Watch the Sentinels Attack in 'X-men: Days of Future Past' Opening Battle

Fear. Injustice. Prejudice. Throughout the entire run of Marvel's X-men comics these are the societal issues the team of mutants have fought against in the name of Charles Xavier. No amount of mutant powers can change them easily, and in fact, mutant powers tend to make the problems worse. But a physical threat the team has consistently battled, that seems to evolve constantly over the years, are the giant robot Sentinels, and they make their presence felt in a big way in Bryan Singer's X-men: Days of Future Past.

The film is based on Chris Claremont's epic comics run, which has the future basically overrun by Sentinels as the result of a mutant crime in the past. This clip features the opening battle from the film, pitting Bishop (Omar Sy), Blink (Fan Bingbing), Sunspot (Adan Canto), Warpath (Boo Boo Stewart), Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) and Iceman (Shawn Ashmore) trying to survive the Sentinel attack. It's a pretty awesome scene, and what I dig the most is that we see a proper use of everybody's powers, like when Bishop powers up off Sunspot's flame energy.

X-men: Days of Future Past opens May 23rd.

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New teaser for 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' gives a glimpse of Evan Peters as Quicksilver

So are people really excited for X-Men: Days of Future Past? BECAUSE I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. And the new video clip released on Instagram today has only fueled my fangirl-ing even more.

To be honest, it's not like there is that much new stuff in this video, which is really just a brief teaser. We get Michael Fassbender as young Magneto again, we get James McAvoy as young Professor X again, we get Jennifer Lawrence as young Mystique again (looking very period-appropriate in her '70s gear, I must say). But we are getting a couple of first glimpses, including of Quicksilver, who in this film will be played Emma Roberts' fiance Evan Peters. (In the Marvel films, the role will be played by Kick-Ass star Aaron Taylor-Johnson.) Anyway, here's a screengrab of Peters:

And here are the other new X-Men we see in the teaser; from left to right, that's teleporting mutant Blink (Fan Bingbing), super-strong and super-fast Warpath (Booboo Stewart, of Twilight fame), and the solar power-absorbing Sunspot (Adan Canto):

Check out the rest of the clip for yourself, if you're so inclined; Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Ian McKellen as older Magneto, and Shawn Ashmore as Iceman also make an appearance. X-Men: Days of Future Past hits theaters on May 23, 2014.

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'X-men: Days of Future Past' get a fiery new addition to the cast

Even with all of Bryan Singer's many tweets from the set of X-men: Days of Future Past, he's done a pretty good job of keeping many of the new additions' roles secret. We still have no clue which mutants (or non-mutants) will be taken on by Peter Dinklage, Omar Sy, or Fan Bingbing, and now we have another mystery character to add to the list.

Adan Canto, who was up until very recently on The Following (anyone still watching that crap?), appeared in an image tweeted by Singer, which came with the following comment by Canto....

"Proud to be X-Men."

Ok, so it's pretty clear that he's in the film, but as who exactly? Go back a little further (thanks to BleedingCool for doing the digging), and Canto actually drops a pretty big clue, ironically to one of his followers....

"I might turn into a ball of fire if someone pisses me off."

That's led many to speculate that he'll play either the Japanese mutant Sunfire, or the Brazilian X-man/New Mutant/Avenger Roberto Da Costa aka Sunspot. Canto is Mexican, so Sunspot would make more sense, but then again neither fits his comments exactly. Sunspot gets his powers, which include super-strength and solar blasts, from the sun. Sunfire absorbs and re-directs solar radiation as fire. This assumes that Singer plans on sticking to the original interpretations of either character, which he's under no obligation to do.

With another fire-based mutant hanging around, I guess that kills any chance of Aaron Stanford coming back as Pyro? Pity, I liked him a lot. Or did I just figure out Canto's role? It's been my theory that some of these mystery roles are actually future versions of characters we've already encountered. For instance, Omar Sy would be perfect for an older version of the "deceased" Darwin. Maybe they're doing something similar with Pyro?

Whatever the case, I'm getting concerned that the cast has grown so large as to be unwieldy. Not sure how Singer is managing it. X-men: Days of Future Past opens on July 18th 2014.

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