Third 'Hobbit' Film to December

The release of The Hobbit: There and Back Again is moving from July 2014 to December 17, 2014, according to Hollywood Reporter.  The July date had been an aberration; all three of the Lord of the Rings and the first two Hobbit films were December films.  That takes the third Hobbit movie out of head-to-head competition with X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Hercules, based on the Radical graphic novel, was moved earlier this week out of August to July 25, 2014.  It now has only one tent pole leading into its premiere week instead of two.

Omar Sy Joins 'X-Men'

 

Omar Sy (Intouchables) has joined the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer announced on Twitter.  Sy joins past X-Men stars new and old and the recently added Peter Dinklage in the cast.  The film opens July 18, 2014. 

Anna Paquin, Ellen Page and Shawn Ashmore Return to the X-Fold

Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, and Shawn Ashmore who starred as Rogue, Kitty Pride, and Iceman in Brett Ratner’s X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006 will reprise their roles in the new X-Men: Days of Future Past, which is expected to begin shooting later this month. It now appears that Bryan Singer, who directed the first two successful X-Men films, is returning for Days of Future Past, which is slated to debut on July 18th, 2014.

According to Deadline, Paquin, Page, and Ashmore will join an X-Men: Days of Future Past cast that also includes a number of veterans from Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class such as James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Hoult.

 In addition Hugh Jackman, who had a cameo as Wolverine in First Class, will have a much larger role this time around, and first X-Men trilogy principals Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen will also reprise their roles as an older Professor Xavier and Magneto in Days of Future Past..