The X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in a battle that must change the past – to save their future.
X-Men: Days of Future Past is an upcoming 2014 American superhero film, based on the fictional X-Men characters appearing in Marvel Comics and on the 1981 Uncanny X-Men storyline “Days of Future Past” by Chris Claremont and John Byrne.
Directed by Bryan Singer, it is the seventh film in the X-Men film series and the third X-Men film directed by Singer after 2000′s X-Men and 2003′s X2. It stars an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Jennifer Lawrence, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Stewart, and Ian McKellen. The story is written by Simon Kinberg, Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman, with Kinberg writing the screenplay.
Days of Future Past acts as a sequel to both 2006′s X-Men: The Last Stand and 2011′s X-Men: First Class, as well as a follow-up to 2013′s The Wolverine. Principal photography began in April 2013 in Montreal, Canada and ended in August 2013. The film was shot in 3D and is scheduled to be released on May 23, 2014.
Cast and Characters
Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine
A mutant with accelerated healing, enhanced senses, adamantium-laced skeleton and retractable bone and adamantium claws. Director Bryan Singer stated that “Hugh of the future is sent, his consciousness is sent into his younger self [and] Hugh gets to play both parts because [Wolverine] is ageless.” Writer Simon Kinberg explained in an interview why Wolverine is the time traveler and he stated “We made the decision for a lot of reasons… One reason is that he’s the protagonist of the franchise, and probably the most beloved character to a mass audience.”
James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier / Professor X
The world’s most powerful telepath. Singer described the younger Xavier as being “a very different beast from First Class’ feckless playboy. He’s a wounded animal, bearded, long-haired, filled with rage at the way the world has treated him.” According to Stewart, there will be an explanation for Professor X’s return after he was vaporized by Jean Grey in X-Men: The Last Stand. Professor X’s return was previously alluded to during a post-credits scene in X-Men: The Last Stand and a mid-credits scene in The Wolverine.
Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellen[10] as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
A mutant with the ability to manipulate metallic objects. Singer described McKellen’s role as “also a fixture in the future war, facing an enemy so monstrous that it forces former foes to band together.”
Halle Berry as Ororo Munroe / Storm
A mutant with the ability to manipulate the elements. Singer described Storm as “one of the last surviving X-Men in this post-apocalyptic world”. Berry stated that “there’s something very revealing and shocking about Storm in this movie. There are some things you find out about her that I think give you much more insight into who she is.” When asked about if her pregnancy affected Storm’s role, she replied “I wasn’t in as much as I was meant to be. My ever-growing belly was posing a constant challenge! What I could do was getting more limited so the role that I play is so different from what it could have been, due to my surprise pregnancy.”
Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkhölme / Mystique
A mutant with the ability in shape-shifting. Singer stated that Mystique “is less innocent, evolved, getting closer to where Mystique was in X-Men 2.” Lawrence revealed that Mystique is split off from Lensherr and Xavier and she has one mission of trying to assassinate somebody. She added “we’ve seen her [Mystique] in the future and what she becomes and this is kind of a turning point for her.”
Anna Paquin as Rogue
A mutant with the ability to absorb the mutant abilities of anyone she touches.
Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde
A mutant with the ability to phase through solid objects. Singer described Pryde as the prime facilitator and that Pryde’s phasing ability enables time-travel to happen.
Peter Dinklage as Bolivar Trask
A military scientist and the head of Trask Industries who created a range of robots called Sentinels whose purpose is to hunt and destroy mutants. Dinklage stated that Trask “sees what he’s doing as a good thing — [his ambition is] definitely blind and he’s quite arrogant. He’s strove all his life for a certain respect and attention.” He also stated that Trask is up against Richard Nixon.
Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy / Beast
A mutant with super-strength, agility and speed.
Shawn Ashmore as Bobby Drake / Iceman
A mutant with the ability to create and manipulate ice. When Ashmore was asked about what can be expected to see how his character’s relationship with Rogue has evolved since X-Men: The Last Stand, he replied “they’re constantly having these relationship issues so we’ll see what happens.”
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart
Screenplay by: Simon Kinberg
Production Design by: John Myhre
Cinematography by: Newton Thomas Sigel
Film Editing by: John Ottman
Costume Design by: Louise Mingenbach
Set Decoration by: Gordon Sim
Music by: John Ottman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi violence and action, some suggestive material, nudity and language.
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: May 23, 2014
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