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
Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.

Cast

 * James McAvoy as Charles Xavier/Professor X
 * Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
 * Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkholme/Mystique
 * Oscar Isaac as En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse
 * Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy/Beast
 * Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert
 * Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers/Cyclops
 * Sophie Turner as Jean Grey
 * Olivia Munn as Betsy Braddock/Psylocke
 * Lucas Till as Alex Summers/Havok
 * Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver
 * Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler
 * Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe/Storm
 * Ben Hardy as Warren Worthington III/Angel
 * Lana Condor as Jubilation Lee/Jubilee
 * Josh Helman as Major William Stryker, Jr.
 * Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine
 * Tómas Lemarquis as Caliban
 * To-be-confirmed actor as Mr. Summers
 * To-be-confirmed actress as Mrs. Summers

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 will portray young Storm, Jean, and Cyclops, respectively. At the end of the month, Rose Byrne was confirmed to reprise her role as Moira MacTaggert.

In February 2015, Kodi Smit-McPhee was cast as Nightcrawler, and Ben Hardy was cast in an unspecified role. In March 2015, Singer announced that Lana Condor was cast as Jubilation Lee. In April 2015, Singer confirmed Ben Hardy as Angel, Olivia Munn as Psylocke and Lucas Till as Alex Summers.

In December 2014 and April 2015, Hugh Jackman said that he was in discussions to reprise his role as Wolverine. In June 2015, Jackman was confirmed to appear in the film. In July 2015, atSan Diego Comic-Con International, it was revealed that Psylocke, Storm, Angel, and Magneto will be the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse in the film. Also in the month, while on Conan, McAvoy confirmed that Josh Helman will be returing as Major William Stryker.

Filming
Principal photography commenced on April 27, 2015 in Montreal, Canada.

Continuty and References to Earth-10005

 * Charles Xavier/Professor X appears
 * Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto appears.
 * Raven Darkholme/Mystique appears.
 * Hank McCoy/Beast appears.
 * Logan/Wolverine appears.
 * En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse appears.
 * The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse appear.
 * Moira MacTaggert returns.
 * Scott Summers/Cyclops appears.
 * Jean Grey appears.
 * Ororo Munroe/Storm appears.
 * Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler appears.
 * Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver appears.
 * Alex Summers/Havok appears.
 * Warren Worthington III/Angel appears.
 * Jubilation Lee/Jubilee appears.
 * Betsy Braddock/Psylocke appears.
 * William Stryker, Jr. appears.
 * Caliban is introduced.
 * Mr. Summers is introduced.
 * Mrs. Summers is introduced.
 * Despite being a new timeline, this will explain how Xavier becomes bald.

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."
 * 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. In June 2015, Tatum confirmed that Gambit will not be part of 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.
 * Bryan Singer confirmed on Instagram that Alex and Scott Summers are indeed brothers in the film.
 * Olivia Munn confirmed on Conan that Psylock's costume in the film will be a faithful adaptation akin to the costume worn in the comics, same as Reynolds having the comic accurate Deadpool costume.