X-Men - Apocalypse Cast Announced

Some of the cast for the next X-Men movie, X-Men Apocalypse has been announced.  Alexandra Shipp (Drumline - A New Beat)  will play a young Storm.  Tye Sheridan (The Tree of Life) will play the young Cyclops and Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) will play a young Jean Grey.

X-Men Apocalypse is scheduled for May 27, 2016

X-Men - Apocalypse - Director and Casting News

Bryan Singer will be back to direct X-Men - Apocalypse for a May 27, 2016 release date.  The movie will take place in 1983 and will feature Michael Fassbender (Magneto), James McAvoy (Charles Xavier), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Nicholas Hoult (The Best) among others reprising their roles in the film.

This timeline also means that characters like Storm, Jean Grey and Cyclops will all be recast with younger people. This probably does not pertain to Hugh Jackman, who continues to age as slow as Wolverine.

The Bent Bullet: JFK and the Mutant Conspiracy | X-Men Days of Future Past

Uncanny X - Men: Days Of Future Past Trade Paperback Review (Mild Spoilers)

X – Men: Days of Future Past

Trade Paperback Review

With the prospect of the next X-men movie being the classic story (that’s what I’ve been told by those X – Men experts) so I went out and bought the trade paperback in which this story is collected and thought I would give it a read to get a hint of what the movie would be about.    The trade collects Uncanny X-Men 138 – 143 and Annual 4 of the original run of the book that was published in 1980 and 1981.  I really enjoy 80’s comics as that era is a favorite of mine and there are a lot of good stories and well it was a time where the big two did not reboot series and start everything over every so many years. 

This collection is written by long time X-Men scribe Chris Claremont and is responsible for many stories that have lasted the test of time like the Dark Phoenix storyline and of course Days of Future Past.  On art duties is one of my favorite artists John Byrne who I became a fan of during his run on Fantastic Four from the mid 80’s to early 90’s. 

Hugh Jackman Confirmed For X-Men: Days of Future Past

Bryan Singer has confirmed the news on his twitter account that Hugh Jackman will be reprising his role as Wolverine for the next X - Men movie.  He will be joining Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen who will be reprising their roles as well. Plus Bryan Singer is promising more surprises and this movie looks that it will be true to the original comic book story.

Source: Den of Geek

Sir's Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan Confirmed For X-Men: Days of Futures Past

Director Bryan Singer announced yesterday on Twitter that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan will be reprising their X-Men roles of Professor Xavier and Magneto. The next movie is a based on the 1981 comic story Days of Futures Past which have scenes that takes place in the future and this casting makes sense based on that storyline.

Avengers VS X-Men Cover For Issue 12 Promises Us "The End"

October's Avengers VS X-Men issue 12 cover offers us that something big is gonna come out of it.  It looks to me that Dark Phoenix will be making a return.  To me the image on the cover looks like Hope Summers who this story has been centered around since issue #0.  Well we'll find out October 3rd when this issues hits the shops.

X-Men: First Class Sequel To Be X-Men: Days of Future Past

Bryan Singer has confirmed to IGN that the next X-Men movie will be based on the Chris Claremont and John Bryne classic 1981 X-Men story from Uncanny X-Men 141 and 142.  For X-Men fans this is pretty good news as this story is one of the greatest in X-Men history.  Here is a quote from Bryan Singer:

"It's going to be very ambitious," Singer told IGN.com. "It's called 'Days of Future Past.' It deals with aspects of that comic, but also some very new things -- I just don't want to give any of it away."

I think there's a strong desire to broaden out the universe," he said. "I mean, the X-Men Universe is every bit, on its own, as big as the Marvel Universe, and I think it's time to reach out and explore it, and perhaps even bring some connectivity between the films -- as Marvel has done so well."

Anyway this movie promises to be a good one and it will be interesting to see how they adapt it for the X-Men: First Class Marvel Universe.

Source IGN

The Wolverine Release Date Announced

Fox has announced the release date for the much maligned The Wolverine.  The Wolverine will finally hit theatres July 23, 2013. So hopefully it won't be delayed anymore as 2013 is starting to take shape as a pretty good movie year with Iron Man 3, Superman, and Star Trek.

The future of X movies: 'X-Men 4' doubtful, but 'First Class' sequel in talking stages

X-Men: What's their next move?

Popcornbiz, going straight to the source for its X-Men news, interviewed producer Lauren Shuler-Donner about future projects. She should know, since she helped bring all five X-Men-related movies to the big screen. What's coming up?

On "First Class:"

“For now we're talking internally about the possibility of having another 'First Class', following our characters. We're talking about doing them, but we're just in discussions now.”

From Lady Gaga to X-Men Haha

I confess: I know almost nothing about Lady Gaga, except that she showed up half-dressed for a Yankees game last year. Still, this is funny.