I-Franchise "X-People" ingaqhosha ngenye yamabutho amakhulu abalandeli, kepha bambalwa ngayo abaziyo ukuthi kwadalwa amanye amafilimu awathandayo ngezinguquko kanjani. Njengoba muva nje, studio sekhulu lama-20 Fox sasiphuthuma ukuletha kumabhayisikobho wokuqalisa kabusha "ama-X-Men: Ikilasi lokuqala", ukuthi uMathewu aphoqelekile ukuthi asebenze ethepheni ezimweni ezingejwayelekile.
Njengoba intatheli yaseHollywood ichazwe engxoxweni nomlobi uJane Goldman, banikezwe kakhulu kwiskripthi ukuthi babe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Futhi uma ubheka ukuthi kwakukhona izinyanga eziyishumi nane kuphela phakathi kokukhishwa kwizikrini zefilimu "amapayipi" kanye ne-premiere "yeklasi lokuqala", kuyacaca ukuthi umkhathi wokusebenza ku-ribbon wayecindezele ngempela.
Babefuna ukuthi iskripthi silungele amasonto amathathu, bese ngokushesha saqala ukulungiselela lokhu kudubula,
- UGoldman wahlanganyela, futhi wavuma nokuthi kufanele axoxe ngefilimu ezayo egumbini elisesibhedlela, ngoba umlingani womqondisi, imodeli uClaudia Schiffer, waze wabeletha ingane. Umbhali we-Screen umbhali watshelwa ukuthi ngemuva kokuba imihlangano enjalo iqhubeke nokusebenza amahora angama-16 ngosuku, futhi uMathewu, okwamanje, yayivele yaqalwa ukubala abalingisi futhi icabange ngesimo.
Ngiyakhumbula ukuthi kwakuyisikhathi esimnandi kakhulu,
- I-Goldman ecindezelekile.
Futhi yize ifilimu idalwe ngesikhathi esifushane, ngenxa yalokho, "isigaba sokuqala" saba hit yangempela, futhi akuzange kuvimbele lokhu ukuthi abanye abalandeli ababanga ukungabikho kokungabikho kokuguqulwa okunjengezimpunga ezinjenge-Jean Grey. Ngokuqondene nokuqhubeka kwe-franchise, i-premiere "ye-mutants entsha" elinde ngaphambi kwezithameli, ezidluliselwe kaninginingi. Kuliqiniso, manje ngosuku lokukhishwa kwefilimu ku-screens alisekho lutho olucacile.