New 'X-Men: First Class' posters reflect the future

By Anthony Pearson Feb 28, 2011, 22:59 GMT

The origin story of the "X-Men" franchise focusing on Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr as young men before they became Professor X and Magneto respectively. ...more

We have added two new awesome looking movie posters for 20th Century Fox's "X-Men: First Class." The posters to the prequel feature Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender) parallel to a relection of their respective futures.

"First Class" is directed by "Layer Cake" and "Kick Ass" overlord Michael Vaughn and is based on the character of Stan Lee.

The film stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Kevin Bacon, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, Caleb Landry Jones, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Platt, Morgan Lily, Bill Bilner and Zoe Kravitz.

View the two new "X-Men" posters here.

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"X-Men: First Class" is released across the US from June 3rd, and the UK from June 2nd.

The filmcharts the epic beginning of the "X-Men" saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X's "X-Men."