FX has picked up the basic cable rights to Fox's X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, writes The Hollywood Reporter. The network will start airing the X-MEN franchise prequel in late 2013 or early 2014. The cable channel has a track record of nabbing box office champs, including Disney's TRON: LEGACY, Sony's THE GREEN HORNET, Paramount's RANGO and Warner Bros.' THE HANGOVER PART II.