I don’t know about you readers but, for me, the most exciting part of THE WOLVERINE back in the summer was the mid-credits tease for the upcoming Bryan Singer-directed X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. Seeing Ian McKellan in his hat as Magneto and Patrick Stewart wheeling around in Professor X’s chair again made me more hyped than ever for the return of the original trilogy’s cast to the big screen. Just eight months away, the sequel is set to be one of the most anticipated and ambitious blockbusters of 2014.
Actor James McAvoy, who plays the young Professor Charles Xavier, had this to say:
‘There’s an army of brilliant actors in that film. Bryan Singer is back at the helm. Potentially it’s going to be the biggest, most epic X-Men they’ve ever had. I think it’s the second biggest production Fox have ever embarked upon, behind Avatar. So they’re definitely going for it.’
With a substantial plot involving two time periods being crashed together and characters coming into contact with their older and younger selves, it is not really surprising how huge this film is. McAvoy also spoke about filming a scene in which his character faced his future entity:
‘[Patrick Stewart’s] last day was my first day and that was it. Then we were done. But we did crossover and we do get a scene together. Getting to work with Hugh [Jackman] – who I christened Hugo Boss – was great….Getting to work with Michael [Fassbender] again was great. I spent a hell of a lot of time with Nick [Nicholas Hoult]. Weirdly the people that I spent the most time with acting-wise was not Michael this time, it was Hugh and Nick. And whilst I bemoaned the loss of my buddy Michael, it was more than made up for by the fact that Hugh and Nick are such amazing people.’
Fox have recently irritated fans of the X-Men comics by officially announcing that X-MEN: FIRST CLASS takes place in the same timeline as the previous films in the franchise, resulting in many chronological inconsistencies. For example, Alex Summers a.k.a. Havoc in the 1960s-set FIRST CLASS is in fact the brother of the mutant Cyclops, one of the X-Men in the 2000 film, meaning there is an age gap of around 40 years between them. Will these problems be solved by DAYS OF FUTURE PAST’s time-bending universe-affecting plot? Maybe, but even if it doesn’t, there’s no denying this film looks awesome. As always, let us know your thoughts.
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST storms into cinemas on 23rd May 2014.
Source: ComingSoon
