SDCC 2013: X-MEN DOFP Director Singer Explains Wolverine's Time Traveling

SDCC 2013: X-MEN DOFP Director Singer Explains Wolverine's Time Traveling

At Fox's press conference, it has been confirmed that actor Hugh Jackman's Wolverine is the one who is sent into the past by Kitty Pryde. A few details after the jump...

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By TheDailySuperHero - Jul 20, 2013 05:07 PM EST
Filed Under: X-Men




Fox shocked the media at their press conference when they walked out the entire main case of next summer's X-Men Days of Future Past. Everyone from Hugh Jackman to Patrick Stewart to Michael Fassbender to Jennifer Lawrence were there with everyone else who plays a major role too!

One of the biggest questions surrounding the next X-Men movie is who the time traveler is and that has now been confirmed to be Wolverine.

"Kitty is the one who sends someone back in time and so as people will see... Wolverine goes back in time," said Days of Future Past writer Simon Kinberg.

Director Bryan Singer went into a bit more detail regarding next summer's time traveler.

"Basically the notion is Hugh of the future is sent … his conscienceness... is sent into his younger self [and] Hugh gets to play both parts because he is ageless," Singer said.

In the comics it is Kitty who takes a trip back into the mind of her younger self but this adapted version has Wolverine and it just makes sense since he is Fox's X-Men poster boy. Now fans have to wait until the first trailer for X-Men Days of Future Past is released and should hope they'll also get a first glimpse of the Sentinels.

X-Men Days of Future Past hits theaters on May 23, 2014.





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ManofSteel23
ManofSteel23 - 7/20/2013, 5:25 PM
hmmmmm,I like wolverine...but by the time this film comes out I will be sick to death of seeing him as the main character,lost as the story doesnt revolve around him I am good
ManofSteel23
ManofSteel23 - 7/20/2013, 5:25 PM
long as*
MrReese
MrReese - 7/20/2013, 5:25 PM
Come on we always knew it would be Wolvie.
superherofan21
superherofan21 - 7/20/2013, 5:31 PM
I'm not surprised.
Is anybody?
ekrolo2
ekrolo2 - 7/20/2013, 5:32 PM
Weird the other post said Magento AND Xavier sent him back through time...
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 7/20/2013, 5:38 PM
If Wolverine gets the most screentime then Fox are just a one string banjo.
SugarYumYum
SugarYumYum - 7/20/2013, 5:38 PM
Yawn.
thewonderer
thewonderer - 7/20/2013, 5:39 PM
People need to understand that Wolverine is perfect for this because he is ageless.

Having Pryde be the main would be freaking stupid. You'd need two different actors and with the established film franchise, we can't relate to her as a main character.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 7/20/2013, 5:41 PM
@JUSTbCAUSE

Great question! I do recall the info we received last week in regards to the brief synopsis.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 7/20/2013, 5:41 PM
"Basically the notion is Hugh of the future is sent … his conscienceness... is sent into his younger self [and] Hugh gets to play both parts because he is ageless," Singer said.

That's exactly what I said, I knew two physical Wolverines in the past would cause too much confusion!
konoyaro
konoyaro - 7/20/2013, 5:42 PM
bullshit movie.at any new info we get,it gets worst.
im not watching this,in hope for the mutants coming back to marvel.
hartley07
hartley07 - 7/20/2013, 5:43 PM
too bad cyclops cant go back in time and not wear a f*cking turtleneck sweater.
militantcharles
militantcharles - 7/20/2013, 5:46 PM
WOLVERINE: DAYS OF THE FUTURE PAST
TheAbomination
TheAbomination - 7/20/2013, 5:47 PM
Not surprised that he's gonna be the time-traveler.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 7/20/2013, 5:48 PM
@konoyaro

Meh, If you say so...
BruceLeroy
BruceLeroy - 7/20/2013, 5:51 PM
Of course it's Wolverine. Never change Fox.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 7/20/2013, 5:52 PM
@JUSTbCAUSE

The wolverine we saw with grey streaks is highly possible the Wolverine from an alternate future.

Then again we have to know exactly where Wolverine ends up at the end of "The Wolverine" to make inferences of the timeline he's in. In the Wolverine he has his regular dark hair. However in that recent picture of him that we all saw of him had him wearing a yellowish costume.

In the comics Wolverine was one of the only mutants wearing street clothes when everyone else wore their uniform due to the fact that he wasn't being held within the concentration camp with the others. So who's to say that the X-Men didn't undergo a costume change after the events of The Last Stand. :)
SaxoWolf
SaxoWolf - 7/20/2013, 5:55 PM
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 7/20/2013, 6:28 PM
So he is the lead again lol
TheWolverine08
TheWolverine08 - 7/20/2013, 6:32 PM
Here come the Wolverine haters complaining that he is going back in time eve though he is the only logical choice.
thewonderer
thewonderer - 7/20/2013, 6:40 PM
Whats wrong is that shes a little girl, meaning there would need to be ANOTHER actor play her, and that no one wants to see a boring character like her as the main.
KnobGoblin
KnobGoblin - 7/20/2013, 6:42 PM
Kitty Pride was even born in the 70's, so it can't be her consciousness that get's sent back to her younger self. Wolverine makes the most sense, outside of Xavier. Magneto would probably do something bad, and ruin it for everybody.
ChillBill66
ChillBill66 - 7/20/2013, 6:47 PM
Another Wolverine based X-Men movie... big surprise. Be honest, at this point the only X-men movie that wasn't focused on a costumeless Wolverine was First Class. Just call it Wolverine and Them
BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 7/20/2013, 6:52 PM
So Kitty got time traveling powers now?
AdamX
AdamX - 7/20/2013, 6:55 PM
Cinematic Wolverine is weak as hell.
Archangellm
Archangellm - 7/20/2013, 6:57 PM
Like I've always said and will continue to say - As long as Singer is in any way involved/attached, etc to Fox's X-Men Films, Wolverine is ALWAYS going to be the go-to guy b/c in Singer's mind, he's the only viable X-Man. I see once again, it's all about Wolverine. Wow, Big Surprise. This is what initially turned me off to the first X-Men trilogy. I mean Singer even found a way to include him First Class. In fact, Quicksilver's screen time in XMDOFP will be so minimum (as to make time for Singer's beloved Wolvie) that him appearing in this and Avengers 2 won't be as big of a deal as people initially thought.

I absolutely HATE Bryan Singer's interpretation of the X-Universe and I hope against hope that one day the rights to all thing X-Men will once again be in the very capable hands of Marvel Studios. It probably WON'T happen but that's why its called 'hope'.
0bstreperous
0bstreperous - 7/20/2013, 6:58 PM
@Nomis

What past would you be sending kitty to again?

Just embrace it man

Jackman for the win
AdamX
AdamX - 7/20/2013, 7:00 PM
Looks like they are using the Cartoon version of Bishop from Wolverine & The X-Men. Stupid idea. Singer has a history of not using the X-men characters properly any ways. Terrible idea to send Wolverine back when other characters make more sense and are actually used from the source material.
AdamX
AdamX - 7/20/2013, 7:02 PM
Singer should just come out and say, "Screw the source material!!"
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 7/20/2013, 7:02 PM
Movie sounds awesome.

This sounds "ugh"
0bstreperous
0bstreperous - 7/20/2013, 7:04 PM
I never understood the appeal of kitty pryde never never never...

What would she do cinematically that merits such a lame character getting top billing?


Knee grow please:-)
AdamX
AdamX - 7/20/2013, 7:04 PM
All you X-men fans who approve of this are not even real fans.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 7/20/2013, 7:07 PM
I don't mind that Wolverine is the one who gets sent back. I mean, he is the biggest character in the X-Men franchise. I don't see anyone of you complaining that Superman can't have a sequel w/o Batman stealing his spotlight.
NoobNoob
NoobNoob - 7/20/2013, 7:10 PM
well... i dont like the idea, but kitty cant be send to the past because she doesnt exist in the past(remember that in the comic she is sent to her past body), the only guys from the future that can return to the past are wolvi, beast and....magneto or profesor x...so... is obsly that they will send wolverine
AdamX
AdamX - 7/20/2013, 7:11 PM
Lazy writing none the less.
AdamX
AdamX - 7/20/2013, 7:26 PM
Cinematic Wolvie is a puss.
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