FOX Registers "Days Of Future Past"

Update: IGN has confirmed from X-Men producer Bryan Singer, X-Men Days of Future Past!

According to Ain't It Cool News, FOX has registered the title "Days of Future Past", with the MPAA Title Registration Bureau. The report does not say if FOX plans to use this story line in the sequel to last years X-Men: First Class, but it makes sense considering how First Class ended.

At the end of First Class, the US government found out that mutants exist, and that some are a threat to humanity. How will the US government respond with this new unforeseen development? Will they just let the mutants go about their lives, fighting their own little wars? Let's take a look......(Warning Spoilers).......



"Days of Future Past", is a popular Marvel Comics storyline, that debuted in the The Uncanny X-Men issues #141 and #142, published in 1981. It is about a dystopian future where mutants are kept in concentration type camps by giant robots called Sentinals. The story focuses on two point of views, switching between the future and present. In the future, Kitty Pryde uses her mind to travel back in time to possess her own body, and fore-warn the X-Men of their impending doom. The way FOX has set up the tone in First Class, may cause some issues adapting this story.

Kitty Pryde was already in X-Men 3 and since FOX wants to make this series tie in to the older films, Kitty is much too young to appear in First Class 2.

Use Wolverine! He already made a cameo in First Class, so having him appear in the film is a no brainer. Getting Hugh Jackman to star would add a huge draw for the box office. Plus, it's an excellent opportunity to bring Wolverine into the First Class series. In "Days of Future Past", an aging Wolverine is fighting for survival, while protecting other mutants. Hugh Jackman is not getting any younger, which would allow him to play an older Wolverine and make sense.

This also gives FOX an opportunity to introduce new characters. They can steal a page from their own 1990's "X-Men Animated Series", and introduce Bishop. In the animated series, Bishop replaced Kitty Pryde in the story, and was the one who went back in time. Cable, a mutant from the future and son of Cyclops could also make sense to replace Kitty Pryde.

Bring in Fantastic Four! The sequel "Days of Future Present", follows Franklin Richards, the son of Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman. FOX wants to reboot Fantastic Four. This could be an ideal way to reboot a franchise, and allow the studio to follow Marvel Studio's crossover plan.

FOX could decide to start with, "Wolverine: Days Of Future Past." This story deals with the reason for the creation of the future universe, leading right into, "Uncanny X-Men" 141-142. This could be the main story for First Class 2, with part 3 closing it out.

Well FOX, you most defiantly have your work cut out for you. This is an opportunity to create the best X-Men movie possibly. With all the different was you can go, there really is no excuse why you can't make a great film.