Days of Future Past Which X-Men "Cast" (Team) should FOX give priority to?

[def28]

dealing with younger versions of cyclops,jean,storm in fc era is treading dangerous waters

remember marsden was like 26 in x men 1 lol

No way, he looked within the same age as the other X-Men.

If it took place in 85 Famke and Berry would be 20. Scott in Origins was already a teen and that was in 79. Thers no issues that would ruin for story purposes.

 

[Project862006]

Lol was that Scotts age in the movie or Marsden age in the first movie?

that was marsden's age but it's not like he didn't look his age

 

[Mars123]

Tbf James marsden looks sooo hot right now, he looks great. He definetly fitted in with the other cast ages then and now, so a younger version of James would work well also.

 

[Project862006]

No way, he looked within the same age as the other X-Men.

If it took place in 85 Famke and Berry would be 20. Scott in Origins was already a teen and that was in 79. Thers no issues that would ruin for story purposes.

going by origins timeline scott would be 37 in x men 1 lol 11 years older than what marsden was in x men 1 assuming x men 1 takes place in 2000 since it does i say in near future for x1

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

going by origins timeline scott would be 37 in x men 1 lol 11 years older than what marsden was in x men 1 assuming x men 1 takes place in 2000 since it does i say in near future for x1

Actor age =/= character age

Also, people need to stop looking at specific dates and ages in these movies.

Scott was like in his early 20's in X-Men #1. And now 50 years later, he's like in his 30's.

 

[Eros]

Actor age =/= character age

Also, people need to stop looking at specific dates and ages in these movies.

Scott was like in his early 20's in X-Men #1. And now 50 years later, he's like in his 30's.

he was actually a teenager in the early x-stories, they all were.

 

[Mr.M]

If they do AOA, i just thought about that. Then how would they top that, I mean coming from that movie im not sure which direction they can go except maybe Onslaught like you said of introducing Cassandra Nova which I highly doubt.

Still think it would be worth it. Maybe AoA takes place way later in the timeline, and it serves as the Episode 6: RotJ of the saga. You can't wait too long and let the OT cast go past their primes, and then we end up with X-Men: Expendables, for AoA. Who knows if Stewart and Mckellan would even be a part of it. If DoFP blows up the box office, you need to think about fast tracking the film. The FC cast probably wasn't thrilled with having to split time with the OC, and AoA would undoubtedly be another slap in the face.

 

[def28]

going by origins timeline scott would be 37 in x men 1 lol 11 years older than what marsden was in x men 1 assuming x men 1 takes place in 2000 since it does i say in near future for x1

Yeah, it's already screwed if you want to look at it that way by 1 actors actual age. But you could also look at it from his age in origins storywise or Berry and Famke's age. We are supposed to go with what the films tell us and I don't think specific ages were ever given in X1. Or at least I don't remember if they were. Can't go by Marsden's real age, actors can play within 10 years of their own sometimes. I always assumed the character was supposed to be around Jean and Storms age group.

It's easy to believe they would all be around the same age in the 80s and that they would have joined up then. No one is gonna discredit the movie if it's off a bit on the age thing. The timline debates on here are difficult even for the most hardcore fans.

The films have never really been set up since the beginning so it's very hard for them to tell the stories they want with getting every little detail right.

 

[X-Maniac]

Yeah, it's already screwed if you want to look at it that way by 1 actors actual age. But you could also look at it from his age in origins storywise or Berry and Famke's age. We are supposed to go with what the films tell us and I don't think specific ages were ever given in X1. Or at least I don't remember if they were. Can't go by Marsden's real age, actors can play within 10 years of their own sometimes. I always assumed the character was supposed to be around Jean and Storms age group.

It's easy to believe they would all be around the same age in the 80s and that they would have joined up then. No one is gonna discredit the movie if it's off a bit on the age thing. The timline debates on here are difficult even for the most hardcore fans.

The films have never really been set up since the beginning so it's very hard for them to tell the stories they want with getting every little detail right.

Agreed. If they are about 20 in a 1985 movie as your other post above said, that would be about right.

But it remains to be seen if they go down this route or whether they bring back Marsden, Janssen and Berry to be in future films set in the present or future.

Part of the thing is that this franchise has built an appeal on the strength of its casting, whereas Marvel Studios' appeal is greater comic book accuracy that keeps the fanboy morons from having a stroke.

 

[Tehmeh]

Hard one to answer. FC crew is relatively young, and especially Fassbender was very good, but...

...I can't help it. Stewart and McKellen are old men but they just capture the screen. There is a wonderful presence when they are around. They are excellent. Also, Cyclops and Colossus have always been among my favorite X-men, and both Marsden and Cudmore can look younger than they are, especially Marsden. Jackman is ridiculously good as Wolverine. There's just so much profound awesomeness in that original cast.
About Famke Janssen, yes she's getting older, but I sometimes have to wonder how Singer's Phoenix would have been.
I can't get over it. The original cast is too damn good. They're the ones I like to see, they're the ones that make me care. Even after 13 years.

 

[GuestStar2004]

there would be many advantages for this franchise to make a FC sequel with cyclops,jean and storm before an X4, it would be better for the audience and the characters

i really don't think you can throw characters like cyclops and jean back into the mix that easy because cyclops was under developed and was killed with very little dignity by his gf, and jeans death was impactful even if it was in a pretty bad movie and then treated like a tool in the wolverine by having her be part of wolverines dreams for his character development

but FC3 or whatever can show us these characters back story and show xavier helping jean with her power, if anything she could be stronger in X4 for it, but they do need a fresh take on these characters either way

 

[Mr.M]

Can anyone see them Star Trekking the franchise with FC 3? Let's just assume for a second the OC is done. I mean really done, along with Singer. I know Singer said he wanted to do another Marvel film but he was kind of vague. If the end of DoFP leads to multiple interpretations, in the vein of Inception or 12 Monkeys or other ambiguous endings, I think another director could step in and deliver an alternate take in a retconned timeline. It could be the franchises ASM, and Fox may map out 3-4 more films.

 

[xrs13]

Can anyone see them Star Trekking the franchise with FC 3? Let's just assume for a second the OC is done. I mean really done, along with Singer. I know Singer said he wanted to do another Marvel film but he was kind of vague. If the end of DoFP leads to multiple interpretations, in the vein of Inception or 12 Monkeys or other ambiguous endings, I think another director could step in and deliver an alternate take in a retconned timeline. It could be the franchises ASM, and Fox may map out 3-4 more films.

I dont see them ever doing that, the problem now is that the films are all linking together, they have some of the biggest current and past actors in the world in both continuities. I suppose if there is an alternate timeline created then yeah it sorta is a reboot, but seeing as singer is involved with both I dont see how that would work. And just my opinion but I dont know if I want that yet. Maybe in 10 years time.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I don't see them "Star Trek"ing the franchise, as you put it, when the last 2 movies (X-Men: First Class and The Wolverine) have been very clear in linking themselves to the original movies, including the 2 that internet fanboys hate. It just doesn't make sense to undo all of that less than 3 years later, including one release out less than a year before Days Of Future Past.

I don't know what these "fixes" are that Singer has talked about, but I don't see them being Cyclops & Jean coming back, and I don't see it being some sort of "reboot" and new continuity.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

he was actually a teenager in the early x-stories, they all were.

Okay, so in 50 years he still aged 20. My point still stands.

 

[Green Goblin]

Get that first class sequel happening now!

 

[Great Mind(s)]

I don't see them "Star Trek"ing the franchise, as you put it, when the last 2 movies (X-Men: First Class and The Wolverine) have been very clear in linking themselves to the original movies, including the 2 that internet fanboys hate. It just doesn't make sense to undo all of that less than 3 years later, including one release out less than a year before Days Of Future Past.

I don't know what these "fixes" are that Singer has talked about, but I don't see them being Cyclops & Jean coming back, and I don't see it being some sort of "reboot" and new continuity.

C'mon.of course it's Cyclops being alive what other reason for changing things and calling it 'fixing' is there??

 

[psylockolussus]

I'm sure there ARE a dozen of potential stories with fresh new villains and characters to introduce. They could do a Storm centric story with Shadow King, Scott and Jean centric story with Sinister, or a US vs Soviet angle with Omega Red. Plenty of possibilities.

SO WHAT???

I just find it hard to imagine that this series will thrive setting their stories in the past especially this series started setting their films in the modern-day period.

I think the poll results pretty much speak for themselves....

Of course they do! Since we already got a glimpse of the OT cast in their 4th film.

 

[psylockolussus]

Meh. Polls differ all the time. Depends whats up next. After DOFP opinions will change, who knows which way. What does the one with most votes tell ya?
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=355503

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=462217&page=8

Obviously the appeal of First Class doesn't stand the test of time.

Of course it got more votes when FC was still new. And I remembered there was a poll that people here wanted to see a First Class 2 first than X4.

So you mean having Jean and Scott come back saying the full cast. If Polaris was introduced or Dazzler. I do like the OC and im excited to see if they continue forward. i hope they do the movie a year.

A 2-year gap would be fine!t:

2014 - X4
2016 - X5
2018 - X6

 

[GuestStar2004]

Get that first class sequel happening now!

We won't hear anything about sequels till after DOFP is released but I suspect it will be FC sequel first

 

[psylockolussus]

personally Id keep Jean out, at least for one movie. Getting back Cyclops in a great role, and with Nightcrawler, Angel, Gambit and Beast back in good supporting roles. If one day I see a sequel with Cyclops leading a team including those four x-men, I could die happy. Just imagine it: Cyclops leading DOFP x-men more Angel, Beast, Gambit and Kurt I really NEED to see that at least once!

But I think you are asking for too many characters to comeback for 1 movie.

We don't know how this flick ends though. It's gonna change something. FC is Singers flick too. He obviously cares about both. I don't think he has any problem casting younger versions of Cyc and crew. Don't think he created FC just as a one off. But again who knows. All speculation. Give me an AOA film next with the OT crew as a good bye, otherwise go the FC route with a clean slate. More room to explore there imo.

Yeah FC was Singer's flick too but lets remember, they were already working on it before Singer got on board to do the film. Its not like he suggested FOX to do a First Class series. Who knows if he wants to do more films with the OT cast. Last year, we had no idea that the majority of the cast of X3 are coming back.

And it feels like there's more room to explore when it comes to the FC cast because that cast is so little compare to the OT cast and we have already seen a couple of films from them. But actually they could do more things in the present than the films that are set in the past.

I just think some people were so impressed with X-Men: First Class that they think, moving forward with them is the best decision. Creatively, maybe. But box-office wise, no. If that movie turned not so great, these people who are saying that they continue with the FC cast, would be siding with the OT cast right now. With the OT cast, even if X3 failed to live up to people's expectations, people still wants to see a X-Men 4 film.

 

[def28]

A FC team of Storm, Jean, Scott, Havok and Beast would do more then fine. And since Gambit's around that era they could use him too. Hell, him and Ororo both start out robbing people and she introduced Gambit to the X-Men. Theres a perfect intro for both those characters in there.

Would it be as marketable or epic as AOA? Hell no! Thats gonna be the peak for X-Men. But I can see it easily matching their previous films and giving us a damn good film that would give the X fans some solid beginnings on characters that have been missing for the past 13 years. They need to get to the core of these characters and relationships, because it's un-explored.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

C'mon.of course it's Cyclops being alive what other reason for changing things and calling it 'fixing' is there??

Well, Xavier, Magneto, and Rogue are all coming back, despite their fates in X-Men 3.

Singer also said he's maintaining continuity, so.... yea... I don't really see them "undoing" the events of X-Men 3 to bring back Cyclops when the last 2 movies released have tied themselves to the movies that came before them, including The Wolverine which explicitly tied itself to X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and was released less than a year before X-Men: Days Of Future Past will be, and the director of Days Of Future Past has gone on record saying he's maintaining continuity.

 

[Mrs Vimes]

I think it's really hard to say where the series will go next after DoFP, just because of the whole unique premise of this movie which isn't likely to happen again – i.e. time travel and two different generations.

If DoFP is a huge success, I wonder if the studio will be satisfied to make another straightforward X-Men movie with just one team, or whether they'll think that from now on everything must be some kind of big-scale mash-up.

 

[Duran Man]

C'mon.of course it's Cyclops being alive what other reason for changing things and calling it 'fixing' is there??

Well, Xavier, Magneto, and Rogue are all coming back, despite their fates in X-Men 3.

Their fates were already dealt with by the end of X3. Xavier was revealed to be alive, and the "cure" was revealed to be temporary. So like Great Minds asked, what else is there to be fixed?