X-Men | Behind-The-Scenes Whilst it was Superman: The Movie in the 1970s and Tim Burton’s Batman at the end of the 1980s that sowed the seeds for the modern comic book movie boom, arguably the film that really did transform things was 2000’s X-Men. The idea of an X-Men movie actually first started bubbling around in 1984, but finding a company able to pay for it was a key challenge. Orion Pictures picked up an option, but hit financial woes. Then Terminator 2-backer Carolco was interested, but i