X-Men: First Class Sequel News - What is Days of Future Past?

Bryan Singer has confirmed that X-Men: First Class 2 will revolve around the Days of Future Past comic run.

Singer exclusively told IGN that the script is being written now, adding “It’s going to be very ambitious. It’s called Days of Future Past and it deals with aspects of that comic but also some very new things but I don’t want to give any of it away. Matthew Vaughan will be directing and I’m totally excited about it.”

So what is Days of Future Past? For those who haven’t been following the X-Men for the last 30 years, it’s a storyline that was first published in 1981 and deals with alternate timelines.

Set in a dystopian future in which Sentinels rule the United States, the X-Men – along with all mutants – are incarcerated in concentration camps.

In response, an older Kitty Pryde transfers her mind to her younger, present-day self to forewarn the X-Men about the horrors that await them, and the political assassination that triggers it all.

This means that the movie could potentially tell parallel stories – Godfather: Part II style – with the Bryan Singer X-Men of Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen starring in the future story and the Matthew Vaughn cast of James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender appearing in the present (or past, depending on when they decide to pitch the timeline).

Obviously this is just speculation at the moment, and as with the previous X-Men movies, the filmmakers might just be using this concept as a jumping off point to tell their own story, but we nevertheless asked Singer if there would be any chance of crossover on this front:

“I think there’s a strong desire to broaden out the universe” he explained. “The X-Men universe is every bit on its own as big as the Marvel universe, and I think that it’s time to reach out and explore it and perhaps bring some connectivity between the films as Marvel has done so well. So, you may see some of that, I don’t know.”

Click on the video below to see the full interview, and let us know your thoughts on Days of Future Past in the comments below.

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