X-Men: Apocalypse is set in the '80s, and may have some larger scale action than we've come to expect from these films.
We may have to wait a little longer for X-Men: Days of Future Past, but never fear...Days of Future Pastdirector, Bryan Singer, wants you all to know just how far along he is into planning for the next X-Men movie, X-Men: Apocalypse. Here's what he told Total Film...
After revealing that X-Men: Apocalypse will "take place in the '80s" Mr. Singer went on to say that "Apocalypsewill have more of the mass destruction that X-Men films, to date, have not relied upon. There’s definitely now a character and a story that allow room for that kind of spectacle," and that the movie would "introduce familiar characters in a younger time. That’ll be fun to show the audience. I call these movies in-between-quels."
So, set in the '80s, with more young versions of characters. We're sure this can work. But it does scuttle any ideas that X-Men: Apocalypse would be another alternate reality/time travel jaunt in the Days of Future Past mold, perhaps calling back to Marvel's Age of Apocalypsestory from the late '90s. Although, if they're looking for an easy way to spin the franchise off in another direction with a bunch of new actors, that would be one hell of a way to do it...
X-Men: Days of Future Pastopens on May 23rd, with X-Men: Apocalypse to follow on May 26, 2016.
While these quotes come from Total Film magazine, we owe a hat-tip to Comic Book Movie for the transcription. You can read more of Bryan Singer's quotes on X-Men: Apocalypseover there!