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

[007]

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

[Sure-Oz]

Sentinels don't seem to look anything like the comics/cartoons

[Sure-Oz]

final trailer. Yes!

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsjtg...ature=youtu.be final trailer. Yes!

Ok, that looks fantastic. They should have just cut that trailer from the beginning.

[keg in kc]

And there's the clip I saw sometime earlier with Iceman getting his head knocked off.

Good trailer.

[ThaVirus]

So Quicksilver won't even be Magneto's son in this universe? **** me, dude. This is Wolverine and Sabertooth in X Men 1 all over again.

..And this is after The Wolverine so Wolvie has bone claws exposed but adamantium still laced to the rest of his skeleton, correct?

[bowener]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Sentinels don't seem to look anything like the comics/cartoons

The one in the more recent trailers is one that exists in the future. I think there are slightly more traditional looking ones around when Trask first builds them up to the present day in this movie. At least that is what I have gathered from all the shit leading up to now.

edit: When I say "traditional" I mean that they appear like the older purple ones in their abilities and build. They are not like the shape shifting ones of the future.

[keg in kc]

I still think the 'original' ones look goofy as hell, with those clear plastic facemasks.

[bevischief]

This could be good.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

So Quicksilver won't even be Magneto's son in this universe? **** me, dude. This is Wolverine and Sabertooth in X Men 1 all over again.

..And this is after The Wolverine so Wolvie has bone claws exposed but adamantium still laced to the rest of his skeleton, correct?

I'm going to say no. My theory is that Xavier sends Logan's future consciousness back to inhabit his younger self, therefore you get the adamantium claws all over again.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by Bowser

I'm going to say no. My theory is that Xavier sends Logan's future consciousness back to inhabit his younger self, therefore you get the adamantium claws all over again.

Of course, if you do that, you get all kinds of paradox issues for the future X-Men films. Maybe Xavier accounts for that? Maybe I'm completely off....

[ThaVirus]

Well at about 2:07 in that new trailer you can see Wolverine with the bone claws. Of course, there's no way to know if that is Logan's past or future self so there's no point in guessing..

If they send Logan back 50 years into the past from around 2020, I'm guessing, that'll put him in the 70s which would have been before he got the adamantium anyway.

[Gravedigger]

This movie looks great. The liberties that Fox has taken with Xmen are atrocious, the absolute worst out of any comic book franchise. It was bad enough that Rogue got pussified, that Cyclops and Professor X died, and that Wolverine Origins even existed, but why the hell bring Quicksilver in and not make him Magneto's son? Why do you need to bring HIM in just to mess up his background and story? Isn't there another mutant that could've helped them get down to the prison without being seen? I mean it's just stupid sometimes and I really can't wait till the rights go back to Marvel because they need to relaunch the Xmen. As my favorite comic book heroes ever, they've been given a raw deal.

[Aries Walker]

Remember that, when the first X-Men movie came out, they didn't know the superhero genre would take off like it did. In the first cast, they had to include Wolverine and Storm (the two most popular), Cyclops and Jean (the two integral to the plot), and Rogue (whose can't-touch-you power best symbolize mutant isolation), so right off the bat they couldn't follow the original team lineup. After that, they've been trying to fix the timeline, but then it got worse for them when Brian Singer bailed to make that awful Superman movie, and they churned out two awful movies, killing two of their most pivotal characters in the process. Whoopsie.

Since then, they've been trying their best to repair the canon, and they're getting better - The Wolverine was the closest they've been yet to remaining faithful to the actual story. As for a reboot, it will take Stewart, McKellan, and (most importantly) the un-recastable Hugh Jackman to retire or die before they do that - and seeing as Jackman appears to be intent on playing Wolverine well into his old age, I wouldn't hold your breath.

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by Aries Walker

Hugh Jackman to retire or die before they do that - and seeing as Jackman appears to be intent on playing Wolverine well into his old age, I wouldn't hold your breath.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/...g-as-wolverine

[Sure-Oz]

Shit http://www.thewrap.com/bryan-singer-...g-underage-boy