x-men: days of future past (2014)

x-men: days of future past is a 2014 american superhero film based on the fictional x-men characters that appear in marvel comics. directed by bryan singer, it is the seventh installment of the x-men film series and acts as a sequel to both 2006’s x-men: the last stand and 2011’s x-men: first cl-ss. the story, inspired by the 1981 uncanny x-men storyline “days of future past” by chris claremont and john byrne, focuses on two time periods, with wolverine traveling back in time to 1973 to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants. the film features an ensemble cast, including hugh jackman, james mcavoy, michael f-ssbender, jennifer lawrence, halle berry, anna paquin, ellen page, peter d-nklage, ian mckellen and patrick stewart. simon kinberg wrote the screenplay from a story conceived by jane goldman, himself, and matthew vaughn.
x-men: days of future past (2014)

1. the original “days of future past” comic mentioned time travel from the year 2013, the same year in which filming began. in the film, the future action is implied to take place in 2023.

2. bishop is the first mutant kitty pryde sends through time. this is an homage to bishop being a frequent time-traveler in the x-men comics.

3. according to bryan singer, the mutants rachel summers, psylocke, deadpool, nightcrawler, gambit, and jubilee were meant to appear in the film, but were cut out for running time purposes.

4. chris claremont, the writer of the original “days of future past” comic, was brought on as a consultant.

5. evan peters plays the role of quicksilver in x-men and his kick–ss (2010) co-star, aaron taylor-johnson, played the character quicksilver in avengers: age of ultron (2015).

6. this is the first x-men film ever to be nominated for an oscar (best visual effects).

7. the film takes place in 2023 and 1973.

8. originally, josh helman was going to be cast as a young cain marko, a.k.a. juggernaut. but juggernaut was written out of the film, and helman was offered the role of a young william stryker.

9. in the “days of future past” comic, mystique tries to -ss-ssinate senator robert kelly, which leads to the genesis of the sentinel program. in this film, mystique remains the -ss-ssin, but as kelly had appeared in x-men (2000), her target is now bolivar trask, the actual creator of the sentinel program.