X-Men (2000)

X-Men is a 2000 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name , distributed by 20th Century Fox .


It is the first installment in the X-Men film series, followed by X2 in 2003 and X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006. The film, directed by Bryan Singer and written by David Hayter , features an ensemble cast that includes Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman , Ian McKellen , Halle Berry ,
Famke Janssen, James Marsden , Bruce Davison,
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos , Ray Park, Tyler Mane , and
Anna Paquin. It depicts a world in which a small proportion of people are mutants, whose possession of superhuman powers makes them distrusted by normal humans. The film focuses on the mutants
Wolverine and Rogue as they are brought into a conflict between two groups that have radically different approaches to bringing about the acceptance of mutant-kind: Professor Xavier 's X-Men, and the
Brotherhood of Mutants , led by Magneto .
Development for X-Men began as far back as 1984 with Orion Pictures . At one point James Cameron and
Kathryn Bigelow were in discussions. The film rights went to 20th Century Fox in 1994 and various scripts and film treatments were commissioned from Andrew Kevin Walker , John Logan , Joss Whedon , and Michael Chabon. Singer signed to direct in 1996, with further rewrites by Ed Solomon , Singer, Tom DeSanto ,
Christopher McQuarrie and Hayter in which Beast and
Nightcrawler were deleted over budget concerns from Fox. X-Men marks the Hollywood debut of actor Hugh Jackman, who was a last-second choice for Wolverine, cast three weeks into filming. Filming took place from September 22, 1999 to March 3, 2000, primarily in
Toronto . X-Men was released to critical praise and was a financial success, starting the X-Men film franchise and spawning a reemergence of superhero films.



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