Monday, April 22, 2013

First Look: Halle Berry's Storm In "X-Men: Days of Future Past"

Director Bryan Singer has tweeted a photo of Halle Berry as Storm in the upcoming sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past.
 
The pic features the pregnant Berry, 46, in a slightly different version of Storm's outfit, with the same bright white hair, although it's bit shorter this time out.
 
 
The entire X-Men: First Class cast is set to reprise their roles, including James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), and Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Rose Byrne (Moira MacTaggert), and Nicholas Hoult (Beast).

The original trilogy stars Sir Ian McKellen Sir Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman are already poised to return again as well. Anna Paquin (Rogue), Ellen Page (Kitty Pride) and Shawn Ashmore (Iceman) While it was hoped that James Marsden (Cyclops) would be back. It seems Alan Cumming.(Nightcrawler) will not return.

Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage has a key role in the film. There is speculation that he is playing bad guy Apocalypse Daniel Cudmore is returning as Colossus and BooBoo Stewart is also in the film--character as yet unknown. Chinese actress Fan Bingbing has joined the film--as Blink, a mutant with the power of teleportation. Adan Canto, best known for his role in the TV show The Following,is taking on the role of Sunspot or Sunfire French actor Omar Sy also stars

Singer penned the treatment and produced 'First Class' which was directed by Matthew Vaughn. Now, their roles will be completely reversed for this sequel with Singer helming the film while Vaughn wrote the treatment and will produce with Lauren Shuler Donner and writer Simon Kinberg.

The sequel is based on a -2 issue story arc in the 'X-Men' comics published in 1981. Kinberg (Sherlock Holmes) is on board to pen the screenplay which will include New Mutants. Magneto and his relationship with Charles X. Xavier will be front and center as well.

Production on the sequel is well underway..X-Men: Days Of Future Past" hits screens July 18th 2014.

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