[Update] Alan Cummings has not officially been cast in the film. The original article: Alan Cumming cast in X-Men Days of Future Past. The casting of Alan Cumming in X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014) answers the question of whether or not Kurt Wagner / Nigthcrawler (Alan Cumming) would appear in the Bryan Singer directed film. Alan Cumming previously starred in X-Men 2.
James McAvoy let slip Alan Cumming’s casting during an interview:
X-Men: Days Of Future Past also stars Halle Berry (written about here: X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014): Halle Berry joins Bryan Singer Film), Omar Sy (written about here: X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014): Omar Sy Cast in Bryan Singer Film), Peter Dinklage (written about here: X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014): Peter Dinklage Cast), Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore (written about here: X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014): Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore Returning), Hugh Jackman (written about here: Hugh Jackman cast in X-Men: Days Of Future Past), Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart (written about here: Ian McKellen Patrick Stewart cast in X-Men: Days Of Future Past), Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Hoult.
X-Men: Days Of Future Past‘s plot synopsis: based on Days of Future Past storyline from 1981?s Uncanny X-Men, “The storyline alternates between present day, in which the X-Men fight Mystique’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and a future timeline caused by the X-Men’s failure to prevent the Brotherhood from assassinating Senator Robert Kelly. In this future universe, Sentinels rule the United States, and mutants live in internment camps. The present-day X-Men are forewarned of the possible future by a future version of their teammate Kitty Pryde, whose mind traveled back in time and possessed her younger self to warn the X-Men.”
X-Men: Days of Future Past will be released in US theaters through 20th Century Fox in 2D and 3D on July 18, 2014. For more X-Men: Days of Future Past photos, videos, and information, visit our X-Men Page, subscribe to us by Email, follow us on Twitter or on Facebook. Leave your thoughts on Alan Cumming’s casting X-Men: Days of Future Past below in the comments section.
Source: Digitalspy