Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine returns in the first trailer for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past.’
Director Bryan Singer's mutant power is apparently blowing comic book nerds' minds.
The first full trailer "Days of Future Past" arrived in our time on Tuesday from the near future - since the next installment in the superhero film franchise hits theaters on May 23, 2014.
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Time travel is at the heart of the plot, which is loosely based on a popular storyline of the same name by writer Chris Claremont and artist John Byrne during their "X-Men" run.
Present and future versions of the X-Men are linked by an assassination
of a key senator that sets off a chain of events leading to a dystopian
future where mutants are hunted into virtual extinction.
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That means "Days of Future Past" features the return of Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as Magneto and Professor X
- the roles they made famous in Singer's earlier "X-Men" movies -
alongside Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy, the actors who played the
younger versions of those characters in the 2011 prequel, "X-Men: First
Class."
"You need me as well," says Ian McKellen's Magneto in a voiceover near the start of the two-minute, 17-second trailer, setting the stage for a team-up with his old friend and rival Professor X (Patrick Stewart). "Side by side, to end this war before it ever begins."
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And that war has a lot of potential new casualties -- the trailer shows brief glimpses of some of the new X-additions, including fan favorites Warpath (Booboo Stewart) and Bishop (Omar Sy).
At the heart of the film, though, is the most popular X-Man of all,
Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, who must be sent back in time to convince
McAvoy's younger, more impetuous Charles Xavier to prevent the cataclysm
from taking place.
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"X-Men: Days of Future Past" marks the seventh time the actor has donned the mutton chops and claws - a genre record.
"I love this character, and I never take for granted the opportunity I have to play what I think is one of the cooler, more interesting, multilayered comic book characters, particularly with this one I have wanted to do the story," Jackman told the News in the summer.
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"At some point my body will give up, but right now I'm enjoying it more than ever."
Mobile Users can click here to see the trailer.
The first full trailer "Days of Future Past" arrived in our time on Tuesday from the near future - since the next installment in the superhero film franchise hits theaters on May 23, 2014.
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X Marks the Spot: James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart play two versions of Professor X in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past.'
Time travel is at the heart of the plot, which is loosely based on a popular storyline of the same name by writer Chris Claremont and artist John Byrne during their "X-Men" run.
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Michael Fassbender’s Magneto is back in the time-traveling tale based on a storyline by Chris Claremont and artist John Byrne from their legendary ‘X-Men’ run.
RELATED: HUGH JACKMAN: WOLVERINE WILL 'EXIST WAY LONGER THAN ME'
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Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique sheds a tear in the followup to 2011’s ‘X-Men: First Class.’
"You need me as well," says Ian McKellen's Magneto in a voiceover near the start of the two-minute, 17-second trailer, setting the stage for a team-up with his old friend and rival Professor X (Patrick Stewart). "Side by side, to end this war before it ever begins."
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Among the new mutants that fanboys are looking forward to seeing on the big screen - Warpath.
And that war has a lot of potential new casualties -- the trailer shows brief glimpses of some of the new X-additions, including fan favorites Warpath (Booboo Stewart) and Bishop (Omar Sy).
X-Men Movies via YouTube
Move over, Tyrion! Peter Dinklage as the mutant-hating Bolivar Trask.
PHOTOS: COMIC BOOK SUPERHEROES: FROM THE PANELS TO THE BIG SCREEN
"X-Men: Days of Future Past" marks the seventh time the actor has donned the mutton chops and claws - a genre record.
"I love this character, and I never take for granted the opportunity I have to play what I think is one of the cooler, more interesting, multilayered comic book characters, particularly with this one I have wanted to do the story," Jackman told the News in the summer.
RELATED: 'X-MEN #1' FEATURES ALL WOMEN CAST OF SUPERHEROES
"At some point my body will give up, but right now I'm enjoying it more than ever."
Mobile Users can click here to see the trailer.
