I think it's safe to say there's a lot of hype surrounding Bryan Singer's (
The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns) latest installment to the
X-Men franchise;
X-Men: Days of Future Past. Set to feature both the cast of
X-Men: First Class and the returning stars from the original
X-Men films, Bryan Singer has now confirmed that two new characters are being added to the mix. He also has given us our first look at many of the film's
X-Men with their new costumes including Ellen Page's Shadowcat, Halle Berry's Storm, James McAvoy's Charles Xavier, and Hugh Jackman's latest look as
Wolverine.
The set photos released via director Bryan Singer's Twitter give us our first look at what costumes the X-Men will be sporting this time around, as well as Wolverine's look that seems to draw some comparison to his look in the Days of Future Past comic book arc. Singer has released photos of Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Professor X, along with Shawn Ashmore who plays Ice Man wearing motion capture censors, Ellen Page suit up as Kitty Pride/Shadowcat, and Halle Berry's new look as Storm. But probably the most interesting of all the character photos Singer has put up is James McAvoy's 70s era Charles Xavier, who looks very different from the last time we saw him in X-Men First Class. Take a look below:
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Now as for the rumored cameos, we now have confirmation that Famke Janssen will be reprising her role as Jean Grey in
The Wolverine as seen in the most recent trailer for the film. While Singer hasn't given word on whether Jean is set to make an appearance in
Days of Future Past, but given that director James Mangold has stated the events of
The Wolverine take place directly before that of
Future Past, it's not too far fetched to at least assume she'll be making a cameo.
But the latest rumor is that James Marsden; best known for his role as Scott Summers/Cyclops in the original X-Men films, was seen on a plane to Montreal with Halle Berry where it just so happens she's filming Days of Future Past. While someone just saying they saw Berry and Marsden on a plane together to where they're filming Future Past may seem like complete BS, many people may recall that a cab driver had let slip that he drove Hugh Jackman to film a scene for X-Men First Class, and that turned out to be legit. Although Marsden's Cyclops did die in Brett Ratner's X-Men: The Last Stand, it isn't totally impossible to see his return here, especially with all the alternate reality stuff going on in Days of Future Past. We've already seen that Singer's bringing back Patrick Stewart Professor X who also died in The Last Stand, so maybe Singer has a specific way in mind to explain these characters return. None the less for now the Marsden cameo is still strictly rumor, but will update if there's any confirmation of it from him or Singer.
And the last rumor circling around does in fact involve Patrick Stewart's Professor X who like Marsden's Cyclops died in
X-Men: The Last Stand. Well according to
JoBlo, director
James Mangold and Hugh Jackman were filming reshoots over the weekend, and one of these was set to be a scene that would connect the end of
The Wolverine with
Days of Future Past. The scene is described to involve
Wolverine in an airport in Montreal, returning from the events of
The Wolverine in Japan. Then time freezes, and an apparently now walking Professor X (Patrick Stewart) confronting him as they walk out together. While this is still strictly rumor as of yet, some sort of connection between
The Wolverine and
Days of Future Past would make a lot of sense, and using an alternate reality version of Professor X confronting him seems like a fitting ending scene (Or possibly end-credit scene) to connect the two.
Now along with all the new set photos, Singer has also revealed a photo confirming the inclusion of two new
X-Men in
Future Past; Bishop and Warpath. Lucas Bishop is the time traveling mutant who visits the X-Men from an apocalyptic future in the comics, where as Warpath is the Apache Native American younger brother of former
X-Men Thunderbird who possess superhuman strength and and speed an is a founding member of the X-Force team. It's safe to say that these are the roles that Omar Sy (
Untouchables) and Boo Boo Stewart (
Twilight) were casted for. While I had predicted Omar was indeed playing Bishop in our last post, with confirmation that the character will be included and with Omar as the only African American male casted in the film, it's almost a given that he'll be taking on the role. As for Boo Boo, many had thought he'd be playing Thunderbird because of his Native American decent, but it seems he'll in fact be playing Thunderbird's younger brother Warpath.
What do you think of the latest Future Past photos? Are you excited to see Warpath and Bishop join the team?
