Omar Sy (Intouchables) joins cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past

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French actor Omar Sy, known for his work in the acclaimed 2011 film The Intouchables, is joining the cast in an unspecified role. Director Bryan Singer shared the news on Twitter Saturday, where he called the actor "brilliant."

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

— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) March 2, 2013
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The follow-up to 2011’s X-Men: First Class, will reunite castmembers James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult. On Feb. 13, Singer announced Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage was joining the cast in a role still being kept under wraps.

The film will also include appearances from the actors of the original X-Men trilogy, which was released from 2000-2006. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page and Shawn Ashmore are on board to reprise their roles.

Based on the iconic 1981 story in Marvel Comics' Uncanny X-Men, Days of Future Past will portray the original series stars as older versions of their characters in a dystopian future in which mutants are hunted down.

Days of Future Past, from 20th Century Fox, is eyeing an April start date and is slated for a July 18, 2014, release
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/x-men-days-future-past-425737
 
StopMakingSense said:
No, Bishop was introduced after Days of Future Past. But that doesn't necessarily preclude him from being included.
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Oh this is what I remember it from:

Bishop guest starred in a few episodes of the X-Men animated television series voiced by Philip Akin. He travels back in time to stop the assassination of Senator Kelly and prevent the Days of Future Past timeline from occurring (with Bishop assuming Kitty Pryde's role from the comic version of this tale).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_(comics)

I didn't read the comic arch.
 
Personally him being Bishop is probably a logical choice. But what we know about the x franchise is that they can throw in ANYONE at all in the lineup. I mean I know it sounds kinda crazy but for all we know he could be Gateway. I dont know but I can say this with Singer at the helm whoever he is will at least be logical. Of course thats just my opinion.
 
Riovane said:
Personally him being Bishop is probably a logical choice. But what we know about the x franchise is that they can throw in ANYONE at all in the lineup. I mean I know it sounds kinda crazy but for all we know he could be Gateway. I dont know but I can say this with Singer at the helm whoever he is will at least be logical. Of course thats just my opinion.
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This was logical?
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Saw Intouchables last fall. Cried (friend was bawling).

X-Men doesn't really lend itself to those kinds of feelings so it'll be interesting to see who he plays.
 
shira said:
He signed off on it.
Writer and Producer
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LOL. That's like saying you don't trust Spielberg to make Robopocalypse because he signed off on Transformers. Producing a big studio film and directing one are two very, very different things. You know what a better indicator of what his directorial decisions on an X-Men film might be like? The X-men films he directed. Crazy, I know.
 
Scullibundo said:
LOL. That's like saying you don't trust Spielberg to make Robopocalypse because he signed off on Transformers. Producing a big studio film and directing one are two very, very different things. You know what a better indicator of what his directorial decisions on an X-Men film might be like? The X-men films he directed. Crazy, I know.
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I appreciate the assist. Couldnt have said it better.
And off topic Im so pissed that Robopacalypse is in dev hell. So looking forward to that movie. Went out and snatched up the book after I heard the rumor it may be made into a film.
 
Scullibundo said:
LOL. That's like saying you don't trust Spielberg to make Robopocalypse because he signed off on Transformers. Producing a big studio film and directing one are two very, very different things. You know what a better indicator of what his directorial decisions on an X-Men film might be like? The X-men films he directed. Crazy, I know.
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Not really.

To his argument, Singer signed off on a story that would feed into another arch that he planned to direct, IN THE SAME FRANCHISE.

For all we know, Singer may not be the same director he was on X1 and X2...I mean, hell, George Lucas directed the masterpiece that was SW...and then he directed 3 more.
 
Scullibundo said:
LOL. That's like saying you don't trust Spielberg to make Robopocalypse because he signed off on Transformers. Producing a big studio film and directing one are two very, very different things. You know what a better indicator of what his directorial decisions on an X-Men film might be like? The X-men films he directed. Crazy, I know.
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Did he write transformers 2 and 3?

I'll give him an okeydoke for 1.
 
ryutaro's mama said:
Not really.

To his argument, Singer signed off on a story that would feed into another arch that he planned to direct, IN THE SAME FRANCHISE.

For all we know, Singer may not be the same director he was on X1 and X2...I mean, hell, George Lucas directed the masterpiece that was SW...and then he directed 3 more.
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Singer never planned to direct Days of Future past. He got the call out of the blue and was completely surprised Fox was asking him back and had to scramble to make a decision.

Oh, and Singer only contributed to the STORY of First Class, not the screenplay. Again, a very big difference.
 
Scullibundo said:
Singer never planned to direct Days of Future past. He got the call out of the blue and was completely surprised Fox was asking him back and had to scramble to make a decision.
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Even if that is the case, it's hardly comparable to your Robopacolypse example. And again, like I said, George Lucas had amazing early success with the SW franchise...and he fucked it up on his return.

Time will tell, I guess.
 
Scullibundo said:
Singer never planned to direct Days of Future past. He got the call out of the blue and was completely surprised Fox was asking him back and had to scramble to make a decision.

Oh, and Singer only contributed to the STORY of First Class, not the screenplay. Again, a very big difference.
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Well, he was going to direct the last film X-Men: First Class but had to back out because of his deal for Jack the Giant Killer so it wasn't that much of a surprise. The first class script was developed initially with him in mind as the director.
 
ryutaro's mama said:
Even if that is the case, it's hardly comparable to your Robopacolypse example. And again, like I said, George Lucas had amazing early success with the SW franchise...and he fucked it up on his return.

Time will tell, I guess.
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McTiernan came back and re-invigorated the Die Hard franchise. These random examples don't mean a whole lot. The thing to be concerned about with Days of Future past is that the guys behind the screenplay aren't exactly confidence-inspiring. That is where this film could fail hard.
 
At the end of the day I will be watching this closely. Im curious as to the direction they are gonna take this with the returning cast from both sides of the franchise. This is arguably one of the most profound Xmen stories ever written. Cant wait to see how it plays.
 
ryutaro's mama said:
Yeah that was shit...especially when you consider that his mutant power was that he could adapt...so why would that...ugh...chalk it up to lazy writing...oh well.

I am happy that we got to see Zoe in that though.
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His only weakness was an inability to overcome Black character movie tropes :P
 
Riovane said:
At the end of the day I will be watching this closely. Im curious as to the direction they are gonna take this with the returning cast from both sides of the franchise. This is arguably one of the most profound Xmen stories ever written. Cant wait to see how it plays.
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It is also what 30 years old. Even Nolan had to adapt Dark Knight Returns to make it more modern.
 
Weirdest casting choice of the year by far. I love Omar, but dude has a very limited range as far as acting goes (he was basically playing himself in Intouchables).
 
ryutaro's mama said:
Seriously, wasn't he the only X-man in that movie to
die
?

<tries to remember>

I think he was!
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I haven't seen it since theaters, but I think Magneto kills Shaw at the end with a Nazi coin?

Dude embodied like every black character film trope in one clean swoop. Black people die first, Magical Negro and that Sacrificial Negro?
 
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