Earlier today I reported a roundup of quotes from Hugh Jackman about his two upcoming films in where he’s reprising his most iconic mutant, Wolverine. Only hours later there are more details emerging about the second of those films, X-Men: Days of Future Past. If you’ve been following along you’ll remember last week director Bryan Singer caused a mini-internet-implosion when he tweeted he’d cast Evan Peters as Quicksilver. This is, of course, after Avengers 2 writer/director Joss Whedon had already made it known he was including Quicksilver and twin, Scarlet Witch, in his Marvel movie. It’s been a bit of a shitstorm, is what I’m getting at.

Today’s news, though, has nothing to do with Quicksilver, but rather with who the hell Peter Dinklage is playing. He’s been cast in DOFP in an as of yet unknown role, which is itself suspicious knowing how open Singer’s been with sharing casting news and set reports. Well, if we make some extrapolations from his latest tweeting we might just know who Dinklage is playing. First, exhibit one, Dinklage’s stash. More than a few people made the jump to Boliver Trask, inventor of the Sentinels – who we already know are appearing – when that image hit. And now? Consider it basically, practically, almost confirmed because Singer just tweeted this,

Boom, there it is! Trask Industries will be included, and I can’t see any reason why Mr. Trask would not. What d’ya think? Is Dinklage definitely playing Boliver Trask?

Hit the jump for more DOFP revelations!

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What did X-Men fans do before Twitter? And who needs internet spies when you have Bryan Singer, the director himself, sending out regular tweets of photos and updates about Days of Future Past?

To wit, a pair of telling new photos were recently tweeted by Singer from the set of Days, one of them doesn’t spoil much, but shows a returning cast member in full (lack of) costume, and the other may tip off the observer as to what role a new cast member may play in the drama. So does it? Well, we’ll let you be the judge.

First the obvious thing:

First look: #JenniferLawrence as a vengeful #Mystique. #XMen #DaysOfFuturePast

Yes fans, its the image of Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique that way we’ve all wanted to see her…

Next up, we have Singer conferring with Peter Dinklage between takes on set. The set looks like the a private plane, and Dinklage looks like he’s ready to sail out with the tune fleet. And what’s the deal with that mustache? Let’s have a look:

The folks at Blastr seem to think that this is confirmation that Dinklage is playing Boliver Trask, inventor of the Sentinels. Did he have a mustache? Does it even matter? And why haven’t you scrolled back up to blue naked Jennifer Lawrence again?

More news as it develops.

Lawrence photo courtesy of Collider.

Dinklage photo courtesy of Blastr.

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Bryan Singer continues to keep fans in the mix with another X-Men: Days of Future Past on set Twitter picture tease of Hugh Jackman in the Wolverine’s leather jacket. It’s just not an X-Men movie without Wolverine, he’s been in every movie so far, even if it was only to spout out a quick, “Go F@%& Yourself.” We don’t get to see Jackman’s face in the picture, but Singer sent the picture out with the message:

“Fitting @RealHughJackman.”

There’s no mistaking that box headed hair cut though. The jacket is missing that bomber jacket wool lining that was so iconic in the original comic, but perhaps this is the jacket for the present day Wolverine.

What do you think? I can’t wait to find out what Peter Dinklage’s actual role is and see some Sentinels in all their glorious robot action. I also can’t wait to see all the Real Steel / Jackman / Wolverine memes that should start hitting the internet so you’d better get started on those.

What are you looking forward to in X-Men: Days of Future Past?

Via: Cinemablend

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So far, the majority of the announced cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past have been returning mutants, but what about new mutants. Well hint, hint, Bryan Singer‘s dropped a little knowledge on us this morning in the form of a Vine video. The 6-second clip from the social networking site reveals several directors chairs with the names of various X-Men characters on them. So we get to see names like “Magneto,” “Storm,” “Kitty Pryde,” “Bobby ‘Iceman’ Drake,” and… Wait, what’s that? “Bishop,” and “James ‘Warpath’ Proudstar?!

To the uninitiated, Warpath is the brother of John Proudstar, a mutant who went by the code name Thunderbird and joined the X-Men after the original team was kidnapped by Krakoa, the living island. Thunderbird was killed on another mission a short time later, but his brother James would go on to join the upstart mutant group X-Force. Bishop, meanwhile, is a refugee from the future where mutants were rounded up into concentration camps by Sentinels. After being liberated, Bishop joined a group of mutant cops only to end up going back in time to the 20th century during the pursuit of a mutant fugitive.

So who’s playing Bishop and Warpath? Well, French actor Omar Sy was already rumored to be playing Bishop in the film, and Booboo Stewart, by virtue of being Native American, is probably a safe bet for Warpath.

Days of Future Past is currently in production for a July 18, 2014 release. The film co-stars Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Michael Fassbender, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, and Peter Dinklage.

X-Men: Days of Future Past hits theaters on July 18, 2014.

Source: Coming Soon

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What? You’ve gone a couple days without anything new from Game of Thrones? Let’s change that. As the hype builds HBO has released another teaser to do just that, tease us with scant, quick clips from Season 3. And tease us they do, they damn near titillate us with that all too quick glance of Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) taking a bath in one of the series’ most popular scenes.

There’s also quick glimpse of Daario, a new “acquaintance” of Daenerys for Season 3, plus more Ygritte, Talisa, and Margaery. I think Natalie Dormer is going to be a scene stealer this season, I’m so excited!

Last week, the cast of Thrones was all over Entertainment Weekly, this week it’s TV Guide. There’s three covers available, one for each of three main houses: Stark, Lannister, and Targaryen, plus some truly stunning, black and white photos of the principal cast. Take a look through the gallery below.

When they took these beautiful photos, TV Guide also recorded some interviews with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley, Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Richard Madden, and Kit Harington. Check it out!

Game of Thrones returns March 31st!

Sources: Winter is Coming (2), Huffington Post

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Each and every week we scour the Internet for nothing but the best in nerdy art. We leave no digital stone unturned, we poke and prod every nook and cranny of the Interwebz. Why? Because we love you, and we love to bring you weekly feed of nerd art.

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Above: A cat version of Bilbo by Andrea Femerstrand being creeped up on by a cat version of Gollum, wonderful. The Hobbit made it’self a lot of money last year but if you redo it with cats… You’ll be purring all the way to the bank! [The Mary Sue]

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Peter Dinklage was on the red carpet at the season three premiere of HBO‘s runaway hit Game of Thrones. Amidst all the questions about what fans could expect from his character Tyrion someone had to ask about Dinklage’s role in Bryan Singer‘s upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Luckily for us MTV Geek stepped up to the plate to see if Dinklage might let something slip about his role. Take a look and meet me on the other side to discuss.

What do you think? It is interesting that his response was, “Where did you hear that?” and not ‘Who is Trask?” He says he hasn’t read the script, but I wonder a bit about that. Dinklage is not one to take on a role without knowing the ins and outs of the character, he’s been very selective about the roles he’s taken in the past and I don’t see that changing in this particular case.

Of course he probably can’t talk about it yet. That’s all part of the Hollywood game these days. There’s less than a week to go to the premiere of season three of Game of Thrones and I can’t wait to see how Dinklage handles all the crap that is going to come down right on top of Tyrion this season.

Your thoughts . . . put them in the comments section below. We really get a kick out of reading our readers comments.

Via: MTV Geek

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There’s just two weeks left until the premiere of season 3 of George R.R. Martin‘s Game of Thrones and HBO is really cranking up the marketing to make sure everyone knows the show is coming back. Two teaser trailers were released, War and The Beast, then over the weekend a new full trailer. Things are heating up in Westeros and there’s going to be blood, lots of blood, and some burning, don’t forget the burning. Dragons like to burn things don’t they?

The celebrated ensemble cast of Game of Thrones includes Emmy winner Peter Dinklage, soon to be seen in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, and new comer Ciaran Hinds (Rome, John Carter) as Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall. I’m excited to see Hinds join the cast, he was fantastic as Julius Caesar in Rome and I look forward to seeing how he handles the character of Rayder.

Check out the trailer and teasers below and let us know what you are most looking forward to in season 3.

War:

The Beast:

Game of Thrones marches it’s way back onto television screens March 31st, 2013. Get your viewing party started!

Via: Screenrant

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Excitement continues to build for details concerning Bryan Singer‘s return to the X-Men franchise X-Men: Days of Future Past. As the latest casting news confirms fan favorite characters from prior X-Men movies involvement and the addition to the cast of Peter Dinklage and Omar Sy, fans now turn their thoughts to which villain or villains might take part in the storyline.

We know we’re going to get Sentinels and some Brotherhood of Evil Mutants mixing it up with our favorite X-Men, but what about Apocalypse? Bleeding Cool chatted up Singer the other day and has this to say:

Curious as to why he was interested in the Days of Future Past story in particular, I asked Singer what the film was going to be about. He told me:

“The movie is about destiny. What is your fate? What were you supposed to do, what should you have done when you were younger? What didn’t you do that would have made for a better future? And what if you could go back and change that.

I think I’ve got the time travel – I don’t really want to call it time travel, but for want of a better word, time travel figured out. I pitched it to James Cameron and he signed off on it.”

The topic turned to Apocalypse and:

On hearing the name Apocalypse, Singer’s face changed immediately but there was no point being timid. Might as well plough ahead with the question. Would he even consider using Apocalypse in the movies? How about in Days of Future Past?

His nervous answer:

“I can’t tell you…”

That was most interesting. So I leapt forward and asked if realizing the character of Apocalypse would require performance capture.

And now Singer looked even more nervous.

“This is how it gets started, when somebody starts piecing the little bits together…”

The non-verbal communication was even more compelling than what Singer was saying. If I had to bet on it, I would – we’ll be seeing Apocalypse in Days of Future Past, and he’s probably going to be a performance capture character.

These days everyone in Hollywood is walking the tightrope of publicity and trying to keep what they can under wraps in hopes of surprising fans, but if Apocalypse is going to appear it would make sense that Dinklage or Sy might be playing the role. Singer has gone on the record saying that Dinklage won’t be a CGI character, but that hasn’t stopped fans from speculating what that might look like.

Now Omar could also play the Apocalypse role, but wouldn’t he make a much better Bishop?

That’s what I am betting on. It may be splitting hairs but Motion Capture is not CGI, at least not completely CGI. What do you think? I just can’t see Dinklage playing a role inthe X-Men franchise that isn’t a major character AND A MUTANT.

Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past opens July 18th starring Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, Ellen Page, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, and James McAvoy with Peter Dinklage and Omar Sy.

Via: Bleedingcool

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So Jack the Giant Slayer didn’t exactly wow them at the box office over the weekend, probably because people are generally more excited about about Bryan Singer‘s next film, X-Men: Days of Future Past. Oddly, Monday has brought a proverbial avalanche of new X-Men news.

First up is a comment from none other than Chris Claremont. Claremont had a legendary 20-year-run as the writer of Uncanny X-Men, including the “Days of Future Past” storyline in Uncanny #141, so who better to hear from on the subject of the upcoming film version of it. Or at least that’s what Newsarama (via Comic Book Movie) seemed to think.

Here’s what Claremont had to say:

“The challenge, I would think, for Bryan is that the heart of the original story is not the fight with the Brotherhood back in the present day. The challenge, the story, is actually what happens in the future. Getting them to the point where you can send Kitty back, and seeing the consequences of what will happen if they fail, and not knowing at the end how it’s going to turn out. You think it’s going to be a happy ending, but you’re not sure, because pretty much everybody dies — in the comic, anyway. You can’t not be invested. That’s pretty much most of my working life, dancing around or through the X-Men as a concept.

“You could look at it as time travel, or you could look at it as pan-dimension. It’s all a matter of how you want to define it, and I’m sure they’ve got some brainiacs out on the left coast earning a small research stipend figuring out a plausible way of making it fly. That’s the fun and games of Hollywood. How the hell they’re going to fit it into 120 minutes, I have no sodding idea. I’d be looking on this as your basic 1974 film with an intermission.

“In movies it’s a one-shot item too often. If we’re doing Days of Future Past, we need Ororo, we need Logan. OK, we’ve got Hugh Jackman, but that means we’ve got to get Halle Berry. I’m sure some accountant at Fox is going, ‘Huh? ‘We’re talking how much?’ On the other hand, you never know when a major talent is willing to do a Scarlett Johansson, and come in perhaps at scale, just for the fun of it. The really nice thing with Future Past is that you actually have a superhero film — much to everyone’s surprise, I will hope — that is about something. It’s about racism, I hope. It’s about resisting oppression. It’s about fighting for freedom and the cost of fighting for freedom. I will be fascinated to see how they weave the two together.”

Meanwhile, the Days casting train continues to chug along with a pair of announcements today. On the one hand we have news of another returnee from X-Men films past in the form of Oscar-winner Halle Berry, who will reprise the role of Storm in the new film. Singer made the announcement via his preferred media partner, Twitter (brought to you by /Film).

Couldn’t be more excited that #HalleBerry has joined the cast of #XMen #DaysofFuturePast. Hopefully she can improve the weather in Montreal.

Berry will join fellow castmates from the first three X-Men films Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Hugh Jackman, Ellen Page, Aaron Ashmore and Anna Paquin, as well as returning cast members from X-Men: First Class James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult and Jennifer Lawrence.

In more Twitter news by Singer (again via /Film) the director introduced the world to the second actor to be cast in the film who’s had no previous X-Men experience.

Thrilled to welcome the brilliant #OmarSy from the amazing film #TheIntouchables to the cast of #Xmen #DaysofFuturePast!

No word on who Omar Sy will play in the film, just as we don’t know who Peter Dinklage will play, probably because they haven’t been in any other X-Men movies before. Days of Future Past should go before the cameras later this summer, for a July 2014 release.

More news as it develops.

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