Michael Fassbender isn’t the only actor who wants to see more Professor X in a potential “X-Men: First Class” sequel.

Director Matthew Vaughn’s vintage view of our beloved mutants left off with Charles Xavier paralyzed and betrayed at the hands of his dearest friend and ally Erik Lehnsherr, aka Magneto. If that doesn’t lock and load a high-energy sequel under the same creative team, we don’t know what would. Moving at an astonishing speed, however, has never been the mutant power of Hollywood business, and there’s still plenty of time for players to peruse their wishes for the universe-expanding sequel.

In an interview with Collider, James McAvoy shared his hopes for Charles—yet to take the identity of Professor X—within a potential sequel to “X-Men: First Class.” When asked if he had heard anything about a “First Class” sequel, and where he might like to see the story go, the actor expressed a personal investment in seeing the other side of Xavier’s most traumatic experience.

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The last we heard about a sequel to this past summer's well-received "X-Men: First Class," Simon Kinberg had been hired to pen the follow-up. Now, one of the stars of the film, Michael Fassbender, has shared his feelings on a potential sequel with MTV News.

When asked about whether he saw Magneto, nee Erik Lehnsherr, as a true bad guy after the first one's finale, he said he wasn't so sure. "I don't think he's a bad guy. I think he's all right, isn't he?" he said. "Human beings having been doing some bad sh-- to him."

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X-MenScott Porter was reportedly one of the top candidates to wield the shield before Chris Evans won the title role of "Captain America: The First Avenger," but the "Friday Night Lights" veteran and noted comic book fan is getting a shot at another popular Marvel hero.

Porter is leading the voice cast for Marvel's new "X-Men" anime series, set to premiere the first of its 12 half-hour episodes on G4 on Friday, October 21. The actor will step into the role of Scott Summers, better known by his X-Men code name Cyclops, for the anime.

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quicksilverIn many ways, Bryan Singer created the modern-day X-Men as they exist in film. His work on the first two movies in the Marvel Comics-adapted franchise honored the source while giving it a new spin and the fans responded appreciatively. Now Singer is back to produce Matthew Vaughn's 1960s-set prequel, "X-Men: First Class," which explores the origins of Marvel's premiere mutant super-team.

Singer recently sat down to field some questions in a fan Q&A, where he revealed, among other things, that there is one character in particular he wished he could have fit into the June 3 release.

"Quicksilver," he said simply, without explanation, in response to a question in the Facebook-hosted Q&A. Read More...

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When you're dealing with an ensemble cast as large as the one in director Matthew Vaughn's "X-Men: First Class," you can pretty much count on one actor or another having something to say in any given week, especially as the June 3 release draws closer. The latest update comes from Zoe Kravitz, the movie's Angel Salvadore and the real-life daughter of rock star Lenny Kravitz, who speaks to the challenge she faced in juggling the physical demands of playing a flying mutant with the performative demands in Vaughn's character-driven period piece.

"It was impersonal in so many ways. My character flies and I'll be wearing a harness and I'd be wearing wires all the time," she revealed in an interview with The Independent. "Then I'd have to stand in strange ways, pretending there are not wires and pretending that I'm flying and floating, like it's the most normal thing in the world." Read More...

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Fans won't have to wait for "The Avengers" to get another dose of Tony Stark in action, because an all-new "Iron Man" animated series is on the way alongside some other prominent Marvel superheroes.

As part of the Marvel Anime line, a wave of "Iron Man," "Wolverine," "X-Men" and "Blade" animated projects are headed to G4 in 2011, with each property receiving a 12-episode story arc created under the guidance of comic book scribe Warren Ellis.

According to the official press release, all four anime projects take the iconic Marvel characters to Asia. The "Iron Man" anime focuses on Tony Stark's development of a new arc reactor in Japan, while the "Wolverine" anime follows the Japanese story put forth by Frank Miller and Chris Claremont's celebrated comic book run. The "X-Men" anime also takes place in Japan, while the "Blade" series sees the vampire hunter searching for Deacon Frost in Vietnam. Read More...

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Futurama X-MenHere's one that's near and dear to my heart, folks. In a brilliant blend of two of our favorite things around Splash Page HQ, fan art mixing the world of "Futurama" with the X-Men universe has popped up online and needs to be seen to be believed.

Created by DeviantArt user gottabecarl, the image is jam-packed with obscure characters from both universes, brilliantly woven into the best possible kind of geekery: the kind that lets you show off how much more you know about the subjects than anyone else.

It's the sort of thing that starts wars and ends friendships, but heck... it's a thing of beauty, isn't it? Read More...

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Bryan SingerDuring the Los Angeles premiere of James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’, Bryan Singer let it slip that he has recently signed on to direct “X-men: First Class.”

While being interviewed on the red carpet by a film crew from Myspace, Singer said "I'm ramping up to do a movie called 'Jack the Giant Killer' at Warner Bros, and I just yesterday signed a deal to do an 'X-Men: First Class Origins' picture, which is kind of cool. I'm very excited."

MTV News first raised the possibility of Singer’s return to the “X-men” franchise back in August when his “Usual Suspects” collaborator Christopher McQuarrie signed on to write the sequel to “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” Read More...

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Mad Men meets X-MenConfession: I haven't been watching AMC's award-winning television series "Mad Men"—despite the insistence of Kevin Smith. While I admit that this needs to be rectified, I have watched the "X-Men" movies, so I can appreciate at least half the brilliance of the mash-up of "Mad Men" and "X-Men" over on MadAtoms.

Created by writer Geoffrey Golden and artist Jordan Monsell, the mash-up imagines the "Mad Men" cast as played by Marvel's favorite mutants. In one example, Wolverine is matched up with Don Draper (as played by Jon Hamm in the series): "Mysterious pasts, been with a lot of girls and will take off whenever they feel like it. They're also the best at what they do. You got a problem with that, bub?" Read More...

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PyroYeah, so file this one under "Don't Try This At Home," kids. Self-professed X-Men fan Everett Bradford recently posted video of a wrist-mounted flamethrower he created to mimic the powers of Pyro, the Marvel mutant created in the '80s by Chris Claremont and John Byrne.

Able to manipulate flame and hurl it around in much the same way Bobby "Iceman" Drake handles the frozen stuff, Pyro made an appearance in both "X2: X-Men United" and "X-Men: The Last Stand," played by Aaron Stanford. In the case of Bradford's real-life "Prometheus Device," however, the wearer is able to generate large bursts of flame from an assembly that wraps around one's wrist and forearm (sorta like Spider-Man's web-shooters). Read More...

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Splash Page welcomes Ed Tadem to our cover artist family (our custom-designed theme up top). Currently working on the forthcoming "Avengers" animated series, Tadem's work can also be seen in the "Jackie Karma" issues of Image's "'76," and in "Pop Gun, Volume 1." Ed Tadem can be found online at EdTadem.com.
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