WOLVERINE & X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Connection

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courtesy 20th Century Fox

Hugh Jackman returns as the fan favorite X-Man in The Wolverine and will reprise the role again X-Men: Days of Future Past for Bryan Singer. Director James Mangold tells SFX how the films connect:

 

“Bryan and I have talked and he’s seen what we’ve done. Clearly the reality is that we are all trying to work together and make things groove together. But the trick is Continue reading WOLVERINE & X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Connection

X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Date Change

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X-Men Days of Future Past will now open Memorial Day Weekend in 2014.  Fox moved the sequel from July to May 23, 2014.

Bryan Singer is currently directing the film featuring cast members from the original X-Men films and X-Men: First Class. The director confirmed the move on Twitter.

Here’s a previous picture from Singer showing Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy (Beast) and Hugh Jackman on the set of the film – set in the 1970’s.

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X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST New Pic Hints at Plot

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courtesy @BryanSinger @Twitter

Magneto’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants strikes? Director Bryan Singer shared a new set photo via Twitter from X-Men Days of Future Past. The new photo shows what looks like a political rally with a White House memo referring to an incident in Paris.

“Today we face the gravest threat in our history…

What the world saw in Paris was not an isolated incident.”

The film is based on the classic story involving future and past X-Men trying to stop the assassination of a Senator which leads to a dark future in which mutants are hunted to near extinction.

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Singer Says Days of Future Past Is “Not Just Another X-Men Film”

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Nicholas Hoult and Hugh Jackman on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy @BryanSinger Twitter

The cast of the original X-Men trilogy (including Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry) join the X-Men: First Class cast (James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence) for X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Director Bryan Singer teases why the next X-Men film is the most exciting yet and the category of sequel or prequel doesn’t quite describe it.

“It’s not just another X-Men film; it’s not just about the combined cast as there will be certain technologies and other stuff that we haven’t seen before in the X-Men films,” Singer tells SFX.
“There are also issues of Continue reading Singer Says Days of Future Past Is “Not Just Another X-Men Film”

AMERICAN HORROR STORY Star Cast as Quicksilver in X-MEN Sequel

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Evan Peters of American Horror Story has been cast as Quicksilver in X-Men Days of Future Past.  The casting news came from – you guessed it – director Bryan Singer revealed via Twitter.

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Son of M #1 courtesy Marvel

Quicksilver is the son of Magneto who later joins the Avengers along with his sister Scarlet Witch. Fox holds the film rights to the X-Men. Disney/Marvel holds the rights to the Avengers. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said both studios could use the characters.

Just weeks ago Joss Whedon teased Continue reading AMERICAN HORROR STORY Star Cast as Quicksilver in X-MEN Sequel

Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in X-Men Days of Future Past

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Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence is back in blue on the set of X-Men Days of Future Past. Director Bryan Singer shared this first look of the actress in makeup as Mystique via Twitter.

In X-Men: First Class Raven was a childhood friend of Charles Xavier who flirted with Beast (Nicholas Hoult) but eventually fell in love with Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and joined his Brotherhood of Mutants.

In the classic comic book storyline that’s the inspiration for the upcoming sequel – Mystique is leader of the Brotherhood plotting to assassinate a Senator. The killing will lead to a dark Continue reading Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in X-Men Days of Future Past