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X-Men: First Class*](X-Men: First Class (2011) - Movie | Moviefone) may have only just begun production in London, but writer-director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass](Kick-Ass (2010) - Movie | Moviefone), Layer Cake](Layer Cake (2005) - Movie | Moviefone)) has already made himself the most visible filmmaker associated with “Superhero Summer” (i.e., next summer). Last week, Vaughn went on the record about a last-minute change he and co-screenwriter Jane Goldman (Stardust) made to X-Men: First Class after seeing Christopher Nolan’s Inception](Inception (2010) - Movie | Moviefone). Vaughn decided to replace a centerpiece action scene due to its similarity to Inception’s gravity-defying hotel hallway scene.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Vaughn discusses why he decided to return to big-budget, studio-financed superheroes (as opposed to the indie route he took with Kick-Ass) after leaving *X-Men: The **Last Stand *four years ago:
“It’s been mined to death and in some cases the quality control is not what it’s supposed to be,” Vaughn said. “People are just going to get bored of it.” aughn … says he pounced on the chance to make a film about the uncanny mutants from Marvel Comics because he expects the current boom in superhero cinema to fizzle out in the near future. “I’ve always wanted to do a big-budget superhero film and I think we’ve kind of crossed the Rubicon with superhero films,” Vaughn said. "I think [the opportunity to do one], it’s only going to be there two or three more times.Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 20th Century Fox, Comic/Superhero/Geek
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