Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg reveal the main cast for X-Men: Apocalypse, the era it will be set in, and possibly some new faces too.
Fans are only now reaching their fever-pitch hype levels for next month’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, but director Bryan Singer and producer/writer Simon Kinberg are already chatting about 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Welcome to the modern world of blockbuster filmmaking, folks!
In a new tidbit doled out by EW, Singer and Kinberg played coy about the details of X-Men: Apocalypse, yet revealed several key things: It will be set primarily in the 1980s, star mainly the four essentials from the X-Men: First Class (2011) cast—James McAvoy (Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), and Nicholas Hoult (Beast)—and it will feature disaster movie imagery. Oh, and we may get to see new takes on Gambit and Nightcrawler, too!
“[The movie] won’t necessarily create an alternate universe, but there may be some swapping things that I’m playing with,” Singer told EW. Kinberg added that “from a visual standpoint it actually may be a bigger movie than Days of Future Past because there’ll be disaster movie imagery, like the title would imply.”
Apparently referencing Gambit and Nightcrawler by name, Singer also said that in addition to focusing on the core First Class cast that he’s excited because “I want to start introducing familiar characters at different ages and also explore the ‘80s.”
Singer also confirmed that X-Men: Days of Future Past will not end on a cliffhanger and does not directly set-up X-Men: Apocalypse. However, the complete ending of this summer’s X-Men movie will create the “potential” for the apocalyptic events to come.
X-Men: Days of Future Past opens May 23, 2014. X-Men: Apocalypse is set to begin its reign on May 27, 2016.
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