‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel Titled ‘Days of Future Past’?
 

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There is word circulating that 20th Century Fox has reached out to the MPAA to secure a title for the studio’s forthcoming sequel to X-Men: First Class - and if reported accurately, that title is going to send a tidal wave of geek freak-outs across the Interwebs. The title in question is “Days of Future Past” – which remains one of the most famous and celebrated X-Men storylines of all time.

More interestingly, however: “Days of Future Past” was also a X-Men story that dealt with time travel and multiple timelines – meaning that director Matthew Vaughn and Fox could be (finally) trying to organize the convoluted continuity of the X-Men film franchise, using a tactic similar to what J.J. Abrams did with his Star Trek reboot.

Here is the quote from AICN reporter “The Kidd,” which first kicked off this rumor:

One of my little birds Weapon X recently dropped me some information that 20th Century Fox had recently registered the title DAYS OF FUTURE PAST with the MPAA Title Registration Bureau. The Bureau exists for studios and productions companies to stake their claims on certain titles that they intend to release and distribute, so that others can stray from using a similar title.

The title “Days of Future Past” is taken from the two-issue Uncanny X-Men comic book storyline written in 1981 by legendary X-Men writer/artist team Chris Claremont and John Byrne. In the story, the X-Men are trying to stop the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (led by Mystique) from killing an anti-mutant political figure named Senator Robert Kelly. This pivotal event creates a separate timeline in which the X-Men fail to stop the Kelly assassination, and as a result, mutants are hunted, imprisoned and exterminated by humanity. One X-Man from that future dystopia manages to travel back in time and warn the present day X-Men, who ultimately stop the assassination (though the two timelines both remain in existence).


The X-Men Battle Sentinels in 'Days of Future Past'

Given where X-Men: First Class left things, it’s easy to see how “Days of Future Past” could be reconfigured to focus on Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and his Brotherhood going after a key political figure, and the X-Men team being visited by a dimension-hopping mutant to be forewarned of what happens if they don’t stop the assassins. “Days of Future Past” also had the mutant-killing Sentinel robots, an older version of Wolverine, etc. – all of which would be awesome to see onscreen (not to mention a Terminator-style future dystopia). A “DoFP” plot could also open the door for the franchise to introduce time-hopping X-Men like Bishop or Cable to the mix.

In terms of the movies: “Days of Future Past” would give Vaughn and company a way to end all this continuity madness once and for all. If time travel and alternate timelines are successfully introduced into the X-Men movie universe, then that would be a perfect explanation for why the original X-Men trilogy (and Wolverine) have plot points that contradict First Class, while allowing all of the films to remain valid (unlike the ‘forget the past’ approach of the Spider-Man movie reboot).



“Days of Future Past” is an awesome story on its own – and I for one would welcome anything that could straighten out the movie continuity in satisfactory fashion. First Class was tormented all through development for not being a clear prequel OR reboot, but instead some weird amalgamation of both. I think a lot of X-Men fans would agree with the sentiment that it’s time to clean house. J.J. Abrams successfully cleared away decades of Star Trek continuity when he spun-off a new timeline for his 2009 reboot, which allowed him the freedom to tell his own stories using familiar characters.

Finally, introducing alternate timelines would give Fox many new options for how they approach their other upcoming X-Men films: including already-in-production sequel The Wolverine, and the already-planned X-Men 4. In fact, “First Class Continuity (FCC)” and/or “Original Trilogy Continuity (OTC)” could be terms we all start throwing around pretty soon. Comic book geekery at its best.

X-Men: Days of Future Past - if that is indeed the title – will be in theaters on July 18th, 2014.

Header Image by Deviant Art User “Wobblyone“.

Source: AICN

Now, what I took from it....

They are making xmen 4 and a sequel to wolverine?

so will hugh jackman, the only actor in all of the x-men, be in this one too?

Count on it. He brings in viewers, his character doesn't age, and he's probably the only actor in the series that was so good that the audience wouldn't accept a recasting.

Good god... make it end.

This whole series of movies (First class, X-men 1-3, and that god awful wolverine movie) have no continuity. It's just one huge cluster**** of shit. Fox ****ed this property up horribly.

I figured they were just going to ignore the other four movies and run with the concept behind First Class. I can't believe they are actually trying to make the movies coexist.

The whole thing needs some time to cool off (get it away from Fox, who have proven time and time again they **** up franchise type titles going back decades) and rebooted. Let it fade.

They won't though because in spite of not being very good these movies make money. :banghead:

Yea, this is what should be done. First Class was good. They should just ignore the other flicks and run with First Class.....although, Jackman was in First Class, so they technically messed up already.

In my eyes the series has been horribly botched and First Class tied in too heavily with the other movies to be considered a reboot.

If they plan on explaining this away using time travel... well... that is a tool often used in comics and it just makes things worse.

The Days of Future Past is among the holy scripts to comic nerds. If they do this, they best not **** it up. If it's done right, they will have a hit on their hands.

I never could get into X-Men. Not sure why...

no way, I enjoy them! I love me some comic book movies, especially X Men, I thought first class was very good, keep it comin!

Could be good.

Could be a big, steaming pile of shit.

The X-men movies could and should have been so much better than they were.

I thought X1 and X3 were decent when they first came out. After rewatching, X1 hasn't aged well at all and I'd venture to call it crap, while X3 doesn't have much value outside of the action scenes.

Wolverine: Origins was OK. I liked Jackman and Schrieber (sp?) and Ryan Reynolds was great for the 10 minutes he was involved. They royally ****ed up the timeline having Gambit and Blob as 30-somethings in the 80s though, as well as Cyclops and Emma Frost in their late teens. Not to mention the shitcan they put on Deadpool. It has entertainment value but not really a good movie.

X2 and First Class on the other hand were pretty good movies. X2 was completely badass and I really can't think of anything bad to say about it, although it's been a while since I've seen it. Nightcrawler's opening scene, Colossus' first appearance in metal form, and for some reason the scene at Iceman's house with Pyro- all grade A stuff. First Class had the best acting with Fassbender and McAvoy. Magneto is low-key one of my favorite X-Men characters so it was good to see him being such a gangster. My only complaint was that the other mutants were lame (Banshee, tornado guy, and firefly stripper girl).

I'm surprised we've seen so many X-Men movies with no story revolving around the Sentinels. This could be really good if they don't **** it up.

They had a quick shot of a Sentinel the X-Men were fighting while in the Danger Room at the beginning of X3. IIRC, Colossus and Wolverine do the "fasball special" against the Sentinel.

Days of Future Past would be amazing. Hopefully.

I liked X-2 okay and first class wasn't a bad movie.. it was just a disaster in terms of continuity while blatantly tying itself in with the three X men movies. Both were entertaining.

I hated the wolverine movie as it was nothing but action movie cliche after action movie cliche. I mean I'm still getting both the skyward scream and walking away from an explosion in the same goddamn movie? What is this 1986? That one, more than any of the others, I felt was just a shitty film. I didn't like X-men when it came out and I hated the third film almost as much as that Wolverine movie.

The scene from Iceman's house was an allegory to Singer's homosexuality. It was a 'coming out of the closet' moment. I thought it was forced and came off rather silly personally.. and that was before I figured out why he shoehorned it in there.

As a fan of the series I'm disappointed it couldn't get represented better on the big screen. I loved the way the movies were casted for the most part (Halle Berry was horrible), but not so much the way they were written.

"Have you tried... not being a mutant??"

That was a shit Sentinel and pissed me off that is all they did..

Another thing that bothers me about the fastball special, how does Wolverine slice there heads off? His claws are not that big, it would take a bit for him to do that..

But I like that they are trying to tie them together this way.. Hopefully what would happen is the realities combine, and we get Scott, Professor and such back.. Basically all the dumb shit never happened in the first 3..

Well the whole movie went to garbage when they made Iceman some punk kid in the first one. Dude was an original member. That was a massive and beyond reeruned mistake.

It's not nearly as bad as what they did to Angel.

Well in Ultimate X-Men he was a teen as well. That's a pretty good age for his character, IMO. They say he's possibly an omega level mutant. If he could fully control his powers he'd be above guys like Magneto and Professor X but his age and mindset keeps him from fully realizing his potential.

Granted. But he's such a powerful mutant and to not showcase that ridiculous ability is dumb. They could make it look so sick with CGI now. Wolverine is played out it ain't even funny.

Loved X1 and X2. Thought X3 was OK, not as bad as everyone made it out to be, but still not very good. Thought Wolverine Origins was pretty bad. I also did not like First Class--too dark and serious, and something about it really bothered me (no heart?) Days of Future past could be excellent if done right, but Wolverine (and Kitty) are basically the main/only characters and Hugh Jackman would almost certainly have to be involved. They would have to get someone with star status to play the older Kitty --she was played by Ellen Page (Juno) in X3.

X3 was a ****ing disaster, if only for the way they absolutely raped and murdered Jean Grey being the Phoenix Force, especially after the way it was teased at the end of X2.

If done well it could be played excellently.

Like others have said I'd prefer a reboot. Iceman, Beast, Jean, Cyclops, and Angel were the FIRST X men.

I would love a reboot.

I don't much care about using the OG class. Those characters took the book on a ride to the cancellation line. Chris Clairmont saved X-men and made them what they are today when he changed the cast (Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Banshee, ect..) and made the dynamics more interesting and diverse.

I'd take a movie with that cast over the original X-men.

Nightcrawler is bad ass. Still dumb how they cut him out.

Banshee is a pillowbiter; I don't ever want to see him in an X Men film again.

My official badass X Team I'd like to see is Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Beast, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Colossus and Gambit. That's a lot of people to get screen time and character development so if need be take out Beast and keep Gambit as a secondary guy with not much screen time outside of action sequences. Maybe throw in Kitty just to have a love interest for Bobby.

If they do happen to go into the future I'd also like to see Forge, Bishop and Cable somehow. As well as Old Man Logan.

I want a lot.

loved X! ans 2
3 sucked,
and yeah angewlwas ****ed over
Wolverine, was marvels batman and robin

and no ****ing' way they are ready to do days of future past
DO NOT LIKE

Hugh Jackman in Talks to Reprise Wolverine in New 'X-Men' Movie (Exclusive)


The actor would join original trilogy stars Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in Bryan Singer's film, which also stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult.

Director Bryan Singer continues to merge past and present X-Men actors for Fox’s X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Sources confirm that Hugh Jackman is in negotiations to reprise his Wolverine role in the movie, which is ostensibly a sequel to X-Men: First Class but will prominently feature actors from the first X-Men trilogy (the first two of which Singer directed).

Singer announced Monday that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen -- who portrayed X-Men founder Professor Charles Xavier and renegade mutant leader Magneto, respectively, in the original X-Men movies -- are joining First Class actors James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult.

Days of Future Past is a classic storyline that unfolded in two issues of Marvel Comics' Uncanny X-Men in 1981, from writer Chris Claremont and artists John Byrne and Terry Austin. The story was partially set in an alternate future where surviving mutants have been penned in concentration camps, giant robots called Sentinels patrol America, and most of the X-Men have been hunted and killed. In the present day, the X-Men were forced to stop a key event from unfolding in order to keep that future from occurring.

Seeds of a tie-in between the trilogies were sown when Jackman memorably cameoed as Wolverine in First Class. The fanboy world began speculating about Jackman's possible return once news broke that Stewart and McKellen were returning. Jackman recently wrapped production on The Wolverine, a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Somebody explain to me why they would have the older versions of Magneto and Prof X for this movie.

The above post explains it

ok, maybe a little. I don't like the aspect of that but oh well.

I don't really have high expectations for it.I'll go see it because I think Fassbender, McKellan, and McAvoy are fantastic actors.


Oh, and Jennifer Lawrence is gorgeous.

I have such a nerd boner right now.

Yeah dude. My wife made me watch the Hunger Games, and a few lines from Woody Harelson, and Jennifer Lawrence gracing my TV were the only redeeming factors.

This.


The only comic movies that anyone has done justice is Nolan's' Batman and Jon Favreau's Iron Man.

It's essential to the storyline. Days of Future past is all about flashbacks and time travel (iirc, it's been awhile).

This could be mega awesome, if they do it right.

Someone fill me in here. If Prof X was killed by Gene then how they hell is he in the distant future?

Never saw the very end of the third film, huh? The scene past all the credits?

Damn it. What did is show?

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Spider-Man 1 & 2, all of the Blade films and the Avengers were pretty good.

EDIT: I thought X Men 2 was good at the time. I haven't seen it in a long time though.

1 & 2 were awesome the 3rd one sucked so much it doesn't exist in my mind.

Come on, they added Ryan Reynolds, man!

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!?

The original script where vampires have taken over the world from humans, while an older grayed Blade takes it back. I think Reynolds is cool guy, but the Hannibal King role doesn't fit him.

Yeah Blade Trinity was terrible. Blade 2 was the best by far.

Alan Cumming In 'X-Men: Days Of Future Past'? Bryan Singer On The Future Of Nightcrawler

Bryan Singer took over "X-Men: Days of Future Past" directing duties in October, and it hasn't taken him long to reassert himself at the top of the franchise. (Singer directed "X-Men" and "X2: X-Men United" back in, respectively, 2000 and 2003; he produced the 2011 hit "X-Men: First Class.")

Over the last few months, original "X-Men" stars like Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Anna Paquin and Ellen Page have been announced as co-stars in "Days of Future Past," which already features "First Class" stars Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Jennifer Lawrence as youthful versions of the comic book heroes. But what about fan-favorite Nightcrawler, last played by Alan Cumming in "X2"?

On Monday, I spoke with Singer about his new film "Jack the Giant Slayer" (the full interview will publish closer to its March 1 release date) and asked the director specifically about Nightcrawler, a character Cumming is on the record as open to playing again.

Good. That White House scene in X2 was the shit.

If they could work in Nightcrawler, Gambit and Colossus all in the same film, I'd be one happy dude.

Bryan Singer Eyes Peter Dinklage For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

EXCLUSIVE: For X-Men: Days Of Future Past, director Bryan Singer has assembled a collision of his original X-Men cast with returnees from X-Men First Class, but here’s an intriguing development: I hear he’s bringing in Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage into the mix for a key role. Dinklage won an Emmy for his work as Tyrion Lannister, arguably the only sane member of that sordid royal clan. Singer has become infatuated with announcing cast via Twitter (he’s got everyone from Jennifer Lawrence to Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen and James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender in the mix), but I’ll try to find out what role Dinklage will play.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=70243

ROFL

:hmmm:

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You know, Hugh Jackman was actually way too tall to be Wolverine....

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Halle Berry To Return As Storm In Bryan Singer’s ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday March 4, 2013 @ 11:42am PST
Tags: Halle Berry, X-Men
Deadline has confirmed the actress will reprise her role as Storm in 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Days Of Future Past.

Meh. Storm is one of the more lame X-Men.

"Know what happens to a Toad when its struck by lightning?"

Really? She has intelligence, leadership, was worshipped as a God, and has one of the crazier mutant abilities. She's awesome.

Plus she has nice titties!!!!

:clap:

Such a terrible part in that movie. Storm was meh in the Xmen movies, but not as bad as Cyclops. GOD that pissed me off how they made him a bitch for three whole movies then just kill him off along with Professor X... just horrible.

heh, It felt like Cyclops only had about 15 minutes of screen time between the 3 movies.

I'll go with Gravedigger. He was a bitch. Then died.

Wow, for real?

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http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/03/...st-apocalypse/

Now, speaking with Bleeding Cool, filmmaker Bryan Singer was asked if the villain Apocalypse would make an appearance. He responded:

"I can't tell you…"

Asked if realising the character of Apocalypse would require performance capture, a reportedly nervous Singer said:

"This is how it gets started, when somebody starts piecing the little bits together…"

In the comics Apocalypse is said to be the first mutant in history, born five millennium ago on another planet, and shows up throughout several periods in history. Could this be the character Peter Dinklage is portraying?

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I've never read the comics but personally, I hate this kind of shit. It's what ruined "Highlander" and now it's going to ruin X-Men.

****.

highlander needed more lorenzo lamas

And less Ryan Reynolds

Yeah, time travel and immortality would just kill such a reality-bound concept like x-men.

As a kid I always loved Apocalypse. If he appears in this or is hinted about in this I imagine it will be to set up a future Avengers style film where everybody from the X-men cannon that can be exploited for cash come out to play.

edit: BTW it has always bothered me that his belt thingy as a huge "A" on it... being that he is from ancient egypt and all.

My question is, if Dinklage is playing him, then how small will they have to make Darkseid, so he can live inside of him.

I am ignoring the humor here and just going to say they will use that motion capture camera shit they used for avatar. Maybe they are going to set up Horsemen of Apocalypse??

I would love to see Apocalypse.. Unfortunately Michael Clarke Duncan died.. Would of been my casting choice.. It would be hard to pull on Apocalypse, I would want him live action and not CGI fully..

Again.. My plot for the stories if it were not Futures Past..

Xmen 4: Dawn of the Sentinels: Jean wakes up, the lake ****ed her up pretty good.. Prof X has been battlign the Phoenix inside of her. While she was out she was melding dream and current events in the real world.. Scott never died.. What did happen was Magneto getting freed from prison and the attacks on mankind. The antimutagen was still being devoloped by Angels dad and mutants who wanted the serum could take it. Rogue left to take it so she can bang iceman.

With the added defiance of mutants not wanted to be forced to take the serum and Magnetos attacks. Congress initials the Sentinel Program. They start laying waste of innocent and guilty mutants equally.

Xmen need to splinter into two groups, One group to shut down the sentinals and the other to talk to Magneto to stop. (cause xavier is still a sentimental bitch)(also, xavier is still the biggest villian in marvel history that know ones knows about.)

Half way through the movie, rogue and angel of xmen vanish, and juggernaut and pyro of Magneto's crew. The xmen do not know about rogue vanishing, Angel is lost in battle.

Sentinels, start to go haywire and attack humans also. Xmen regroup from their blue and gold groups to attack the Sentinel main base and its leader. As they are attacking, magneto joins in and a three way battle ensues. Eventually tide turns in the favor of the Sentinels.. They are wavering until a unseen force comes in and demolishes the Sentinel army quickly.

The four horsemen have arrived, and beckoned the world to kneel before their demise under their ruler Apocalypse.

movie ends, my plan with story would be just at 3hours, and extended dvd of 4 or more hours for the fan boys.

xmen 5: Apocalypse:
Xmen and Magneto realize who the horseman are in horror and retreat. Thanks to some new mutants that they had join in the previous movie they teleport out with blink and nightcrawler.
Sentinel leader retreats and starts rebuilding. xmen and magento go into hiding. Magneto to asteroid M, and Xmen to Genoisha. The US, Mexico and Canada have been taken over by Apocalypse in a few months.
New mutants of Bishop and Cable have given a plan on stopping Apocalypse.
Info is relayed to Magneto, Take out Apocalypse lieutenants, while a stealth force goes against Apocalypse.
Add some replaceable mutants that can be sacrificed during the battles. Summers and Cable go after Mr. Sinister to break the grasp on the horseman mind control.

war: Juggernauth
Death: Angel
Famine: pyro
Pestilence: Rogue

Just my opinion..

I can see something like that Valiant. I think this film is going to wash away the awful X3 pile of shit, and make an opening for the original X1/2 cast to come back in to play for a future film battling Apocalypse. I am not sure if they will keep the future and past characters going for more than one film or if they will end the current reboot actors and move on with the original cast or wtf they will do with all of these people now...

LMAO

You know what I mean. If the X-Men aren't truly man's next step in evolution, it kind of takes away from the fun, doesn't it?

Why does everything have to be "Aliens"?

I thought Apocalypse was born the first mutant back in, like, 3000 BC and found an alien spaceship with advanced technology that is somehow infused with his body. I think the aliens were called Celestials..

Is that right?

Something like that I think.

I know he was born in ancient Egypt like 5000 years ago.