X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men: Apocalypse is an upcoming film and the ninth film in the X-Men film franchise. It is set to be released on May 27, 2016.

Plot
Apocalypse takes place a decade after Days of Future Past and is a seamless next step in the story. The altering of time has unleashed a new and uniquely powerful enemy. Charles, Erik/Magneto, Raven/Mystique, Logan/Wolverine and Hank/Beast are joined by young Cyclops, Storm, Jean and others as the X-Men must fight their most formidable foe yet – an ancient unrelenting force determined to cause an apocalypse unlike any in human history.

Cast

 * Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine
 * James McAvoy as Charles Xavier/Professor X
 * Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
 * Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy/Beast
 * Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkholme/Mystique
 * Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver
 * Oscar Isaac as En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse
 * Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers/Cyclops
 * Sophie Turner as Jean Grey
 * Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe/Storm
 * Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert

Production History
On December 5, 2013, Bryan Singer announced on Twitter that the film would be released in 2016.

In January 2015, Bryan Singer announced that Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, and Tye Sheridan as young Storm, Jean, and Cyclops. At the end of the month, Rose Byrne was confirmed to reprise her role as Moira MacTaggert.

Inn February 2015, Patrick Stewart clarified that he will not be reprising his role as Charles Xaver / Professor X but confirmed that Ian McKellen will reprise his role as Magneto.

Trivia

 * Bryan Singer chose Apocalypse as the antagonist to examine the origins of mutants on Earth: "Historical mutants has always intrigued me when we think about our Gods and our history and miracles and powers".
 * Bryan Singer confirmed that the film will take place in the 1980s, and will feature other familiar X-Men characters in their youth, mentioning Storm, Cyclops, and Jean, with Simon Kinberg confirming that the film takes place in 1983.
 * The new film will be set in new timeline after Days of Future Past.
 * According to Simon Kinberg, this will contain more mass destruction than any of the previous X-Films: "We've spent the most time talking about is creating a character that's the most powerful mutant villain that we've seen in the X-Men movies so far - more powerful than Magneto or the Phoenix! The kind of scope and scale we're talking about is like a disaster movie featuring an extinction-level event. We're talking Michael Bay/Roland Emmerich-style moviemaking, which you've never seen in an X-Men movie, or any superhero movie."
 * The film was to be called "Age of Apocalypse", after the comic of the same name. But this was changed to simply "Apocalypse" for a more ominous title, as well as to avoid comparison with Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
 * According to Simon Kinberg, Apocalypse is the darkest villain in the series: "In the X-Men there really are two leaders: Eric/Magneto his Brotherhood and Professor Xavier and his X-Men. Apocalypse presents a new mutant leader, a super-charismatic leader that will draw people to his cause. But he's not just somebody who's out there destroying the world because he can. What he's doing is - in his mind - justified and validated by a really compelling, coherent philosophy."
 * Apocalypse's title "En Sabah Nur" means "The First One" in Arabic, but also means "Morning Light" in Turkish.
 * Channing Tatum and Bryan Singer have expressed their desire to feature as Gambit in the film.
 * Tom Hardy and Idris Elba were considered for the role of Apocalypse.
 * Simon Kinberg explains that thanks to the time-travelling consequences of X-Men: Days of Future Past, history has been altered so that some mutants have turned out differently than in the previous films. This has enabled new versions of old characters to potentially exist and appear in these films (eg Gambit, Deadpool).
 * This will be Bryan Singer's fourth X-Men film (fifth superhero film). This breaks the record set by Sam Raimi and Christopher Nolan, who managed to direct three superhero films (Spider-Man and Batman respectively).
 * Simon Kinberg describes this film as the culmination of Xavier and Lensherr's relationship: "X-Men: First Class was about Eric becoming empowered, the origin story of a man's power. X-Men: Days of Future Past was about Charles becoming empowered, a guy who is a mess but masterminds the end of a massive event. This film has them both at their peak and finally going at each other!"
 * For the role of Charles Xavier, James McAvoy shaved his head. It was something he did when he first signed onto X-Men: First Class but had to undergo 24 hours of hair extensions for the film.
 * Taylor Kitsch wanted to reprise his role of Gambit, in which he was portrayed in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), but Fox wanted someone else to take over the role. Channing Tatum then was cast in the role.
 * According to Simon Kinberg, this will be the final film in the First Class trilogy which also consisted of "X-Men: First Class" & "X-Men: Days of Future Past".
 * Elle Fanning, Chloë Grace Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld and Saoirse Ronan were considered for the role of Jean Grey.
 * Timothee Chalamet, Ben Hardy, Charlie Rowe, Taron Egerton and Jamie Blackley were considered for the role of Cyclops/Scott Summers.
 * Apocalypse's first ever portrayal was by John Colicos in Fox Kids's X-Men (1992); Colicos had starred as the Klingon Kor in Star Trek (1966). In this film Apocalypse is played by Oscar Isaac, who had starred in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).

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