X Men: Days of Future Past trailer promises a seriously dark turn of events

A WEEK after X-Men: Days of Future Past was teased on Instagram, the first full trailer for the seventh X-Men film has landed.

A WEEK after X-Men: Days of Future Past was teased on Instagram, the first full trailer for the seventh X-Men film has landed.

The two-minute clip promises a dark tone for the multiple timeline-spanning epic that teams up the cast from the first X-Men trilogy with that of its prequel, X-Men: First Class.

In the film, the present-day Professor Charles Xavier and Magneto (played by Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen) send Hugh Jackman's Wolverine back in time to warn their feuding counterparts (James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender) to a menace that threatens the future of mutants.

Days of Future Past marks the return of director Bryan Singer, who directed the first two X-Men films, and features a cast made up of the actors from his movies and First Class including Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence and Anna Paquin.

Hugh Jackman's Wolverine feels the pain during the latest X-Men movie. Picture: Supplied

The film, already a gift to fans of the seven-film franchise, also features a series of treats for fans of the X-Me" comic books. Besides taking its name and story from a beloved 1981 graphic novel, the movie also features the first on-screen appearances of fan favourite characters Bishop (played by Omar Sy) and Blink (Fan Bingbing).

Halle Berry is back as Storm. Picture: Supplied

The film's dark tone will be punctuated with light notes as Stewart's Professor X implores his younger self "to hope again" as the clip comes to an end.

X-Men: Days of Future Past is set for release in Australia on 23 May, 2014.

Hugh Jackman is looking buff as ever in the new X-Men movie. Picture: Supplied

The latest X-Men trailer has been released. Picture: Supplied

A young Hank McCoy stars in the latest time-traveling X-Men film. Picture: Supplied

Ian McKellan is back as Magneto. Picture: Supplied

####