X-MEN's McKellen In New Vine Video By Singer

Stage and screen superstar Sir Ian McKellen has hit the set of the highly anticipated new entry in the X-MEN franchise according to a new Vine video posted by X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST director Bryan Singer showing him in the make-up chair onset.

In the six-second Vine short, Singer photographs various metal objects - silverware, metal bowls, a gigantic pinball, a door handle, a bike rack and more - as though we are being compelled to them by some physical force (read: magnetics) before ending on a shot of a make-up chair beset, suavely winking Sir Ian.

Of course, McKellen portrays magnetic Magneto in the mutant-centric films, so the witty metallic-centric Vine video is a more than apt means by which to whet the appetites of fans the world over yearning for a mere glimpse of the new X-MEN and the always spectacular stage and screen stalwart within it now that production has actually begun on the new film.

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST is set for release in Summer 2014 and also features fellow thespians Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart in addition to McKellen.

Click to view the Vine video featuring McKellen as shot by Singer below.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride