X-Men: Apocalypse is an upcoming American superhero film based on the X-Men characters that appear in Marvel Comics. It is intended to be the sequel to 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past and the ninth installment in the X-Men film series. Directed by Bryan Singer, with a screenplay by Simon Kinberg from a story conceived by Singer, Kinberg, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, the film features an ensemble cast starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn and Lucas Till. In X-Men: Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant, Apocalypse, awakened after thousands of years and disillusioned with the world he finds, recruits a team of powerful mutants to destructively "cleanse" humanity and create a new world order. Raven, along with Professor X, must lead the X-Men to stop Apocalypse.
The film was announced by Singer in December 2013 with Kinberg, Dougherty, and Harris attached to develop the story. Casting began in October 2014 while principal photography commenced in April 2015 in Montreal, Canada, and ended in August of the same year. X-Men: Apocalypse is scheduled for release on May 27, 2016, in North America in 3D and 2D.
Premise
Since ancient times the first and most powerful mutant, Apocalypse—immortal and invincible—has been worshiped as a god. When he awakens after several millennia, Apocalypse is disillusioned with the modern world and recruits a team of mutants to "cleanse" humanity and create a new world order, forcing Raven and Charles Xavier to lead a team of young X-Men to save humanity.Cast
- A mutant pacifist and the world's most powerful telepath. He is the founder of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. McAvoy shaved his head for the role.
- A mutant with the ability to control magnetic fields and manipulate metal who becomes one of Apocalypse's horsemen. According to Fassbender, Lehnsherr has fallen in love with a woman in Poland and is trying to live a normal life there.
- A mutant with shapeshifting abilities. According to Singer, Raven is on her own, helping rescue mutants who are oppressed or enslaved, including Nightcrawler. Lawrence said "she hears about what happened to Erik and she wants to seek him out and help him."
- The world's first powerful ancient mutant born with a variety of superhuman abilities who further augmented himself after merging with Celestial technology. Isaac described Apocalypse as the "creative-slash-destructive force of [the] Earth." He added, "When things start to go awry, or when things seem like they're not moving towards evolution, [Apocalypse] destroys those civilizations."
- A CIA agent who first met Xavier in X-Men: First Class, where he wiped portions of her memories of him and the X-Men at the end. Simon Kinberg said they are "essentially, strangers" to MacTaggert when they meet in this film.
- A mutant who can project energy beams from his eyes and wears a visor or sunglasses to control them, and the younger brother of Havok. Sheridan describes Cyclops as "angry and a bit lost." He added, "He's now learning about being a mutant and trying to handle his powers." Havok brings Cyclops to Xavier's school so that the professor could help him with his powers.
- A mutant who is scared of her telepathic and telekinetic power and one of Charles Xavier's most prized students. Turner states that she was cast in the film because of the "dark side" of her character Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones. She compares Jean to Sansa and described being an outcast in the human world, who struggles with her power and gift, the same way Sansa felt, who wanted to live a normal life. Turner learned archery in preparation for the role.
- A mutant who becomes one of Apocalypse's horsemen. Munn described Psylocke as "very lethal, very powerful and very strong." She practiced swordfighting in preparation for the role. According to Singer, Psylocke is working behind the Iron Curtain for the mutant-broker Caliban.
- A mutant who has the ability to absorb energy and release it with destructive force,[14][24] and the older brother of Cyclops. Havok returns to Xavier's school to help his brother.
- A mutant who can control weather and becomes one of Apocalype's horsemen. Shipp shaved her head partially, and sported a Mohawk for the role. According to Singer, Apocalypse finds teenage Storm living on the streets in Cairo.
- A German[17] teleporting mutant and one of Charles Xavier's new students. Singer said that Nightcrawler is rescued by Raven and is a source of comic relief.
- A winged mutant who becomes one of Apocalypse's horsemen. Hardy practiced indoor skydiving in preparation for his role. According to Singer, Angel is duking it out in a fight club in Berlin.
- A fashionable student at Charles' school who can generate pyrotechnic energy plasmoids from her hands.
Production
Development
In December 2013, Bryan Singer announced X-Men: Apocalypse on the social networking service Twitter for a May 27, 2016 release. In the same month, Simon Kinberg, Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty were revealed by Singer to be attached to work on the story of the film. According to Singer, the film will focus on the origin of the mutants and will feature the younger versions of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm.Singer also said that he was considering Gambit and a younger version of Nightcrawler to appear.[According to Kinberg, it will take place in 1983 and will complete a trilogy that began with 2011's X-Men: First Class. He also said that the film is set 20 years before 2000's X-Men. In September 2014, 20th Century Fox officially announced that Singer would direct the film. Singer has called this film "kind of a conclusion of six X-Men films, yet a potential rebirth of younger, newer characters" and the "true birth of the X-Men".Writing
Casting
In October 2014, casting for X-Men: Apocalypse began. In November, Singer confirmed that Oscar Isaac would portray Apocalypse. In January 2015, Singer announced that Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, and Tye Sheridan will portray young Storm, Jean, and Cyclops. The same month, Kinberg confirmed that Rose Byrne would reprise her role as Moira MacTaggert in the film.In February, Kodi Smit-McPhee was cast as Nightcrawler and Ben Hardy was cast in an unspecified role.In March, Singer announced that Lana Condor was cast as Jubilation Lee. In April, Singer confirmed that Hardy will portray Angel, Olivia Munn will portray Psylocke, and Lucas Till will return as Havok. In May, Singer announced that the mutant Caliban will appear in the film. In July, Hoult revealed on Conan that Josh Helman is in the film as William Stryker.Filming
Principal photography commenced on April 27, 2015 in Montreal, Canada. In late August, the first-unit production for the film wrapped, with second-unit production wrapping on September 4, 2015. Additional filming will take place in January 2016.Marketing
In July 2015, Singer, Lee and cast-members McAvoy, Fassbender, Lawrence, Isaac, Hoult, Munn, Peters, Smit-McPhee, Turner, Sheridan, Shipp, Condor, Till and Hardy gave a presentation at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International together with the release of the film's first teaser poster featuring En Sabah Nur and a wreckage of the X-Mansion.Footage from the film was screened.In October 2015, Mars Chocolate partnered with 20th Century Fox for the marketing of the film using the M&M chocolates in their promotional materials. The deal will include retail displays and special packaging markings, TV and cinema commercials, and social media posts featuring the M&M's characters mixed with elements of the X-Men. The first image of M&M candies wearing Storm and Magneto costume was released on the same day of the announcement.
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