Ifilimu yokuqala evela ku- "People of X" yashicilelwa ngonyaka ka-2000, ibeka ukuqala kolunye lwe-Franms yefilimu ende futhi yande yakudala emlandweni. Ukuhlonipha iminyaka engama-20 yesithombe sokuqala, umahluko weqhaza le-cyclopa James Marsden wanikeza inhlolokhono nge-cinemablenge, lapho wabelana ngayo ngokusobala kwakhe ngohlobo lwe- "X-People" uqobo :
Ngicabanga ukuthi sonke sinethemba lokuthi le phrojekthi izoba yilokho ekugcineni yagcina. Besazi ukuthi amandla akhe ayekhulu, ngoba ngemuva kwakhe uyifa lomkhathi wabantu bakwa-X. Lamaqhawe asungulwa emuva ngo-1962 noma ngo-1963, kunjalo? Ngaleso sikhathi saqala ukwenza ifilimu lokuqala, abantu bakwa-X bebevele bewumlando weminyaka engamashumi amane kanye nabalandeli abaningi abanamandla.
Ngakho-ke saqonda ukuthi kudingeka senze konke kahle ukuthi ukuguqulwa kwethu kwamafilimu kuhlala kuhambelana iminyaka eminingi. Ngiyethemba ngakho, kepha bengingalindele ukuthi zonke izingxenye ezintsha zizoshiya. Lokho wukuthi, bengicabanga ukuthi ukukhishwa kwezingxenye ezingama-4-5 kuzovele kuphumelele, kepha ekugcineni baphenduka abayi-10 noma ngaphezulu. Kunguhlobo oluthile lobuhlanya, kepha lupholile kakhulu.
Kulokhu, uMarsden wengeze ukuthi uyaziqhenya ngokuba yingxenye ye- "X-Men", yize ayengaveli kuwo wonke amafilimu e-franchise. Ngokusho komdlali, kuye lesi sipiliyoni sasiyinto eyingqayizivele.