Unlike the familiar robotic design, the new mutant-hunting machine is sleeker and 'made up of magnetic plates slapped over one another.'
- Jan 29, 2014
AceShowbiz - Empire magazine releases 25 different covers for its latest issue with "X-Men: Days of Future Past" mutants gracing each of them. The final cover unveiled gives a first look at future Sentinel, the mutant-hunting machine. Unlike the past robotic design, this new one is sleeker with alien-like form.
"They're biomechanical weapons," production designer John Myhre explains. "We had to come up with what would be the ultimate version that could actually, in principle, stop the X-Men."
"We started with this idea that they were almost made up of magnetic plates slapped over one another, imagining that the plates could contract or grow, so the Sentinel can be skinny to get through a small space or the plates can open up to become a bigger shape. So they have become virtually unstoppable."
The other covers feature the likes of Warpath, Iceman, Colossus, Sunspot, Bishop, Blink, Quicksilver, and Toad. Directed by Bryan Singer, the movie is scheduled to make its way out in the United States on May 23. Anna Paquin's Rogue is also seen in one of the covers. Her one and only scene has been cut from the movie, but it could still end up on DVD.
First up, here's a look at the #Sentinel Mark I, circa 1973. #XMen #Empire25 @EmpireMagazine pic.twitter.com/gNcwwc68FX
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) January 27, 2014
#Empire25 cover! New mutant Warpath (@RealBoobooFivel) brings super strength & speed to the #XMen cast. pic.twitter.com/mAWl17qRSF
— X-Men Movies (@xmenmovies) January 28, 2014
And now... @adancanto brings the heat as Sunspot in #XMen and on @empiremagazine cover. #Empire25 pic.twitter.com/5oMeFdiFUF
— Booboo and Fivel (@RealBoobooFivel) January 28, 2014
Bobby Drake always keeps his cool as Iceman, played by #XMen alum @ShawnRAshmore. See his #Empire25 cover now. pic.twitter.com/Kwm1YLrk9l
— Adan Canto (@adancanto) January 28, 2014
My brother in arms, here's @DanielCudmore as the unstoppable, metal mutant, Colossus. #XMen #Empire25 #DOFP pic.twitter.com/hpaIFtxCxt
— Omar SY (@OmarSy) January 28, 2014
The future is near and with it comes @OmarSy, bringing Bishop to life on the big screen. #XMen #Empire25 pic.twitter.com/YJ3TnGBlQI
— Evan Peters (@tweetsonurface) January 28, 2014