[47] Donner compared the franchise plans to the darker, more mature content of the Harry Potter film series. [167] The audience was 56% male and 59% were older than 25. The episode "Date of Death" confirms the year of the outbreak as being 2010, which was the year the main series was released. Returning to the X-Mansion, Xavier abandons the serum, regaining his mutant power, and communicates with his future self, who inspires him to protect the relationship between mutants and humans. This storyline was the basis for the film. [124] In August 2013, Singer presented footage from the film at the Fantasia International Film Festival. The film is inspired by Chris Claremont and John Byrne's X-Men comic book storyline, "Days of Future Past", which introduced the idea of an alternate future for mutants that grew from the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants' killing of a senator, leading to a future in which mutants are hunted by Sentinels. The beloved characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, X-Men: First Class, in order to change a major historical event and fight in an epic battle that could save our future. After doing a LIDAR scan of the kitchen set, the digital recreation added many computer generated props—cooking gear, cutlery, vegetables and water released by a fire sprinkler system—rendered in near microscopic detail regarding placement and lighting, particularly because the footage had to work in 3D. Dark Phoenix, which premieres on Jun 7, also comes three years after the last movie in this series, X-Men: Apocalypse, so a timeline refresher may be in order. A new mid-credits scene shows Bolivar Trask imprisoned at Magneto's former prison cell beneath the Pentagon for selling military secrets to foreign countries. [136] In addition, three viral websites were launched before the release of the film—Trask-Industries.com in July 2013, TheBentBullet.com in November 2013 and 25Moments.com in April 2014. [54], Kinberg said the main focus of this film was the future of the X-Men film series. And also as a way of clearing up misunderstandings so that people know. There Will Be "X-Men: Days of Future Past Rogue Cut" Screening at San Diego Comic-Con! According to a casting call, the majority of the film takes place in the year 1973. ", "Officially like to welcome #PeterDinklage from #GameOfThrones to #XMEN #DaysofFuturePast Very very excited! In another major scene, Mystique stops at the X-Mansion the night before the Sentinel-unveiling ceremony, revisits her previous romance with Beast, and destroys Cerebro the following morning in order to prevent Xavier from finding her. For the comics storyline, see. [129] In July 2014, 20th Century Fox and Oculus Rift presented a "virtual reality experience" in 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International. After the events of Days of Future Past, Logan's consciousness is transported back into his 2023 body. Thus their design is sleek and feminine, with a body covered in mechanical scales that move during the process of adapting to a mutant's attack, while also featuring angular and dark faces to enhance the intimidation. [90] In May, Singer announced that Evan Peters had been cast as Quicksilver. Xavier plans to go back in time and prevent Trask's assassination in hopes of changing their future but since Xavier would not survive going back decades, Wolverine volunteers instead because his regenerative powers allow him to survive the process. Raven discovers Trask has been experimenting on mutants, and in revenge, she plots to assassinate him at the Paris Peace Accords, but Xavier, McCoy, and Logan foil her attempt. In Moscow, they attack a small band of X-Men survivors consisting of Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Blink, Warpath, Bishop, Iceman and Sunspot, but Kitty sends Bishop's consciousness back in time a few days to warn the others as to ensure their survival. The film is based on the fictional X-Men characters that appear in Marvel Comics, the seventh installment of the X-Men film series and a sequel to X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men: First Class (2011) and The Wolverine (2013). In Moscow, several mutant survivors are detected by the Sentinels, who send in three units into their underground base. [44] She later pitched the idea of a fourth installment of the X-Men franchise to director Bryan Singer, following the completion of the 2011 prequel X-Men: First Class. In the Rogue Cut, Rogue's role is more consequential, and the narrative is more complex: when Kitty Pryde is accidentally wounded after Wolverine's consciousness experiences a phase between past and future from seeing Stryker in 1973, Bobby Drake (Iceman) proposes breaking into the heavily guarded remains of Cerebro at the former X-Mansion, the one place where Xavier's mind cannot reach others from the outside, in order to rescue Rogue, who is being held captive there. Twelve companies handled the visual effects. 1973 (Right Hand Timeline) - Let's talk about 1973, the time period most of "Days of Future Past" takes place in, shall we? Awakening in his younger body in 1973, Wolverine goes to the X-Mansion, learning from Hank McCoy that the school has been closed for years due to many students and staff being drafted into the Vietnam War, and Lehnsherr being falsely arrested for assassinating fellow mutant John F. Kennedy. Suddenly, Wolverine notices that all the metal objects around him start to shake and levitate. Hoult wore corduroys, Jackman a wooden-paneled buckle and a peacock-print shirt, and McAvoy wore a brown leather jacket. Without revealing spoilers, the simple answer is that Deadpool 2 takes place after Deadpool from 2016 (duh), which takes place after X-Men: Days of Future Past from 2014. Kinberg and Dinklage attended WonderCon to discuss the film. [78][79][80] In December, Singer announced that Hugh Jackman would reprise his role as Wolverine. An adult Kate Pryde transfers her mind into her younger self, the present-day Kitty Pryde, who brings the X-Men to prevent a fatal moment in history that triggers anti-mutant hysteria. [169][170][171][172][173][174][175], On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes X-Men: Days of Future Past holds an approval rating of 90% based on 327 reviews, with an average rating of 7.53/10. [118], The world premiere of X-Men: Days of Future Past occurred at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City on May 10, 2014. In response, government forces captured Raven and experimented on her, using her DNA to advance the Sentinel program, allowing Sentinels to adapt to nearly every mutant power. Depicting how, to a speedster, actions in real time come down to a virtual standstill, objects float around in slow motion. Wolverine awakens at the school in 2023 to find Iceman, Colossus, Kitty, Hank, Storm, Rogue, Jean Grey, Scott Summers and Xavier alive. 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