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Ralph Winter, producer of the X-Men live-action movie, said to expect nearly 400 special effects shots in the film.

"Which, in today's special effects movies, is about right," Winter said. "It's sort of inched up to that level in the last 10 years to that level, that sort of special-effects movie level. The first Star Wars was at about this level. Certainly, Phantom Menace was - I lost track - maybe 2,000. It was huge. Every shot almost went through the computer. We're not at that level by any means, but this is a big special effects movie."

Winter said the budget for X-Men has been large, but not outlandish.

"We're trying to do it for a price because, frankly, we're trying to do more than one movie," he said. "We'd love to do a franchise. We'd love to see many stories get told. So we're trying to start at a level that establishes the characters and makes people want to go further. So, we're starting at a budget level that's very large, but not the biggest budget ever. So it gives us some place to grow to.

"It's been fun. It's been difficult. It's a lengthy process. We've got a big task trying to bring this comic story and these comic heroes come to life on the screen and make it look real in front of the real world. It's hard to do. But we're happy and I think it will be a good result and people will want to see it."