X-Men: First Class & Thor Writers To Appear At London MCM Expo!

X-Men: First Class & Thor Writers To Appear At London MCM Expo!

The writers of X-Men: First Class and Thor, as well as TV shows like Fringe and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, will appear at the MCM Expo London Comic Con...

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By JoshWilding - Feb 22, 2011 04:02 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men: First Class
Source: The Hollywood News


Here is the official press release:

X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are to appear on a panel at the next MCM Expo London Comic Con, which takes place at ExCel London on 27-29 May, show organisers have announced.

A prequel to the popular superhero franchise from Marvel and Twentieth Century Fox, X-Men: First Class focuses on the relationship between Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and the origin of their groups, the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants.

Miller and Stentz also collaborated on the screenplay of another soon-to-be released comic book film, Thor, which stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins, as well as sharing writing and production credits on hit sci-fi shows such as Fringe, Andromeda and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

"We’re delighted that Ashley and Zack will be part of our X-Men: First Class panel," said MCM Expo co-organiser Bryan Cooney. "As London’s Comic Con we play host to tens of thousands of comic book and film fans, so to have the writers of two of the biggest superhero movies of 2011 at the show is perfect."

"Only last week we announced much-anticipated action-adventure Green Lantern as the MCM Expo’s official title sponsor, and the addition of two such talented writers helps ensure that this May’s show will be one to remember."


Thor is set to be released on May 6, with X-Men: First Class following soon after on June 3!



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Orphix
Orphix - 2/22/2011, 4:51 AM
Hmmm - knew these guys were helping out with Thor. Didn't know they have writing credits with X-men as well.
prototype87
prototype87 - 2/22/2011, 5:19 AM
prototype87
prototype87 - 2/22/2011, 5:21 AM
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/22/2011, 5:25 AM
thats f*cked up,you can praise them for the good job they've done on thor,then while you're standing there rip the shit out of them for how they f*cked up x-men first class.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 2/22/2011, 5:32 AM
I'll be sure to throw the tomatoes! : P




( ^ Think younger ^ )

Chills I tell ya.... epic!
ManThing
ManThing - 2/22/2011, 5:42 AM
lol @ LEEE

Funny.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 2/22/2011, 5:51 AM
How can one praise them for a movie no one has seen and rip them for a movie no one has seen?

Leee and Marvel72, how's the nerd rage support group going? Send Intruder an invite.
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/22/2011, 6:00 AM
@ ryguy88

because they collabrated with other writers on the thor(which has a blinding script) & seem to have wrote x-men first class on their own.

its down to you if you want to except any old shit,me i would like them to be as faithful to the source material as possible.

if that makes me a "nerd",i would say fanboy but so be it.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 2/22/2011, 6:01 AM
JUGG @ ; D

Ryguy88 @ Hows the A$$ Bending going? Send FLAMES and Movielad an invite! ; P
cham2119
cham2119 - 2/22/2011, 6:18 AM
hah SuperPooper as well
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 2/22/2011, 6:35 AM
I'm going to Kapow!, but not this. Shame. Either way, I'm still looking forward to both Thor and X-Men: First Class! :) Even if the latter still makes mr seethe with rage, lol...the trailer was awesome regardless.
TheSchemer
TheSchemer - 2/22/2011, 7:22 AM
@marvel72:

Really? Its REALLY, REALLY easy to praise someone for one thing, and rip them for something else, and rightfully so. I mean come on, just because someone does something GREAT once or something bad once, it doesn't mean that EVERYTHING they work on will be either good or bad. Common sense there...
flames809
flames809 - 2/22/2011, 7:51 AM
lee if you dnt ppl using ur name in something then dnt use mine. cause you and marvel an inturder can [female dog] all ya want but the movie will make money and then a sequel will be made.
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/22/2011, 8:15 AM
@ flames809

x-men first class will make lots of money XD hahahahahaha,just like what you said about the green hornet.

green hornet was a box office flop.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 2/22/2011, 8:47 AM
MOAR CRYING FROM INTRUDER & Co.!!! But but where's Cyclops??? :( whaaaaaa whaaaaa whaaaaa whaaaaa. When I masturbate to First Class I picture Cyclops as the leader, this is bullshit!!!!! MOM!!!!!! :(:(:(:(:(:( Hey Marvel72, let's start a boycott! Yea that'll show them! So that's 5 people boycotting, this is awesome! That's 55 whole dollars that they won't be getting!!!!!!!!! They will go bankrupt and give the rights back to Marvel!!!!!!!!!!!! YES YES YES YES 8============D NERD RAGE!!!!!
flames809
flames809 - 2/22/2011, 9:05 AM
marvel- box office dnt mean shit it made money and the public liked the movie. so no matter it won the audience approval. and this movie gonna get money and get the public an critic approval.
xGambitxXxSuperboyx
xGambitxXxSuperboyx - 2/22/2011, 9:11 AM
Is there a comic book movie that you admittingly haven't sold your soul to flamesEIGHTzeroNINE? Your taste buds are inconceivable...
flames809
flames809 - 2/22/2011, 9:14 AM
gambit- wathmen the only one cause is just like the graphic novel. other than that i like the rest.
GeekMobRoanoke
GeekMobRoanoke - 2/22/2011, 9:24 AM
Someone wrote the new X-Men movie?..I thought they fed a bunch of the comics to a Pit-Bull and followed him around with a pooper scooper to get a script...
supersteveprime18
supersteveprime18 - 2/22/2011, 9:32 AM
GUYS HELP ME, i bought tickets for KAPOW in london for april as i thought it was the only comic con there, im from ireland, will KAPOW just be about mark millers stuff???
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/22/2011, 10:07 AM
@ captainamerica

how can you bankrupt a company that doesn't just release cbm's.

who's the dick now ?

@ flames809

green hornet is a bigger pile of shit than your taste in movies.

you didn't like watchmen because it was too much like the graphic novel,i would love to know what your favorite movie & your worst movie of all time are.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 2/22/2011, 10:50 AM
^Nope, he said they were some of his first students.
flames809
flames809 - 2/22/2011, 10:53 AM
marvel- everyone has different taste and because i dnt like the movies u like i have bad taste wow. my favorite is the dark knight out of cbm and i dnt have worst movie. and you?

elguason- i remember him say that cyclops,jean and storm were one of his first students maybe your right or he probably meant him teaching alone.
ManThing
ManThing - 2/22/2011, 11:22 AM
Marvel72:
I am not saying this to differ with you like these contrarian sophist douches. Live and let live, to each his own.. that's my thing.

So this is just FYI.

Generally speaking, almost all of the big name CBMs make truckloads of money even if they suck. It's sickening to think that a piece of shit like X3 made a ton of money but the fact is that it DID. Even the very bottom of the barrel.... The Elektras of the CBM world still do moderately well based on name recognition and the reputations of other films. Elektra tanked domestically but broke even worldwide. Fantastic Four, which was also pretty bad made around 150 million with a production cost of 100 million.

So as strange as this may seem, the rule of thumb is that you can expect a well known comic book based film property to perform at least moderately well no matter what the actual film is like.
X-Men's marketability as a brand will always ensure that no matter how horrendous film adaptations may be, it will still make $$. That's just the sad fact.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 2/22/2011, 12:37 PM
Intruder, what is wrong with you? You are the only guy on here that makes up complete bullshit about people and try and spread it around like a 10 year old. And bringing up things that happen in your personal life to try and boost your cred is pretty pointless as no one here actually knows or cares who you are (you do know that, right?) You are getting married soon? I hope Marvel72 knows what he/she is getting into because you take this message board shit too seriously.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 2/22/2011, 1:29 PM
That's because Intruder IS a 10 year old. Have you not seen his old avatar? He looks like a little girl.
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/22/2011, 2:42 PM
@ ryguy88

you say intruder & i are getting married & that he acts like a ten year old.

1st.i'm a he as you put it.

2nd.your comment was something a ten year old would come out with.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 2/22/2011, 5:42 PM
Where are you getting the fuel for your arguments from? I'm not the one freaking on people and typing capital letter insults. I also am not the stooping so low as to tell people on the internet that I'm 6'2 and have a girlfriend (not to mention death threats (seriously?).) And I seriously do not care what your opinion of this movie will be. My only point is that you haven't seen it and therefor do not know if it is any good. You don't like that your favourite character isn't in it, fine, but you are the one crying all over this site (and maybe a little in a pillow too) because they aren't making the movie the way you want, not me. So don't act as though I'm the one (female dog)ing the place.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 2/22/2011, 5:44 PM
Intruder, can you bust out your old avatar too, I haven't seen it yet.
blue18
blue18 - 2/23/2011, 9:16 AM
It's cool that they wrote BOTH movies...flipping sweet! i only wish I could go to London for this. =/
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