Movies and TV ‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel Titled ‘Days of Future Past’? - Page 36

**007** · 07-27-2012, 03:03 AM

http://screenrant.com/x-men-first-cl...t-kofi-177114/

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

ThaVirus · 07-30-2015, 06:10 PM

In fairness, (generally speaking) comic book characters will always look better in print and this look would be pretty tough to pull off IRL.

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-30-2015, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

Should of went with Mr. Sinister.

Should of? Should of?

You try to pass yourself as a smart guy but say "should of"?

And plenty of older illustrations were similar to Singer's version but you can't please everyone, especially the hardcore fans.

So screw 'em.

Fish · 07-30-2015, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

In fairness, (generally speaking) comic book characters will always look better in print and this look would be pretty tough to pull off IRL.

Exactly. I expected something maybe more like...

**Anyong Bluth** · 07-30-2015, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

Should of went with Mr. Sinister.

Already leaked legit information points to him being the primary villain in the upcoming Gambit movie.

**Anyong Bluth** · 07-30-2015, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

Exactly. I expected something maybe more like...

How they can omit one of his defining physical features and skip the design of his mouth is a crime against humanity.

Sorter · 07-30-2015, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by thabear04

ThaVirus · 07-30-2015, 10:42 PM

Ivan Ooze!

Apparently Mohawk girl next to Apoc and Munn is a young Storm.

ThaVirus · 07-30-2015, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

Exactly. I expected something maybe more like...

That dude looks like a mother****er that will rip your heart out through dick hole.

Which brings me to another point of annoyance, why is the dude's skin purple? It should be gray. His skin is always gray.

thabear04 · 07-30-2015, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

That dude looks like a mother****er that will rip your heart out through dick hole.

Which brings me to another point of annoyance, why is the dude's skin purple? It should be gray. His skin is always gray.

Yeah I can't think why they would make his skin purple. Off topic but on the next Wolverine Movie you think they might have omega red.

ThaVirus · 07-30-2015, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by thabear04

Yeah I can't think why they would make his skin purple. Off topic but on the next Wolverine Movie you think they might have omega red.

I'm not sure. I'd guess so. Omega Red is really the only main Wolverine villain we haven't seen on film yet.

I did read that Hugh Jackman is signed on for this new X-Men: Apocalypse and one more Wolverine spinoff and then he's done. It'll be interesting to see how they try and wrap it all up.

thabear04 · 07-31-2015, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I'm not sure. I'd guess so. Omega Red is really the only main Wolverine villain we haven't seen on film yet.

I did read that Hugh Jackman is signed on for this new X-Men: Apocalypse and one more Wolverine spinoff and then he's done. It'll be interesting to see how they try and wrap it all up.

Yeah he has two more films left and I heard Jerry Seinfeld told Jackmen to call it quits on playing Wolverine.

http://www.people.com/people/mobile/...929367,00.html

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-31-2015, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I'm not sure. I'd guess so. Omega Red is really the only main Wolverine villain we haven't seen on film yet.

I did read that Hugh Jackman is signed on for this new X-Men: Apocalypse and one more Wolverine spinoff and then he's done. It'll be interesting to see how they try and wrap it all up.

Jackman isn't signed for Apocalypse. He's doing Old Man Logan and then he's done.

It's possible that he makes a cameo but even that's unlikely at this point.

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-31-2015, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Ivan Ooze!

Apparently Mohawk girl next to Apoc and Munn is a young Storm.

Munn is Psylocke, the other girl is Storm.

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-31-2015, 01:22 AM

Maybe this is more to the hardcore fan's liking?

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-31-2015, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

They just need to scrap everything above the neck. The costume and musculature aren't too bad. They definitely need to make him bigger, 6'6" at the very least, and maybe a little less purple, more blue.

Set pics don't necessarily mean anything.

Chill.

07-27-2012, 03:03 AM
007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $14060126 VARSITY	‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel Titled ‘Days of Future Past’? http://screenrant.com/x-men-first-cl...t-kofi-177114/ 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
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