Which X-Men movies' timelines were erased by Days of Future Past? [duplicate]

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In Days of Future Past (2014), Wolverine erases the old timeline and starts a new one.

Which X-Men films' timelines were erased?

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Best Answer

Per Writer and Producer Simon Kinberg, "erased" is not an accurate description of how the timelines have been affected. As such, it is only a matter of opinion to state which aspects of the various films may no longer be relevant to timelines moving forward from DOFP.

“The end of Days of Future Past in 1973 does change the timeline of the established film universe. But one of the things we posit in the film is the immutability of time. So what you see at the end is a future that has been shifted but not completely transformed. Our characters are back in the mansion, as we saw them in X1-3, with some obvious changes (like certain characters being alive). So the answer is yes and no. Yes it changes the timeline. No it doesn’t completely erase everything…”

“Characters can change, but, like time, they are on a general path that cannot be completely undone.”

-- Simon Kinberg


Unlike, for example Back To The Future (1985) where time travel to the past can literally erase things from the future, the immutable timeline which Kinberg posits may shift the details of the timeline without erasing anything.

Back To The Future's mutable time erases things

X-Men Wolverine travels through immutable time




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Does X-Men: Days of Future Past reset the timeline?

2023: X-Men: Days of Future Past Erik and Charles use Kitty Pryde's power to send Logan's consciousness back into his 1973 body to keep Mystique from killing Dr. Trask, therefore changing history forever and starting a New X-Men Timeline.

What X-Men movie came out after Days of Future Past?

The Wolverine (2013) X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Deadpool (2016) X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Are all the X-Men movies in the same timeline?

The New X-Men Movie Timeline Made By Days Of Future Past They created a whole new timeline, one that current movies have continued. For the sake of completeness, this timeline includes X-Men: First Class, the 1973 sections of X-Men: Days of Future Past, as well as all of X-Men: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix.

Is Logan in the same timeline as Days of Future Past?

According to the director, Jackman's love letter to Wolverine takes place approximately five years after the conclusion of X-Men: Days of Future Past, around the year 2029.



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