who would you rather see stryker or mr.sinister/apocalypse.

its not rocket science.

"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see, one chants out between two worlds, fire walk with me" - Bob

This poem should tell you everything!:D

TWIN PEAKS RULES AND SO DOES RAY WISE!

Yeah he totally looks like he would be part of the X-Men movie universe. He's got that, "I'm better than you and let me tell you how." look to him. Loved him in Peaks.

I didn't know Oliver Platt was in this? I love him!

This movie is the equivalent of having a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The First Training of the Turtles" with only no turtles and only a Splinter and Shredder back story!!!! This film will suck and all you people that think it'll be good should just join the tea party because you have your heads up your ass! I don't need to see a trailer to know that a movie called x men first class without the actual first class will suck!

Awesome to hear this! Can't deny that the cast is looking very impressive, especially with Matt's hand at ensembles. Really liked him on Reaper (pulled because it didn't fit with the CW's demographic (sarcasm)) and am looking forward to his performance. :)