Director/ Producer Bryan Singer took to his Twitter account to let everyone know that he won’t be the only one returning to the big screen X-Men world in X-Men: Days of Future Past, the follow-up to X-Men: First Class.
Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen will be joining First Class cast members James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Nicholas Hoult in the sequel set to hit theaters on July 18, 2014.
Singer, who directed 2000’s X-Men and 2003’s X2, had to bow out of 2011’s X-Men: First Class to instead helm Jack the Giant Slayer (which has yet to be released). Ironically Singer is now back in the mix after First Class director Matthew Vaughn abruptly stepped away from Days of Future Past (those Star Wars: Episode VII rumors persist).
X-Men: First Class was a 60’s set quasi-prequel to the 20th Century Fox’s blockbuster X-Men series starring Stewart as Charles Xavier, McKellen as Magneto and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. First Class recast McAvoy and Fassbender as younger versions of Xavier and Magento, and managed to squeeze Jackman in for a quick cameo as well. The alternating time line aspects involved with the plot of Days of Future Past (inspired from a comic book story arc), will allow both versions of the popular Marvel Mutants to share screen time within the same film.
“The movie is called X-Men: Days Of Future Past, use your imagination,” Singer told Deadline. “More to come,” he added.
Hugh Jackman can’t be far behind. Expect more updates when Jackman is thrown into an international press circuit grilling in New York City for Les Misérables later this week. The Wolverine, a sequel to ALL of the previous X-Men films hits the big screen next July, and has a hot rumor of Famke Jannsen reprising her role as Jean Grey (most likely in a flashback). How this all may eventually fit in with Days of Future Past will be revealed in due time…
Thrilled to announce @ianmckellen118 & @sirpatstew are joining the cast of #XMEN #DaysOfFuturePast #magneto #professorX More to come…
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) November 27, 2012
I’d like to officially welcome back James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, & Nicholas Hoult to #XMEN for #DaysOfFuturePast
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) November 27, 2012
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