X-Men: Days of Future Past To Be Shot in 3D, Feature Richard Nixon

Former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon will appear as a character in X-Men: Days of Future Past, according to the film's director Bryan Singer, who also confirmed that the movie will be filmed in 3-D. "I start shooting April 15th in Montreal, probably until October....It's a big movie. It'll be the biggest movie I've ever made," Singer told Collider, adding, "Richard Nixon's in it, that'll be an interesting casting choice.… There'll also be some more science-fiction-type aspects to the story and, without giving it away, some technology that we haven't seen yet in the X-Men universe." That technology, one assumes, can be interpreted a few ways. It's already been confirmed that Sentinels will appear onscreen, which is in-film and in-universe technology that fans have only caught the briefest glimpse of, and even then as part of a Danger Room training simulation, not a real thing. There's also the fact that Singer recently confessed he's considering using experimental technology in the film, including things he's worked with on Jack the Giant Slayer, and that he may incorporate a fully-CG character into Days of Future Past as well. In a separate interview with Cinema Blend, though, he elaborated a bit on the technology they'll be using for the film. "I'll probably use some of the motion-capture technology for certain things [in Days of Future Past]," the director is quoted as saying. "And of course the 3D technology. I'll be shooting native stereo on X-Men." That's not particularly surprising, given that just about every big-budget motion picture these days is being either shot or upconverted into 3-D, including The Wolverine, which will be released by the same studio, in the same franchise, and before Days of Future Past. The Nixon revelation is particularly interesting because Matthew Vaughn had expressed a desire to deal with the Kennedy assassination in First Class, but since the first film didn't feature it and the second film jumped forward to the 1970s, it wasn't plausible. That the filmmakers still intend to incorporate real-world events and politics into the film despite all of the other elements teased may suggest that Nixon plays a role in the way the main story unfolds.