Find out why Wolverine, not Kitty Pryde, will be time traveling in X-Men: Days of Future Past!

Fans have been curious as to why it will be the hero Wolverine going back in time instead of Kitty Pryde, like in the comics, in the upcoming film X-Men: Days of Future Past. Well we now have an answer straight from writer Simon Kinberg whom in an interview with Total Film Magazine explained why they made the change.

"We made the decision for a lot of reasons, some of them obvious and some of them more nuanced, to make it Wolverine who goes back in time. One reason is that he's the protagonist of the franchise, and probably the most beloved character to a mass audience. Probably the bigger reason is that when we started thinking about the logistical realities of Kitty's consciousness being sent back in time, to her younger self, as opposed to her physical body being sent back..it was impossible. Obviously in the book it's Kitty..but you're talking about an actress (Ellen Page) who, in the age of Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy, would have been negative 20 years old. So we started thinking again, and the first reflex response to that was a character who doesn't age. Wolverine is the only character who would looks the same in 1973 as he does in the future."

This explanation actually makes sense. It's a shame that the "past" franchise being connected is in the 70's and not present day, otherwise Kitty could have kept her role in this storyline.

X-Men: Days of Future Past will leap into theaters on May 23, 2014.

Source: Comic Book Movie