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The connection between the first three X-Men films and 2011's X-Men: First Class will be explored and ironed out with inventive tinkering and a bit of time travel in X-Men: Days of Future Past. This bold undertaking sports a gigantic ensemble cast that essentially merges all of the principal players of two separate franchises. Key actors include Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, and Ellen Page from the original continuity, and Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Hoult from the timeline established in First Class.
To exemplify this exciting collision of two universes, the teaser posters for Days of Future Past blend their stars together with an almost eerie seamlessness: Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy are mashed up into Professor Xavier, while Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellen are hybridized into Magneto, all sporting an exceedingly apropos X.
X-Men: Days of Future Past has the potential to be the coolest Marvel movie of 2014, in a crowded year that will also see the superhero studio release Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
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