The
sequel to X Men: First Class is to begin filming in January 20th
Century Fox has started. A lot of legal wrangling was avoided when over
the schedule of actress Jennifer Lawrence (playing Mystique in X Men and
currently at number one in the US box office in Hunger Games) who was
tied between First Class 2 and the Hunger Games follow up Catching Fire
which both go into production next year.
If push came to shove then
Lawrence would have been legally obliged to film X Men before the Hunger
Games sequel but a sensible decision was made before it got out of
hand.
Matthew
Vaughn (Kick Ass, X Men First Class) has signed back on for the sequel
so it should at least stand up to the first film and most likely exceed
it as we no longer have to have half the film mired down in origin
story. Not that I mind origin stories but films seem to either have them
in flashback or do a Full Metal Jacket and half the film between origin
and "suited up" first mission.