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http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/28/montreal-invaded-by-x-men

Montreal invaded by 'X-Men'

'Days of Future Past' sequel shooting in city until September

QMI Agency

First posted: Sunday, April 28, 2013 01:46 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013 01:56 PM EDT
X-Men: First Class X-Men: First Class

Montreal has mutants.

Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman have all been spotted around the city now that production of X-Men: Days of Futures Past has commenced.

Director Bryan Singer and actor Shawn Ashmore of Richmond, B.C. have also been seen around town.

Cameras started rolling April 15 and filming is scheduled to continue until September.

Berry, the 46-year-old former Oscar winner who has a daughter with Montreal model Gabriel Aubry, was seen at the Oink Oink children's boutique in posh Westmount last weekend.

An Oink Oink staffer told QMI Agency that Berry bought several toys and browsed the store's collection of children's books. She'll reprise her role as Storm in the sequel, which arrives in theatres in July 2014.

Singer, Ashmore, Stewart and fellow British actor Ian McKellen were seen in a Bell Centre box during a recent Canadiens game against the Washington Capitals.

Jackman, meanwhile, was surprised by photographers last week, when he landed at Trudeau Airport.

Also due to arrive in town shortly are Winnipeg's Anna Paquin (Rogue), Halifax's Ellen Page (Kitty Pryde) and Irishman Michael Fassbender, who will play a younger version of McKellen's villainous Magneto.

The film is being shot at Mel's studio, a sprawling soundstage south of downtown Montreal that's the largest such facility in Canada.

Crews have also been shooting scenes on location at Olympic Stadium in the city's east end in recent days.