Tag: X-Men Days Of Future Past

Halle Berry “90% Sure She’ll Be Back” For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

Bryan Singer has talked recently about his interest in bringing back Halle Berry as Storm in the highly-anticipated X-Men: Days Of Future Past, and it appears that it may happen after all. The actress recently spoke with Shadow And Act and may have revealed that she is in final negotiations to join the cast of the film. While the site doesn’t reveal any direct quotes from the actress, they go on to state:

 

Halle-Berry-Storm-X-Men-The-Last-Stand

 

“She did confirm to me that she would be returning in the role. Most likely. Practically 90% sure. And she nodded a lot too.

 

I can’t say, and neither could she say that it’s definitely a done deal, and that the contracts have all been signed, with all the “i”s dotted and the “t”s crossed.

 

She told me that are a few details that are still being negotiated which she couldn’t get into. But since she did tell me that the film starts shooting in April, it’s highly unlikely that talks are going to suddenly and horribly fall apart at this point.”

 

It definitely sounds like the actress is currently finishing up negotiations and may be the next cast addition Bryan Singer tweets about.

 

X-Men Days Of Future Past is set to hit theaters July 18, 2014.

Bryan Singer Hints We May See Scott Summers And Jean Grey In ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

There’s definitely two characters in the X-Men universe that fans are massively hoping to see in the highly-anticipated X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Well, in an interview with IGN Movies, director Bryan Singer hinted that we may actually see them return to the big screen. When the director was told that a lot of fans would like to see Scott Summers and Jean Grey return the director replied with:

 

“Who wouldn’t? Who wouldn’t? [Laughing] That’s all I can say. The good news is that we’re all on the same page!”

 

Earlier in the interview, Singer emphasised that he has plans to fix some of the not-so-popular decisions that were made in X-Men: The Last Stand. It has also been revealed that the director has a few “younger characters” that he’s currently in the process of casting. Could we see a young Jean and Scott join the team? Or possibly even a return for James Marsden and Famke Janssen? Either way, there’s definitely hope that these beloved characters will be joining the cast of the highly-anticipated next X-film.

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is set to hit theaters July 18, 2014.

 

Source: IGN

Bryan Singer Hints First Footage From ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ To Be Shown At Comic-Con

by Shawn Madden

Director Bryan Singer has been revealing a little bit here and there about the highly-anticipated X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Today he tweeted an image that features a familiar sight for X-fans. Also, within this tweet, the director seemingly implied that fans could expect the first footage from the film to be shown at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

 

 

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is set to hit theaters July 17, 2014.

Bryan Singer Talks ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’,Says He’s Going To “Correct A Few Things”

by Shawn Madden

While speaking with Hit Fix doing promotion for Jack The Giant Slayer, director Bryan Singer spoke more about the upcoming X-Men: Days Of Future Past, which begins shooting in April. This time around Singer stated that Days Of Future Past is more of its own thing than an actual sequel.

 

uncanny-x-men-142-wolverine-storm

 

“This movie’s gonna be not only quite epic, ‘Days of Future Past,’ but it also takes place in completely different times than the ‘X-Men’ movies have taken place. There’ll be new technology, new things we haven’t seen before in ‘X-Men’ films. Certain characters and certain story and certain drama that hasn’t be done yet, so it’s not so much sequel. It’s more of its own kinda thing.”

 

One of the biggest problems fans have had with the X-films has been some continuity errors ( there are a few major ones), and some had wondered if they were rebooting the series with X-Men: First Class (which Singer was a producer on). Well, it appears that Singer may be out to fix some of these problems. When asked if the film was a sort-of reset for the franchise, Singer stated with a smile:

 

“I’ll be able to correct a few things.”

 

Well, hopefully one of those things is correcting how Scott Summers got the shaft in X3. We’re just saying.

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is set to hit theaters July 18th, 2014.

Peter Dinklage To Play Main Antagonist In ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

Yesterday when we reported the news, were you one of the many people who believed that actor Peter Dinklage would be playing fan-favorite Puck in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days Of Future Past? Well, you can throw that idea right out the window. Variety has revealed that the Golden Globe winning actor will actually be playing the main antagonist of the film.

 

“In it is unknown at this time what character Dinklage would be playing but sources have told Variety it would be the main antagonist.”

 

There’s quite a few characters that Dinklage could be playing. With the Sentinels being used in the film, could we see Dinlkage appear as their creator? Or could be possibly even be that all CG character that Singer was considering? There’s plenty of exciting possibilities regarding who he could be playing in the film. As we get closer to the film starting shooting in April, we should learn more regarding the actor’s role. Keep checking back for more updates.

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is set to hit theaters July 17th, 2014.

 

Source: Variety

Peter Dinklage Joins The Cast Of ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

Bryan Singer is calling X-Men: Days Of Future Past  “the biggest movie he’s ever made” and it seems like every week it’s just getting bigger. Bryan Singer has just revealed that Game Of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage is the latest addition to the massive cast of the highly-anticipated next film in the franchise.

There are no details regarding just what the role is, but there’s one character that many may assume the actor could be playing. Is there a chance we may be seeing the Canadian fan-favorite Puck making a big screen debut? Us here at Geekscape certainly hope so. It seems like Singer still has some big announcements on the way and we can’t wait to see what else he has in store for us.

UPDATE: Well, Dinklage definitely isn’t playing Puck. It’s been revealed that he will play the film’s main antagonist. Let the speculation begin on just which X-villain we will see the actor play.

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is scheduled to hit theaters July 17, 2014.

Bryan Singer Calls ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ “The Biggest Movie He’s Ever Made”

by Shawn Madden

We’ve been hearing quite about recently from Bryan Singer regarding the highly-anticipated X-Men: Days Of Future Past, and while speaking with Collider the director has given away a few new details regarding the film including confirming when the film begins shooting.

 

“I start shooting April 15th in Montreal, probably until October.”

“It’s a big movie. It’ll be the biggest movie I’ve ever made.”

 

1881056-xmen_schism_1_preview1_1_02f

 

It was recently revealed that the film would be set in the 70’s and Singer goes on to confirm that as well as revealing someone who will be making an appearance in the film.

 

“Richard Nixon’s in it, that’ll be an interesting casting choice… There’ll also be some more science-fiction-type aspects to the story and, without giving it away, some technology that we haven’t seen yet in the X-Men universe.”

 

Could they be replacing Senator Kelly (who was the target of an assassination plot in the original story) with Richard Nixon? Quite possibly. And what about this new technology not “seen yet in the X-Men universe”? Could he be referring to the Sentinels or something completely different? Guess we’re going to have to wait until the film hits screens next year.

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is set to hit theaters July 17, 2014.

 

Source: Collider

Bryan Singer Hints That Nightcrawler May Be Back For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

Bryan Singer has given yet another indirect answer in regard to a popular character returning for X-Men: Days Of Future Past. While speaking with The Huffington Post about Jack The Giant Slayer, Singer was asked if we could see Alan Cummings (who has expressed interest in the film) make a return to the franchise as Nightcrawler. Singer responded:

 

large x-men 2 blu-ray3x

 

 

“I don’t know. We’ll see. You know … we’ll see.”

 

When asked if he was implying something, Singer responded with:

 

“I don’t want to … sometimes you don’t want to say “yes” or “no” to something that may not be a “yes” or a “no,” or anything. I haven’t decided yet, a few things.”

 

The script for the film is still being finished up and there’s a chance that a few more characters may be added into the film. Based on his response though, this sounds like one character that Singer is definitely considering bringing back to the franchise.

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is set to hit theaters July 18, 2014.

 

Source: TheHuffingtonPost

Bryan Singer Unsure If Halle Berry Will Be Back For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

With production about to being on X-Men: Days Of Future Past, you’d think they had the whole cast lined up. However, director Bryan Singer keeps adding characters from the franchise and with a number of cast from the original trilogy on board, some have wondered if we would see the return of Halle Berry as Storm. It seems that Singer really isn’t even sure at the moment himself.

 

002089918466

 

 

“I can’t say. I don’t know yet. And it’s not necessarily a deal making aspect at all. I want to make sure it’ll make sense.”

 

Singer also isn’t revealing yet just who the main character or characters of the film are going to be, but does confirm that every character has purpose in the upcoming sequel to X-Men: First Class.

 

“I don’t want to say who the protagonists are yet, or talk about that yet, but I will say that every character has a very important function in the story. The story is designed and catered to the combined cast. It’s not just throwing in people to occupy the screen, occupy the billboards.”

 

Singer also went on to state that the plot of the films story is very much geared around the central cast. With filming expected to begin in a few months, we should expect to hear the final cast line-up very soon.

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is set to hit theaters July 17, 2014.

 

Source: MTV

There’s A Chance We May See A Fully CG Character In ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

There’s a chance that we may see Bryan Singer introduce a completely CG character in X-Men: Days Of Future Past. While Singer isn’t giving away any specifics, he is definitely interested in using the same technology that he used on Jack The Giant Slayer in the follow-up to X-Men: First Class.

 

Singer: I definitely want to use this technology again, and I might even be using some of it in a different way in “X-Men.” I don’t wanna say how, yet, but I’m definitely using some of this technology on “X-Men” which I never used in any of the other “X-Men” films.

 

MTV: Are you talking about creating a fully CGI character in “Days of Future Past”?

 

Singer: That’s the thing I don’t want to talk about. I’m not sure. I’m doing research on it now.

 

1881056-xmen_schism_1_preview1_1_02f

 

Now, the obvious would be that he would use this technology for creating the Sentinels in the film. Based on his statement though, is there a chance that he could also use the technology for a mutant character? Definitely. And there’s plenty of mutants out there that this kind of technology would work for. Let the speculation commence.

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is set to hit theaters July 17, 2014.

 

Source: MTV

Shawn Ashmore Talks About ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

We’ve slowly been learning more and more about Bryan Singer’s upcoming return to the X-Men franchise, X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Now, the actor who portrayed Iceman in the first three X-Men films, Shawn Ashmore, talked to IGN and commented on returning to the franchise to play Bobby Drake aka Iceman in the sequel to X-Men: First Class. Ashmore commented briefly on returning to the franchise and when he realized he was going to be a part of the new film:

 

ashmore-xm

 

 

“When I heard it was Days of Future Past I knew it was time travel, but the only time I ever really thought, ‘Oh, maybe I’m actually going to be a part of this’ is when Bryan came back to direct. And that’s just because we have a relationship and had worked together before. I just thought, ‘Oh, maybe Bryan would want to bring back some of the people he worked with before.’ Before that I had no idea, and I didn’t theorize too much because that’s when you get your hopes up.”

 

Ashmore commented on whether or not he’s read the script yet and what fans should expected from it:

 

“I know about the script, but I haven’t been able to read the script. (Laughs) I haven’t read the script, but I have a very good idea of what’s happening and what my role is. I know, but I’m sworn to secrecy.”

 

“I think the take on the story is really interesting. I think that Days of Future Past, as any X-Men fans knows, is a great arc. I love the idea of combining and bringing some cohesion to the two timelines that are happening now. I think that’s exciting. Obviously the First Class cast is incredible, and having Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman interact with other cast members is going to be really exciting. Not only is the combination of the cast going to be really cool, but the story itself is going to be really fun.”

 

Ashmore will join Michael Fassbender, James MacAvoy, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Ellen Page, Hugh Jackman, Ann Pacquin and many more in the next X-film. Hopefully we get some new casting announcements very soon.

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is set to hit theaters July 17, 2014.

 

Source: IGN

Could ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ See The Introduction Of A “New” Team?

by Shawn Madden

There’s been plenty of news when it comes to cast members from the original trilogy returning for  X-Men: Days Of Future Past, but when it comes to the cast from X-Men: First Class only a handful have been revealed to be coming back. Bryan Singer has already revealed that James MacAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult will all be returning for the film. But what about the rest of the cast?

 

first-class-signed-on-cast

 

 

With the recent revelation that events in the sequel would take place over ten years after the events of First Class, there’s highly a chance we may not see some of the younger cast members returning. Does this mean that we may see a “new” team introduced in the upcoming sequel comprised of younger versions of characters from the original trilogy?

 

xaviers-school

 

 

With the director bringing back many cast members from his previous X-films, is the possibility of Singer not only bringing back actors but characters that he’s previously worked with highly unlikely? Definitely not. This would also work quite well is Singer and Millar are working to fix FOX’s X-movie timeline being. Why is that you ask? Well, we did get cameos from two of the mentioned characters in X-Men: First Class.

 

1830484-xfc2_super

 

 

There’s plenty of exciting possibilities surrounding this film. And this one is just speculation for now, but at the rate things are going, we’re definitely going to be learning a lot more about the film before it begins shooting in a few months. But seriously Singer, we really all want Scott Summers to come back for this one.

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is scheduled to hit theaters July 17, 2014.

‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Will Take Place Over Ten Years After ‘First Class’

by Shawn Madden

A casting call for X-Men: Days of Future Past has revealed an interesting piece of information about the film. The casting call reveals that a majority of Bryan Singer’s upcoming sequel will take place over ten years after the events of X-Men: First Class. This could be the reason that some of the cast members from that film won’t be returning. But this also does open up the door for a number of interesting new members to join the team, including some of the original X-Men from the first film. Since it’s set in the 70’s…does that mean we might see an appearance by the X-Men’s resident queen of disco, Dazzler? Check out the casting call below.

 

Screen shot 2013-01-30 at 11.31.43 AM

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is scheduled to hit theaters July 17, 2014.

 

Source: CBM

Bryan Singer Talks About The Use Of Time Travel In ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

While speaking with Empire Magazine, X-Men: Days Of Future Past director Bryan Singer talked about dealing with time travel in the upcoming X-film. The film will be based on a classic X-Men storyline that sees Kitty Pryde travel back in time from an apocalyptic future in which mutants are hunted by Sentinels in an attempt to change the past. And from the sound of it, Singer has been talking to the right people when it comes to making a movie that involves time travelling.

 

x-dofp-2

 

“”It’s epic. I don’t think people realise how big this movie’s going to be. We get to bring both casts together. We’ve cracked it in a way that makes sense. I had a two-hour conversation with James Cameron about time travel, string theory, multiverses and all that. You have to create your rules and stick with them. That’s what makes Terminator and Back To The Future work so well. And there are certain mechanisms in X-Men, certain powers, perceptions and characters, that make this possible. More than any of the movies I’ve made, it comes to me much more quickly than on other films. With Superman Returns I struggled a lot. I guess it’s either my history with the X-Men universe or I have some kind of knack for this particular story.”

 

Singer also commented on what to expect from the upcoming prequel/sequel:

 

“It has a lot of aspects of the comic. The actual comic of Days Of Future Past had a whole ton of stuff going on, so it’s like any of these things; you have to distill it. But I think the fans will be pleased that some of the most exciting parts of Days Of Future Past are going to be connected to this movie.”

 

The director also commented on how much this film will tie in with the previous X-films:

 

“I’m taking into account every movie – I’m not just grabbing my first two movies and First Class and smashing them together. I’m taking into account the entire universe as it’s been laid out so far on the screen, and really respecting it and trying to work with that. People took things in various directions, so there’s some clean-up. But ultimately I’m not just ignoring them either.”

 

Whether you liked Superman Returns or not, it’s undeniable that Singer made two great X-Men films prior to working on that. And it definitely sounds like he’s on the right track for making a great, if not the best, X-Men film to date here. But seriously, Bryan we’re waiting for you to announce the return of one of the Summers brothers already.

 

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is scheduled to hit theaters July 18, 2014.

 

Source: EmpireOnline

Ellen Page, Anna Paquin, And Shawn Ashmore Confirmed For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Bryan Singer has just revealed that Ellen Page, Anna Paquin, and Shawn Ashmore will all be returning for X-Men: Days Of Future Past. The trio of course are all X-Men veterans (last appearing in 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand), having portrayed Shadowcat, Rogue, and Iceman respectively.

Where would we be without Twitter, am I right? We certainly wouldn’t have this fantastic tidbit of information (and we wouldn’t know who MIGHT be directing ‘Justice League’ either)!

 

 

You’ll be able to see these three, along with Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman and many, many others (hopefully including Lucas Till, who we spoke to just a few weeks ago) when X-Men: Days of Future Past hits theatres on July 18th, 2014.

Famke Janssen Unsure If She’s Returning For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

It’s been revealed that a number of the original cast from the X-Men trilogy will be returning for the upcoming X-Men: Days Of Future Past, however one cast member isn’t too sure about her return. It’s been rumored for awhile now that Famke Janssen (who played Jean Grey in the first three films) would have a cameo appearance in The Wolverine as well as return for the next X-film. While doing press for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters actress was asked about her return to which she replied:

“I’m sitting by the phone waiting, call me up Bryan! I think their challenge is that I died as Jean Grey and I died as the Phoenix, so what else can they do. If they bring a younger version back, they’ll have to get a younger actress, so what is there left to do?”

Well, it looks like Janssen joins the list of cast members unsure if they’re going to be returning for the next X-film. With filming set to begin in a few months, expect to learn the full cast for the film quite soon. Seriously though, our fingers are crossed for James Marsden and Lucas Till both coming back.

X-Men: Days Of Future Past is scheduled to hit theaters July 18, 2014.

Source: ComingSoon

 

Hugh Jackman Joins The Cast Of ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

Not long ago it was revealed that Hugh Jackman was in talks to join the cast of X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Director Bryan Singer has now revealed that Hugh Jackman has officially signed on to reprise his role as Wolverine in the upcoming sequel to X-Men: First Class.

X-Men Days Of Future Past is scheduled to hit theaters July 18, 2014.

Hugh Jackman In Talks To Join The Cast Of ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

Wait, did you really think they were going to make X-Men: Days Of Future Past without good ol’ Logan? Well, after yesterday’s announcement that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are reprising their roles as Professor Charles Xavier and Magneto, it should come as no surprise at all that Huge Jackman is in negotiations to reprise role as Wolverine in the Bryan Singer-directed sequel.

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed:

So, you’ll be getting plenty of Wolverine action over the next couple of years in your local multiplexes. This also furthers speculation that The Wolverine, which is due out in theaters July 26, 2013, will lead directly into this film. Expect even more casting news to come soon for X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Mr. Singer, we’re still waiting to hear James Marsden is coming back as Scott Summers.

X-Men Speculation: Who Will Probably Come Back For Days of Future Past… And Who Likely Won’t

by Eric Diaz

Yesterday, X-Men director Bryan Singer took to Twitter to not only announce that certain members of X-Men: First Class would be returning for the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past, but also the announcement that both Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellan from the original X-Men films would be returning to their roles as Charles Xavier and Magneto. This all but confirmed what fans have been speculating about ever since Days of Future Past was announced, that the forthcoming movie would be taking place in two timelines–the one featuring characters from First Class, and another “future” (or present) timeline featuring the actors from the original films. As Singer remarked on his twitter feed, “more to come.” This means it is very likely that more actors from the original films will be suiting up soon for mutant action once more. But who? Here are my guesses as to who will be coming back (and who won’t) and why.

Oh, and before anyone chimes in with “but Cyclops and Jean and Prof. X  died in X-Men 3, and Magneto lost his powers, yadda yadda yadda” it seems very, very likely that the time traveling storyline of Days of Future Past will end up erasing the events of X-Men: The Last Stand. The fact that both the older Charles Xavier and Magneto are in this one kind of already seems to be pointing towards that, considering their fates at the end of that third film. It seems Bryan Singer is eager to erase the one chapter of the original X-Men trilogy he had no part in. So I don’t think any character deaths or de-powerings in that movie should factor as to whether a certain actor or character returns. With that out of the way, let’s get started on the guessing game, shall we?

Wolverine/Hugh Jackman

I’d say this is one is a no-brainer. Wolverine is the poster boy for not only the comic book franchise, but the movie franchise as well. He’s not my favorite X-Man by any means, but facts are facts…. for the masses, Wolverine = X-Men. Unlike so many actors who distance themselves from the part that made them famous, Jackman seems to love being Wolverine, and doesn’t seem to ever tire of playing him. He is currently filming his second solo outing The Wolverine, and could easily stay in Logan-mode (and in Logan shape) for a few extra months and segue into filming Days of Future Past. Of all the characters from the original films, I expect to see his face in the line-up more than anyone else, barring any unforseen circumstances.

Odds for Returning: 9/10

EDIT: Make that 10/10…no sooner than an hour or so from posting this piece, the Hollywood Reporter makes it official: Hugh Jackman is coming back as Wolverine. That sure didn’t take long.

Cyclops/James Marsden

Of all the A-List X-Men characters, no one got the shorter end of the stick in the film series than poor Scott Summers, AKA Cyclops. This is not a negative reflection on actor James Marsden, who did the best he could in what little he was given to do. When he was unceremoniously killed off in X-Men: The Last Stand, fans were furious, as they were hoping the third X-Men movie would finally be his moment to shine. And from everything I’ve been told, that WAS his original plan, back when Singer was still working on X3, as James Marsden and Bryan Singer are good friends. In fact, Marsden even had a part in Singer’s Superman Returns, which is why he was said to be killed off in such a stupid offhand way in The Last Stand; Marsden made the mistake of being in a competing super hero movie with the fired director of X-Men, and Fox made sure he paid the price. I could see Singer making Days of Future Past partially as “the redemption of Cyclops” and restoring the character to a prominent position in the X-Men universe again.

Odds for Returning: 7/10

Jean Grey/Famke Janssen

Another main character from the franchise who totally got the shaft story-wise in X-Men: The Last Stand was Jean Grey. The less said about how that movie handled the classic X-Men story The Dark Phoenix Saga the better, but it seems Famke is at least open to returning, as she made some comments about coming back to the series as recently as a month ago. When being asked if she had been offered a role already in Days of Future Past, she replied “One never knows. Jean Grey, the Phoenix … she finds a way to reincarnate herself constantly, so one never knows… but I’m in no position to say anything,” And then coyly added “Stay tuned.” Sounds like maybe spelled Y-E-S to me.

Odds for Returning: 8/10

Rogue/Anna Paquin

Actress Anna Paquin has been pretty vocal about how much she hated the plotline where Rogue takes the mutant cure in X-Men The Last Stand, seeing it as a betrayal of everything the mutant metaphor is supposed to represent (Anna, all of fandom agrees with you) If this movie corrects some of those mistakes, she might jump at the chance to come back. On the downside, Paquin just gave birth to twins and still has at least one more season of True Blood to start shooting very soon, which might conflict with being able to make an appearance in  Days of Future Past. But who knows, she might be able to squeeze in a cameo if she wants to bad enough. Maybe Anna could bring some of the sassy southern attitude she gives her True Blood character Sookie Stackhouse to Rogue, a character that in the comics has plenty of that to spare.

Odds for Returning: 6/10

Storm/Halle Berry

It has been well documented how much Halle Berry and Bryan Singer did NOT get along on the set of X2.  I believe the phrase “you can kiss my black ass” was uttered on set by her at least once in reference to Singer. (For reals, look it up.) She never even wanted to be in the X-Men series in the first place, as during press before the movie came out she mentioned how there were so little roles for black actresses she was “forced to do a comic book movie.” Of course,then the X-Men franchise became the biggest thing she was ever involved with and she shut her mouth pretty quick. But point blank: Halle doesn’t really like playing Storm, the fans don’t like her playing Storm, and Bryan Singer doesn’t like her playing Storm (his original choice was Angela Bassett) So I’d be genuinely shocked if we saw her in this movie. And no one will care if she’s replaced, which has to sting a little for Miss Berry. My honest to goodness feeling is we’ll see a younger Storm in the First Class timeline, but that adult Storm will be dead in the future timeline. But Fox may want her back in, seeing as she’s still a name actress, so I guess anything is possible. But I’m not holding my breath.

Odds for Returning: 2/10

Nightcrawler/Alan Cumming

Add another to the list of “probably nots” – Much like Halle Berry, Alan Cumming has been pretty vocal about how horrible a time he had shooting X2, and how he and Singer did not get along on set. A couple of years back, when asked about Singer, he had this to say: “I can’t deny I think he’s really talented, and I’m really proud of the film (X2) – I think it’s a great film – but I didn’t enjoy working with him on it.” Considering how Nightcrawler was just in the one X-Men film, he’s not crucial to the overall story. It is possible that the character of Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler might make an appearance, but I highly doubt it will be Cumming wearing the blue make-up if he does.

Odds for Returning: 1/10

Mystique/Rebecca Romijn

We already know that Jennifer Lawrence is coming back as Mystique, a character she could easily play in both the past and future timelines. (She is a shape-shifter after all.) Add to that, Rebecca Romijn has been pretty candid about not really wanting to be naked and painted blue anymore. She has a good relationship with Singer and the producers, so I could see her making a cameo as her normal looking self much like the one she had in First Class, but that would be about it.

Odds for Returning: 7/10 (but only as a non made-up cameo)

Beast/Kelsey Grammer

We also already know that the character of Hank McCoy in the First Class timeline will make an appearance in the form of Nicolas Hoult, but what about his future adult self? I personally think that it is not very likely, if only for all the personal problems and bad headlines that Kelsey Grammer has had recently. Fox might want to avoid that particular celebrity train-wreck. Also, as with Ellen Page and Ben Foster, he only appeared in The Last Stand, so has no previous working relationship with Singer. So I see adult Beast as being pretty unlikely to show up.

Odds for Returning: 2/10

Kitty Pryde/Ellen Page

When Ellen Page shot X-Men the Last Stand, she had only one notable role to her name, the thriller Hard Candy. Not too long after The Last Stand came out, she hit it big with Juno, then came roles in Inception etc. She probably doesn’t want to come back to a relatively smallish role in the X-verse at this point in her career, and having only been in the third X-Men movie, she doesn’t have a pre-established working relationship with director Bryan Singer either, similar to Kelsey Grammer. So much like Nightcrawler, we might see the character of Kitty in some form, but I’m not counting on it being Page. Which would be a shame, as she was one of the few highlights from the third X-Men movie.

Odds for Returning: 3/10

Ice-Man/Shawn Ashmore 

Shawn Ashmore went from cameo role as Bobby Drake/Ice-Man in the original X-Men to a pretty sizable role in X2, and I believe he is also personal friends with Bryan Singer. For this reason alone I could see him coming back in some capacity, even if it is just a cameo.

Odds for Returning: 6/10

Angel/Ben Foster

Angel was another major X-Men character who was totally squandered by X-Men The Last Stand. Played by Ben Foster, he’s another one that continues to have a career as a working actor and doesn’t need to come back to the franchise just to pay bills. And, also like Ellen Page and Kelsey Grammer, he was only in the third film so therefore doesn’t have any prior working relationship, good or bad, with Bryan Singer. Expect him to be among the missing or dead in the dystopian Sentinel-run world of the future X-Men.

Odds for Returning: 2/10


Gambit/Taylor Kitsch

Taylor Kitsch had a part in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and as awful as that flick was, I thought he was more or less ok in it as Cajun mutant Gambit. Unfortunately, since then Taylor Kitsch has had two very high profile flops to his name, John Carter and Battleship. I think the producers of Days of Future Past will wish to avoid this bad luck charm.

Odds for Returning: 1/10

Juggernaut/Vinnie Jones

Yeah….nope. Don’t think so. That’s all I gotta say about that one.

Odds for Returning: 0/10

The next few weeks and months should be very telling on just how right or wrong I was with these guesses. Anyone else want to chime in with who you think is a sure thing to come back, and who doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Hell? Leave a comment below.

Geekscape’s Almost Six Years Old! The Geekscapepod For November 27th, 2012!

by Jonathan

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! I talk ‘Lincoln’ vs ‘The Life of Pi’ in the Oscar race! Is Joseph Gordon Levitt playing Batman in a Justice League movie? Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart return to the X-Men franchise! What’s Star Trek 2 about? A big ‘Doc of the Dead’ update! Doc Ock pulls a fast one in Amazing Spider-Man 698! The Walking Dead is on a roll! And Geekscape is having a birthday party and YOU’RE invited!

Subscribe to the show on iTunes!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:44 — 30.6MB)

Mark Millar Reveals Why Matthew Vaughn Chose To Not Direct ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

by Shawn Madden

A short while ago it was revealed that Matthew Vaughn had decided to step down as the director for X-Men: Days Of Future Past to work on the big screen adaptation of Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons The Secret Service. This one was definitely a surprise and left some fans a little disappointed. Now, a rumor is spreading around that the director has left the project was to work on Star Wars: Episode VII. So, what is the real reason Vaughn stepped down? In an interview with Comic Book Resources, Mark Millar revealed that there was a very good reason for the decision.

“We thought Matthew was going to do X-Men first, but we found out there were actually a few imitators of ‘Secret Service’ in the works. People think you’re lying when you say you’re not trying to get your comics made into movies so quickly, but the two reasons it happens like that is first because it’s the best ad for the comic you’ll ever have. And for me, selling the book is the most important thing. The second reason is because people are always trying to rip you off. Somebody will start to work on a spec screenplay about your idea. There are three other projects I know of now about a James Bond kind of guy taking a street kid and turning him into a spy. Three screenplays were already going through Hollywood about this! So Matthew and I said, ‘[frick] this. We’re not letting anyone steal our ideas.'”

RUMOR: Famke Janssen Making Cameo As Jean Grey In ‘The Wolverine’

by Shawn Madden

There’s been quite a bit of talk and speculation lately wondering if James Mangold’s The Wolverine will tie into Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: Days Of Future Past as well as whether or not we would see characters from the first three X-films appearing in the flick. There’s a rumor that just hit, that if it turns out to be true, would show that Fox may definitely be connecting the two films.

We Got This Covered reports that Famke Janssen, the actress who played Jean Grey in the first three X-Men films, recently flew to Sydney to shoot a cameo for The Wolverine. Just recently Janssen had stated that she would be interested in reprising the role in Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming X-Men: Days Of Future Past, which could mean we may be getting some form of connection between the two films. There is no word however just how big of a cameo appearance it is.

Did Mark Millar Confirm That We Will See Sentinels In ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’?

by Shawn Madden

One of the smartest moves that Fox has made regarding their comic book titles was bringing Mark Millar on to oversee their project. An article featured on Digital Spy says that Millar recently gave an interview to SFX about the upcoming X-Men: Days Of Future Past where he called the the plot of the film “X-Men meets The Terminator”. He also said the following about the film:

“”You’ve got robots, you’ve got time travel, you’ve got superheroes – it’s got everything in one film.”

Robots? Well, I think there’s only one thing that could mean. Sentinels!

Millar also stated that it is “no spoiler on [his] part” to say that the film goes into an apocalyptic future.” He also confirmed that they have definitely increased the budget from the first film. Millar didn’t go on to mention what characters or time periods we will see in the film, but those small tidbits alone are enough to get any X-fan X-cited.

The Jean Grey School For Higher Learning Appearing In ‘The Wolverine’?

by Shawn Madden

Well, it appears there is more than meets the eye when it comes to The Wolverine. James Mangold’s film is said to be a standalone film taking Logan to Japan and including some well known characters in the X-universe, but this film just may not be as standalone as they’re saying it is. The Geek Files has come across an interesting set photo that seems to reveal that The Jean Grey School For Higher Learning will be featured at some point in the film.

Now, this could just could be a cool little easter egg for the fans of course. But it could also be something even bigger. Maybe Fox plans on connecting this movie into their next X-film X-Men: Days Of Future Past via a post credit scene? It’s a definite possibility that we’re probably going to have to wait until next summer to find out about. Well, that is unless someone leaks it online of course. Could this also possibly have some form of tie with the supposed New Mutants film that Fox is said to be working on? Oh, the many possibilities!