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Patrick Stewart Confirms He'll Return as Professor X!
If you thought that bringing together several different franchises into one combined comic book world for 'The Avengers' was risky, wait until you hear what Fox is trying to do with Marvel's X-Men franchise! Reports are surfacing all over the internet concerning the upcoming sequel to 'X-Men: First Class' (dubbed 'X-Men: Days of Future Past') and how the audience may actually witness a franchise reboot played out over the course of the film. Similar to the successful 'Star Trek' franchise reboot, the storyline of 'Days of Future Past' will apparently feature time travel in some fashion, most likely with characters from 'First Class' finding themselves in a bleak future where mutants have been systematically hunted down and killed (similar to the classic X-Men comic). Considering how sketchy Fox has been in the past with X-Men continuity, there's a question as to how faithful to the original comics they'll stay but one thing is for sure - Patrick Stewart has seemingly confirmed that he will once again reprise his role as Professor X.
At the Montreal Comic Convention, the actor responded to a question about whether he'll return:
"I think there is every possibility. Halle Berry! Famke Janssen! Rebecca Stamos! Anna Paquin! Yes, I'll be reprising..."
At which point, the actor was cut off by his son, who rattled off several male cast members as well, and the conversation steered it's way back towards other topics. Stewart is well known for his jovial nature so there's a slight chance this was just a good-natured nod to the fans, but it falls in line with other reported details about the film that involve Fox attempting to reconcile their previous X-Men films with a new, reinvented franchise by way of alternate timelines. Nothing has been definitively confirmed by the studio, but industry rumors point towards the possibility of several of the key actors from the first three X-Men films reprising their roles as much older, grizzled versions of their previous selves including both James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart as Professor X, past and future.
Even more interesting, there seems to be some buzz surrounding the possibility that throughout the course of the film, as the characters race to stop the bleak future timeline from ever happening, that the changes they make to their timeline might drastically alter the film history itself, allowing for the previous three 'X-Men' films to be classified as an alternate timeline so that a new series of X-Men films can be launched (set in the present day) with a different team and cast. Maybe we might even finally get to see the giant mutant-hunting Sentinels grace the silver screen! At this point, most of this is still speculation but the off-hand confirmation by Stewart does say one thing: this is a project that we should all be keeping an eye on.
Source: Newsarama
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Tags: Fox, James McAvoy, Patrick Stewart, Professor X, X-Men, franchise, reboot, timelines, wibbly wobbly
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Comment by Dr. No Means Yes on October 1, 2012 at 3:50pm
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Comment by Brian 'Born-a-Bastard' Jordan on October 1, 2012 at 1:02pm -
I really dig Patrick Stewart but I don't think that line he spouted out at an interview means he's reprising his role. Too much gets read into snippets of what celebrities say. Stewart jokes around a lot. He's known for that. It sounds like what he was saying is with all those attractive women attached to the franchise that of course he would be down for another movie. I think he was just joking. Hell Famke was killed twice so we probably won't be seeing her again.
With the exception of cameos I don't think we'll get a direct tie in to the previous trilogy (concerning the actors). I do kind of hope they rewrite the history. Last Stand left such a bad taste in everyone's mouth. 3 movies and Cyclops never becomes a worth a damn leader (one of marvel's best), Jean comes back only to die again and take a chunk of the cast with her and Charlie X spent half the series in a coma or dead...yeesh.
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Comment by Jordan Hoffman on October 1, 2012 at 8:52am -
This has to be handled juuuuuuust right.
I like the sound of it. X-Men First Class I thought was pretty mediocre. It had some greatness, but a looooooooooot of B.S too (terrible dialogue, terrible action, felt rushed). Hopefully they pull this off just right and we get the best of both worlds from X2 and First Class.
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Comment by 31 on September 30, 2012 at 7:29pm -
guess they need to set a new timeline so all their chronological mistakes dont apply anymore (prof X walking in X3 flashback but cant walk at the end of First Class, at the end of first class magneto and prof x go their separate ways but in the X3 flashback they are still friends, Emma Frost's age keeps changing, X2 Beast was in human form still, and many many more)
but then if this is happening, where the hell is the new Wolverine movie going to fit in??
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Comment by Allan, Dane of Thrones on September 28, 2012 at 12:21am -
Whatever it takes to prevent the events of "X-Men: The Last Stand". But if that trilogy will be an alternate timeline, with a different cast, where does that leave Hugh Jackman and "The Wolverine"?
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Comment by Kroxigor on September 27, 2012 at 11:52pm -
Quite excellent.
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Comment by TheMantaBluRay on September 27, 2012 at 7:25pm -
Sounds awesome. As for X-Men Days of Future Past, I want Sentinels god damn it. It’s been too long without seeing these Mechanical monsters fight the Mutants. But because this is still a Fox movie, who knows?
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Comment by carl neil cortes on September 27, 2012 at 6:47pm -
I was in Montreal comic con and he never said that. He only said that it "might be possible" that he will return.
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Comment by Robert Wild on September 27, 2012 at 5:20pm -
As long as they explain and tie everything together, ill be fine. Although I like it, I was very irritated at how much they changed the timeline of "first Class", yet openly showed it was part of the same continuity. If they explain the time travel stuff and separate timelines well, ill be fine.
As for Patrick Stewart being back, AWESOME! Whether it's a different timeline or a straight forward sequal, I have really wanted one to take place after "the Last Stand". BIGGEST CLIFF HANGER EVER!!!!!! I actually loved the cliff hanger, BUT, I was very irritated when they said "well, we just shot that scene for the fun of it. We dont have any plans for one to take place after this for several years" THAT pissed me off.
Now, its awesome if Patrick Stewart comes back, but it wont be the same without Ian McKellen. They need to get him back to....
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Comment by NeoSpearBlade on September 27, 2012 at 5:03pm -
@gambolingman
I consider X-Men: First Class as a universe reboot (story line and all) with (almost) a new cast so what's shown in that video doesn't apply to me.....although it was fun to watch.
@Article
.......I don't know what to type because I'm so exited so I'll just say I'm exited.
The original three movies removed from continuity if this movie happens? Ehh, doesn't matter to me. I still enjoy watching all three films (yes, even X3.) Not Origins: Wolverine, though.
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