ROGUE In X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

X-Men Legacy #262 courtesy Marvel
X-Men Legacy #262 courtesy Marvel

Fans were upset with news Anna Paquin had been cut from X-Men: Days of Future Past. According to Vulture – Paquin (as Rogue) was never completely cut from the sequel and it pivotal to a major moment in the plot of the time travel story.

 

The film unites the cast of the original X-Men trilogy and X-Men: First Class. Future X-Men send Wolverine into the past to change history and prevent a war on mutants by giant robots called Sentinels. Continue reading ROGUE In X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

X-MEN In AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 courtesy Sony
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 courtesy Sony

Why is Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) in The Amazing Spider-Man 2? A new post-credits sequence promoting X-Men: Days of Future Past featuring the shapeshifter has been added to the Spidey sequel.

 

Sony owns the Spider-Man films rights. Fox owns the X-Men film rights. Why are rival studios playing cross-promotion? Continue reading X-MEN In AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

X-MEN: Mutants of Future Spinoffs

X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox
X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox

X-Men: Days of Future Past is coming fast on the horizon. X-Men: Apocalypse is slated for 2016. The Wolverine sequel is clawing into theaters after that. Producers have started talking the possibilities of more X-Men solo spinoff  movies including Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique.

 

The fuel to a Gambit movie fire are lit up again after the MTV Movie Awards. Channing Tatum told MTV he’s met with Producer Lauren Schuler Donner and again expressed his love for Remy Labeau, the mutant played by Taylor Kitsch in X-Men: Origins: Wolverine.

 

Which X-Men characters deserve a movie? Continue reading X-MEN: Mutants of Future Spinoffs

X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST MTV Clip

X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox
X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox

Ellen Page introduced an exciting clip from X-Men: Days of Future Past at the MTV Movie Awards.

 

In the future mutant hunting robots attack. Kitty Pryde (Page) Colossus (Daniel Cudmore) and Iceman (Shawn Ashmore) lead brand new mutants Blink, Warpath, Bishop and Sunspot defending their embattled base from a swarm of Sentinels. Fans of Bobby Drake have to be thrilled to see Iceman at his full omega level potential. Blink is a fan favorite mutant from the Generation X era who died too soon but is alive and shows off her incredible teleporting power. Sunspot (Adan Canto) and Bishop (Omar Sy) share their solar projection and energy absorption powers on the invading Sentinels.

 

Watch the MTV clip again here: Continue reading X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST MTV Clip

X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Reveals 25 Moments

X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox
X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox

The mix of real and mutant history continues in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

 

In X-Men: First Class the emergence of mutants in the 1960’s was tied to the Cuban Missile Crisis and Cold War between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.

 

On the The Bent Bullet (a viral marketing site for DOFP) it was implied that Magneto was behind the assassination of President F. Kennedy. It’s been reported that Magneto is on prison accused of killing JFK and Wolverine, Professor X and Quicksilver will stage a jail break.

 

Now Fox unveils 25Moments.com which implies how the fight for mutant rights has tied into world history Continue reading X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Reveals 25 Moments

X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST TV Spot

Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy in X-Men Days of Future Past courtesy Fox
Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy in X-Men Days of Future Past courtesy Fox

Fox unveils the first television spot for X-Men: Days of Future Past.

 

Featuring the voice of Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) the spot shows the apocalyptic future in which mutants are in a losing war with robots called Sentinels.

 

The story is based on the classic story by Chris Claremont in which the X-Men of the future send one of their own into the past to change destiny.

 

With plenty of action from new mutants (Blink, Sunspot) and favorites like Wolverine here’s the spot:

Continue reading X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST TV Spot

ELLEN PAGE On X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

X-Men: Day of Future Past courtesy Empire
X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Empire

Ellen Page returns as Kitty Pryde in X-Men: Days of Future Past with an important role in the story. In the comics Kitty is sent back in time to change the future ruled by mutant hunting Sentinels. In the film Kitty helps send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) back instead.

 

Since X-Men: The Last Stand Page was nominated for an Oscar for Juno but she was ready to suit up again as the fan-favorite X-Man. Continue reading ELLEN PAGE On X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

Summers Brothers in X-MEN Films

Lucas Till on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy @BryanSinger via Twitter
Lucas Till on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy @BryanSinger via Twitter

Lucas Till reprises his role as Alex Summers (aka Havok) in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

 

“It’s really a small thing,” he says in the new Empire magazine. “A lot of people didn’t make it back. I’m fortunate.”

 

Summers is in the U.S. Army when the story picks up. Continue reading Summers Brothers in X-MEN Films