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Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart Join 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'
by Ethan Anderton
November 27, 2012
On the same day that news of Star Wars: Episode VII was announced, Bryan Singer was also confirmed as the replacement director on X-Men: Days of Future Past after Matthew Vaughn decided to drop the X-Men: First Class sequel. It was like living in 1999 all over again. Now we have word that a couple blasts from X-Men past will be joining Days of Future Past. Singer updated Twitter to let everyone know that Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will reprise their roles as Magneto and Professor X respectively. However, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy will also be reprising those roles from X-Men: First Class.
Here are the two updates from Singer's personal Twitter account which also announce the official return of Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique (we knew this because of her schedule for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) and Nicholas Hoult as Beast:
Thrilled to announce @ianmckellen118 & @sirpatstew are joining the cast of #XMEN #DaysOfFuturePast #magneto #professorX More to come…
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) November 27, 2012
I'd like to officially welcome back James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, & Nicholas Hoult to #XMEN for #DaysOfFuturePast
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) November 27, 2012
Now for those of you who might be confused as to how these four actors are reprising the same two roles, perhaps it's time to recall the comic book storyline for Days of Future Past from Wikipedia:
The storyline alternates between present day, in which the X-Men fight Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and a future timeline caused by the X-Men's failure to prevent the Brotherhood from assassinating Senator Robert Kelly. In this future universe, Sentinels rule the United States, and mutants live in internment camps. The present-day X-Men are forewarned of the possible future by a future version of their teammate Kitty Pryde, whose mind traveled back in time and possessed her younger self to warn the X-Men. She succeeds in her mission and returns to the future, but despite her success, the future timeline still exists as an alternative timeline rather than as the actual future.
So with that time travel element, it's not hard to see why the older versions of Magneto and Professor X will appear in the film. The question will be how the continuity between the original X-Men franchise (of which Singer directed the first two installments) and this new prequel franchise will bridge together. Again, the time travel makes it easy, but we still don't specifics. I'm sure the film version of this story will be different from the comic book anyway. Singer says there's more to come so stay tuned. Well?
19 Comments
2
oh helll yes!
bat0u on Nov 27, 2012
3
I wonder if Singer's insistence on previous movie tie ins, and an overly convoluted plot, is why Vaughn left
Steve Stathius on Nov 27, 2012
4
Maybe...Vaughn seemed pretty stoked about First Class being a reboot...but it seemed like Singer was the one who wanted to work in the Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Romijn cameos. Either way, Singer makes good X-Men movies...so I'm fine with him taking it back over.
Chris Groves on Nov 27, 2012
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This movie has the potential to be one of the best, it's almost too good to be true. In great hands, all-around.
Noe on Nov 27, 2012
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You couldn't be more wrong. Singer will ruin this great comic book story.
Rpin on Nov 28, 2012
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dude what are you talking about Singer made X-Men and X2 and produced First Class the rest were crap part 3 and Origins so he is the only one that can do it justice
korbindallis on Nov 28, 2012
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Isn't it about time that Apacolypse showed up in these movies?
jah p on Nov 27, 2012
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This will be the greatest superhero movie ever.
Magnus on Nov 27, 2012
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Ian McKellan back as Magneto? This sounds too awesome to be true.
Isildur_of_Numenor on Nov 27, 2012
11
Pretty much what we all expected. The Wolverine is a sequel to 'The Last Stand' with flashbacks. Days of Future Past will be both a sequel to THAT and a sequel to First Class. I love this. No more arguing about reboots or what ignores what...everything is included. I'm a happy camper.
Chris Groves on Nov 27, 2012
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If they could find a way to negate Last Stand and Wolverine Origins I'll be a happy man
Richie G on Nov 27, 2012
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I for one loved The Last Stand. It wasn't the RIGHT conclusion to the trilogy...but as a stand alone movie is was massively entertaining. It has the best pacing and action sequences of any of the films so far, in my opinion. Plus, now that this franchise has expanded to greatly...it failing as a grand conclusion to the story doesn't really matter as much...it's just a one-off. Origins wasn't very good, but I still enjoyed it more than most...seeing Wolverine's backstory fleshed out in film form was something I wanted for a long time.
Chris Groves on Nov 28, 2012
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I wish I could see them in the same way, pretty tired of being disapointed. Still optomistic about the new projects though
Richie G on Nov 29, 2012
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That is some great news, Its also a nice way to tie the previous movies with the new ones.
TigerClaw305 on Nov 27, 2012
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Proven fact: Bryan Singer has not yet made a bad X-Men film. This alone has me interested in this upcoming film. Add in the possibility of a chance to see Michael Fassbender & James McAvoy's Eric and Charles play directly opposite Sirs Ian McKellan & Patrick Stewart's? The nerdgasm of this magnitude will surely cause heads to explode in the theaters. Most of all I just want to see a decent version of Colossus throwing a "Fastball Special" Wolverine through a Sentinel.
Thexn on Nov 27, 2012
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I think Vaughn couldnt do it because hes gonna be busy directing some jediii if ya catch my drift, thats right im callin it now.
Cody W on Nov 27, 2012
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X-Men needs to go back to Marvel so we can get a real x-men film
ticketmaster on Nov 28, 2012
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Days of Future Past: Beast: "Oh, I see you have updated my Cerebro". Xavier: "Who's Cerebro??" Stuff to fix/explain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs3C6d-9_tA
David Banner on Nov 28, 2012
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