With the release next week of Days of Future Past, I thought I'd look quickly into the X-Men film timeline. There have been recent reports that DoFP retcons X-Men 3 and possibly Origins, which leads me to believe that DoFP opens up alternate timelines/dimensions into the film series.
Here is how the series is currently with the DoFP(dystopian beginning)
Origins (beginning part 1800s-WWII)-----First Class-----Origins(Rest of Movie)----X-Men----X2----Last Stand----The Wolverine-----DoFP(Dystopian beginning part)
Now here is my theory, at the end of DoFP everything is changed which leads to an 2 all new timelines that run parallel to the original timeline. The first timeline wipes out everything from Origins all the way through Wolverine. So in sense the timeline would look like this:
Origins(beginning part)-----First Class---DoFP(Past)----------------New Future
SPOILERS!!!
This would allow for characters like Jean Grey, Cyclops to be alive and to return in future movies.
END OF SPOILERS!!
The second timeline would be almost the same as the one above except it has a spot for X-Men :Apocalypse, since it has been stated that it will be set during the 1980s. Again allows characters to return (as younger selves) and to still include the First Class cast. This timeline would look like this:
Origins (beginning part)-----First Class----DoFP(Past)-----Apocalypse
Now what about The Wolverine 2, depending on what it is about it, can be placed in either timelines. The potential crossover with The Fantastic Four (which Simon Kinberg recently said probably wouldn't work) could also be placed in either timeline as well, or could be a seperate timeline.
So in review, here is my timelines
I------------------------------------------------------------New Future
I
Origins(beginning part)---First Class---DoFP(Past)---Origins(rest)--XMen--X2--Last Stand--Wolverine--DoFP
l l_______________________________________________l
l--------------------Apocalypse
Hope you all enjoyed this and thanks for reading