As a creative consultant for the Marvel properties over at Fox, Mark Millar gives a very important input for the X-Men and Fantastic Four properties. One of the studio’s most highly anticipated titles – other than The Wolverine, that is – is X-Men: Days of Future Past, the sequel to X-Men: First Class.

The sequel is based on a story arc where a future Kitty Pryde is sent back to the present time to warn the X-Men about the terrible future that awaits them if they fail to save Senator Robert Kelly’s life from an assassination.

Director Bryan Singer has confirmed that a majority of the cast from the First Class and the original trilogy would reprise their roles and that the film would take place 11 years after First Class. Perhaps the most important return is that of Ellen Page, who played Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand. It was her character that warns the X-Men that mutant-hunting robots called Sentinels are programmed to eliminate the mutant threat.

The Sentinels were teased in The Last Stand when Wolverine managed to destroy one by cutting off its head. But that was as close as audiences were going to get with a Sentinel – a severed head. In an interview with SFX magazine, Millar says that the deadly robots will be a “big feature” in Days of Future Past.

When asked about character screen time, Millar said:

Some felt that Kitty Pryde did not get the justice she deserved in The Last Stand, so Millar made this promise to fans of the character:

[Source: SFX]