The title X-Men: Days of Future Past is looking more and more like a meta title. First, the director of the first two X-Men flicks, Bryan Singer, is back on board, and now? Singer took to Twitter to inform fans that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are reprising their roles as Xavier and Magneto. Don’t worry, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender are still in; there’s just some time traveling going on.
Phase One of Marvel’s shared universe concluded with The Avengers, and it left people wondering if Phase Two would ramp up the cameos and inclusion of more superheroes in the upcoming films. The first movie to usher in Phase Two is Iron Man 3, and Kevin Feige of Marvel Studios shared a few words about the film:
Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is approaching completion — and after Marvel’s success with The Avengers — Snyder is being asked if his movie is the beginning of Warner Bros.’ and DC’s own shared universe towards a Justice League film. He didn’t give a clear answer, but who can blame him? There’s still a lot of groundwork for Justice League and Snyder’s focus should stay on his version of Superman.
Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World is currently filming, which means photos from set are circulating online. Director Alan Taylor definitely had influence on the costumes, seeing as how both Chris Hemsworth’s new Thor costume and Chris Eccleston’s Malekith’s has an obvious Game of Thrones vibe — in case you didn’t know, Taylor directed a number of the show’s episodes.
Fox is approaching The Wolverine with more respect than they had with their first spinoff on Logan. Instead of throwing things in the story to see what sticks, they’re taking a more personal approach. They’re also taking cues from the comic book too, as evident by the official synopsis that was released:
Fox and their Marvel creative consultant Mark Millar see The Wolverine as the beginning of their own version of Marvel Studios’ “Phase One”. And it doesn’t mean just the X-Men. Fox has the film rights to all the Marvel mutants and the intention is to expand past the X-Men. They went as far as comparing the upcoming film to Iron Man.
Marvel’s highly anticipated Iron Man 3 is apparently packed with new elements and characters. Ben Kingsley is portraying the main antagonist the Mandarin, the Iron Patriot armor is making an appearance, and the film is influenced by the Extremis story arc. But it doesn’t end there.
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Director Zack Snyder has been busy at work with his take on Superman in Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill, and changes continue to trickle in. Warner Bros will give the film the 3D post conversion treatment.