Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart Join ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’

On the same day that news of Star Wars: Episode VII was announced, Bryan Singer was also confirmed as the replacement director on X-Men: Days of Future Past after Matthew Vaughn decided to drop the X-Men: First Class sequel. It was like living in 1999 all over again. Now we have word that a couple blasts from X-Men past will be joining Days of Future Past. Singer updated Twitter to let everyone know that Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart will reprise their roles as Magneto and Professor X respectively. However, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy will also be reprising those roles from X-Men: First Class. Here are the two updates from Singer’s personal Twitter account which also announce the official return of Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique (we knew this because of her schedule for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) and Nicholas Hoult as Beast: Thrilled to announce @ianmckellen118 & @sirpatstew are joining …