X-Men: Apocalypse coming May 2016
 

I'm excited to hear about this. It's always great to see X-Men movies based on the comics, which have been popping up quite a bit lately.

I think what is going to happen is, In Days of Future Past, Wolverine will change the past, Go back to the future only to find out its been taking over by Apocalypse. I can see them adapting the Age of Apocalypse story in the next film.

Which means Wolverine will have to back in time again and prevent an assassination of some sort. I bet its Prof X since Age of Apocalypse dealt with the idea of Prof X being killed in the past which created an alternate timeline.

That's definitely the most logical theory -- where Days of Future Past ends, the Age of Apocalypse is (somehow) left in its wake. Though I wonder if two back-to-back time travel/alternate timeline/alternate future films is really the best thing to do. Could be cool, though.

Rather like with Days of Future Past, however, I just don't give Bryan Singer any credit to either give us a proper Apocalypse or a proper Age of Apocalypse movie. He just doesn't respect comic books enough to go "big" enough with these kinds of things... he's proven it time and time again and wears it on his sleeve.

About time they do a villain other than Magneto. Christopher Judge should play Apocalypse.

That's about the most perfect damn casting I've ever heard.

I second that.

Well I guess this is also a way to keep the original cast for another movie. After all they can't just make another X-Men movie without the "newer" cast because it's like admitting that was a mistake, which it also wasn't and the old cast can't keep making these movies forever, this is a way to give them another "last hoorah" before they can continue to move on with the "new cast".

I'm actually more excited with what Fox is doing with X-Men than Disney with the MAU.

Just think about this for a second. If most if the same cast return for this movie it'll have been 16 years since the X-men movie universe began

16 years. I was still in middle school when the first X-men movie came out. I can't believe the franchise is still going without a reboot.

YES!! I can totally see that!!

I am Apoca-Teal'c!

Yay! Finally! Apocalypse on the big screen! I just hope he's not going to be portrayed as some cloud. They should try to go with his battle armor look.

Christopher Judge is a great choice for Apocalypse. He's certainly got the voice for the part and I'm guessing he has the look as well. I second the comment pertaining to Magneto. Love him as a villain and all but after pretty much nothing but Magneto for several x-men movies, can't wait to see Apocalypse. Hoping Sinister isn't too far behind or maybe he'll show up in the film as well. God I wish these X-men comics would get audio adaptations some day as I'd really like to experience this story arc as well as many others.

It's a little bit telling when we're now 8 X-Men movies into things and only just now getting a "Big" villain other than Magneto. Bryan Singer thinks too small... always has, always will, and doesn't care about the comics. Doesn't respect them. He's proven and shown this over and over again.

But at least the X-Men movies' continuity is pretty intact and easy to understand:

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And who wants to bet the "Apocalypse" in the Bryan Singer-verse will just end up being some normal-ish guy with a leather jacket and maybe some facial tattoos?

I'm still waiting for Cyclops to return .

I have to disagree, he understands the source material, and he HAS read the comics when making the first two movies.

I'd settle for that. His actual comics look would look incredibly stupid if realized fully on screen. One of those designs that just works better on a panel than a picture.

Looking forward to this and Days of Future Past. X-Movies, with about two exceptions, rarely are out of step.

Nope. The people that write the story/screenplay for these do, while he's the jackal in the background telling everyone to not bring any comic books on set, and completely forget about comics. And that X-Men costumes are stupid.

But they kinda are...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps02e115e9.jpg

Height of fashion.

lol... so apparently Magneto is STILL the villain:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/65379

The X-Men's costumes are the biggest reason I can not stand the title anymore. I love the 90's costumes they had. Once the comics and movies got rid of those, I lost all interest. Spider-Man shouldn't be allowed to have a costume either. He should just wear a shirt with a spider on the front. Captain America can wear a flag on his shirt, etc. The beautifully flawless and eye catching designs of Jim Lee's X-Men uniforms is what made me pick up my first comic book. I loathe when Marvel changes their costumes every 6 months. Not one costume they have changed has "improved" the looks of any of the characters. They just keep delivering insanely boring, dull costumes more and more inferior than the last.

I 100% agree with this. Part f the fun of the X-men was their awesome colourful suits, and I also love Jim Lee era X-men. I mean ffs everyone wants to see Wolverine with the mask, not some boring Leather crud. Not liking the looks of the new DOFP suits either:x

Aw jeez! Seriously? Apocalypse is going to use a Magneto meatsuit the way demonic forces are portrayed on Supernatural and other TV shows in order to save a buck? I can see Magneto and Prof X teaming up to stop him but this? Naaah! Nah they're not really going to do this. Why, this is simply an early April Fools' prank! Yes, yes that's what it is. hahahahahaha! They wouldn't let Magneto hog the big screen yet again, would they? He's one of my favorite X-Men villains but c'mon, Fox. Just no.

I wonder what they'll do if the actor who plays Magento passes away by 2016. I'm pretty sure he's 80 something.

We sure it's THAT Magneto, Cubed. Could be either Michael Fassbender OR Sir Ian McKellen.

It's Fassbender. Apocalypse is set in the First Class timeline according to the rumor mill.

Still I'm sure "old Magneto" would not be forgotten unless the actor passes away.

As said, the X-men movie franchise will have been running for 16 years by the time this movie hits. It's really hard to believe and its obviously the longest running superhero movie universe in existence.

DofP is a way to get the star power of the original actors and instead of ******** on the new actors it's instead passing the torch.

With Rogue cut from Days of Future past I wonder if she'll return in Apocalypse.

Pretty lame of Singer to promote Rogue in the trailer and at Comiccon and then cut her out of the movie.

Lol u think that he'll just drop dead by then? Too funny:lol:


Any ways, I can't wait for Days of Future Past, it's on "my want to go see" list next year, and this will be on my 2016 list definitely

Sophie Turner (Sansa in GoT) cast as Jean Grey.

Tye Sheridan and Alexandra Shipp cast as Cyclops and Storm. I've never heard of either of them.

http://variety.com/2015/legit/news/s...se-1201412640/

The only thing I've seen Alexandra in was the 2nd Chipmunks movie... but she had the lead role in the Aaliyah movie. Not familiar with Tye's work.

Here's some exciting casting news to wind down your Tuesday evening with. Bryan Singer has announced via Instagram that Kodi Smit-McPhee has joined the already very impressive cast of X-Men: Apocalypse as a younger version of fan-favourite mutant teleporter, Nightcrawler. The character was last seen in the second X-Men movie played by Alan Cumming, and we all wondered if we'd every see the "Fuzzy Elf" return to the franchise. Smit-McPhee was most recently seen in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but his best performance was arguably in the bleak (but brilliant) adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road.

Nightcrawler is the latest X-men to join the Age of Apocolypse Cast.

From Comicbook movie.com

Also from here: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/17...g-nightcrawler

But YAY!!! Nightcrawler returneth!! :D

I wonder if the new film will explain his origin? In the comics, He was the son of Mystique and Azazel, But given that the movie version of Azazel is dead, Based on what happened in Days of Future Past, They are going to have to go a different route for his origin, Perhaps Mystique can still be the mother, But had a different father?

Nah, Mystique as the mother just doesn't pan out, really (though on the other hand, it's clear that no one at Fox gives a damn about continuity anymore).

I'd rather the father be Azazel and the mother be... anyone else, really.

well Mystique could have had Nightcrawler in between the events of DOFP and Apocolypse. Maybe she didn't realize she was pregnant by Azezal.

I was really hoping to see Ian McKellen reprise his role. But I doubt it sense they are bringing young Xavier and Magneto on board.

I think Old Magneto will be in the movie some stories are saying he is. Also Gambit might be in it too.