October 17, 2024

XMF / the SUPER

Celebrating X-Men Films And Beyond

Magneto needs a new brotherhood in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past.’

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Zoë Kravitz (Angel) and Álex González (Riptide) are not returning for Bryan Singer’s X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. They join January Jones (Emma Frost), Jason Flemyng (Azazel) and Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee) as actors that aren’t returning for this go-around. It’s unknown if Lucas Till (Havok) and Rose Byrne (Moira MacTaggert) will reprise their roles; Byrne said in January that she was “still waiting” to hear word.

After the departure of “First Class” director Matthew Vaughn, the sequel began to track closer to that of the original trilogy. Vaughn previously said that his film was intended to be more of its own thing, instead of a direct prequel to 2000’s X-MEN; other crew members were saying the exact opposite. He expressed interest in including one new character, and possibly using the idea of Magneto controlling the bullet which killed President John F. Kennedy. Singer’s vision appears to be very different.

Filming is expected to begin on/around April 15th for a July 18, 2014 release. The cast includes James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Daniel Cudmore, Fan Bingbing, Omar Sy, Booboo Stewart, and Peter Dinklage.