The first trailer for X Men: Days Of Future Past has been made public!
The film, which serves as a sequel to both X Men: First Class and X Men: The Last Stand, boasts the biggest line-up for X-Men ever assembled, as it features both ¡°young¡± and ¡°old¡± versions of heroes, coming together.
The official synopsis of the film says it all:
¡°The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days Of Future Past. The beloved characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in an epic battle that must change the past ¨C to save our future.¡±
Rumours of the story indicate that time-travel will be involved, with some the film, taking place in 1973, and will feature President Richard Nixon as a character.
The story follows the X-Men, as they must stop Peter Dinklage¡¯s character Bolivar Trask, after he creates Sentinels, robots that hunt mutants in a dystopian future.
Director Bryan Singer returns to the take over the reigns of the film, after leaving 2011¡¯s X-Men: First Class to Matthew Vaughn.
He will be joined by regulars Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, (take a breath, because there¡¯s more coming) Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Page and Anna Paquin.
X-Men: Days Of Future Past opens in Australian cinemas on May 21, 2014.