X-Men: Days of Future Past is still a couple of months away from hitting cinemas, but it seems Bryan Singer is already shifting much of his attention to the next X-Men sequel, X-Men: Apocalypse. We already know that the 2016 release is set to serve as an X-Men: First Class follow-up, taking place in the 1980s, but it appears that Singer is keen to bring in a few more familiar faces, with the director telling CinePremiere (via CBM) that, “I’m considering Gambit and Nightcrawler for Apocalypse. [I was] going to have Nightcrawler appear in [Days of Future Past] and even wrote a scene, but I felt that we were forcing to many mutants.”
Both Nightcrawler and Gambit have appeared in the X-Men franchise before, with Alan Cumming playing Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United and Taylor Kitsch portraying Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Meanwhile, Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street) has expressed an interest in taking on the role of the Cajun card-thrower, with producer Lauren Shuler Donner stating that she’d love to have Tatum as part of the mutant superhero franchise.
X-Men: Days of Future Past is set for release on May 23rd, with franchise veterans Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Lucas Till (Havok), Halle Berry (Storm), Anna Paquin (Rogue), Ellen Page (Kitty Pryde), Shawn Ashmore (Iceman) and Daniel Cudmore (Colossus) joined in the packed ensemble cast by X-Men newcomers Evan Peters (American Horror Story) as Quicksilver, Booboo Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) as Warpath, Omar Sy (The Intouchables) as Bishop, Fan Binbing (Iron Man 3) as Blink, Adan Canto (The Following) as Sunspot, Josh Helman (Mad Max: Fury Road) as William Stryker and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) as Bolivar Trask.
Originally published March 21, 2014. Updated December 13, 2019.
