Bryan Singer reveals that the Morlock who would become a horseman, Caliban, will be in X-Men: Apocalypse.
NewsTraditionally, when I hear the name “Caliban,” I tend to think of the Bard’s The Tempest (or even its liberal appropriation on Penny Dreadful) before I think of comic book characters. Yet, likely pulling from the same Elizabethan play as the aforementioned series, there is indeed a mutant from X-Men lore named Caliban, and he is also set to appear in X-Men: Apocalypse.
As revealed on Instagram by X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer, we can now safely predict that the one-time Morlock will be meeting his apocalyptic destiny as one of the Four Horsemen.
Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, Caliban was a mutant renowned for his tracking ability in the 1980s until Apocalypse turned him into one of the deadly Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Given the subject matter of this film, it’s safe to say that he will suffer a similar fate.
In the below picture, we can see Caliban’s “place of business” is open for production. It also raises the question if we’ll see the Morlocks done proper and full in the latest X-film.
X-Men: Apocalypse picks up with our period piece jumping mutants in 1983 when a new malevolent force of ancient power named Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) is released. Charles Xavier (James McAvoy), Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), and Beast (Nicholas Hoult) must join forces when faced with this onslaught. They will also be accmpoanied by a young cast of heroes that includes Scott Summers (Tye Sheridan), Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), and Ororo Munroe (Alexandra Shipp). It opens May 27, 2016. In the meantime, read X-Men: Apocalypse: Everything to Know.
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