X-Men: Days of Future Past is most definitely one of the eagerly awaited movies of 2014. The fact that it is the sequel to X-Men: First Class, which brought forth the journey of a younger Charles Xavier and Magneto, is what would get you excited enough. Follow that up with Bryan Singer, director of the first two X-Men movies, coming on board and things are really getting heated up. But the excitement does not end there. This movie is not going to act simply as a sequel to the previous movie, which itself could be considered as a prequel to the previous X-Men franchise, but might also act as a link between the two separate X-Men series given the time travel storyline it is going to be based upon. Cleverly thought!
X-Men: Days of Future Past is about the X-Men of the present warning the X-Men of the old about an event that would put the mutants in jeopardy. So if you are still with me, the X-Men of the present are infact the older X-Men of the previous trilogy and the X-Men of the old are the younger ones from X-Men: First Class. Not confusing at all! The link between the two X-Men series is being achieved not only by the storyline, but also by the re-introduction of Bryan Singer. Having helmed the highly popular X-Men and X2 of the original franchise, Bryan Singer would have the right equation with the actors of that series to manage to snare them back in. Not that they wouldn't be wanting to!
So the buzz really started taking shape once it was announced that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen would be reprising their roles of Professor X and Magneto, respectively. With James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender having played their younger versions so perfectly in X-Men: First Class, it is really a treat to see them pitted this time with their senior contemporaries. Though it is unlikely the young and the old would be sharing screen space together, but if somehow that were to happen... we would be having a Looper moment here! Then we got Hugh Jackman back as Wolverine. His cameo itself of a few seconds in X-Men: First Class had gotten the audience in an ecstatic uproar (the shrieks in the theatre were so loud that I could hardly make out the brief words he mouthed!) and he's now promised a bigger role in this movie. If the stories of who's returning weren't enough, now the stories are also turning on who's not going to. January Jones aka Emma Frost has revealed that she is yet to receive a call for the new movie, despite Magneto making it clear that Frost was welcome aboard towards the end of X-Men: First Class. While this omission is surprising, Famke Janssen aka Jean Grey aka Phoenix is also looking forward to a call-up, though it remains to be seen how many of the original characters will be reprised since this movie would after all be more about the younger generation of the X-Men. Return of Jean Grey remains possible though as X-Men: Days of Future Past would essentially place the events of the current X-Men generation to happen before the final movie of the original trilogy X-Men: The Last Stand, since we already know that Charles Xavier who was 'disintegrated' in X-Men: The Last Stand, is returning. Unless Bryan Singer is not worrying too much about such nitty gritty to tie-up the movie timelines. Aarghh, this thing is blowing up my mind! Can't wait for X-Men: Days of Future Past. Never has casting of each character so closely been pondered upon...
PS: Plenty news articles revealing J.J. Abrams is almost certainly the director for the next Star Wars movie. Which finally brings an end to this saga and can get things moving for Disney to see a 2015 release. But what the heck? Abrams himself gave some longish speech on why he would not do a Star Wars film. Being a fan and something like that. But am I complaining? Not really! Strange though it is that the same guy would be part of Star Trek and Star Wars movies, one thing is for sure, Abrams knows his sci-fi movies very well. And if his name is officially announced, then it would give many Star Wars fans like me hope that the franchise is in safe hands.
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