So far, X-Men: Days of Future Past is off to an excellent start, casting-wise. In addition to locking down First Class‘s James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult for the sequel, 20th Century Fox has also landed original X-Men stars Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in recent weeks. Likewise, Wolverine’s Hugh Jackman is currently in negotiations to come aboard the project, which is scheduled to begin production this April.
However, other actors from the original trilogy of films like Halle Berry, James Marsden and Famke Janssen have yet to be confirmed for the sequel, which will span both the 1960s setting (that was established in First Class) as well as, if the comics are any indication, a future age of mutant discrimination. So how does the studio plan to assemble such a mammoth and (presumably) expensive cast?
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Source: IGN Movies