Tag: Apocalypse

OSCAR ISAAC as Villain of X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Uncanny X-Men #377 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #377 courtesy Marvel

Oscar Isaac is “The First One” as Fox’s X-Men film franchise evolves.

The actor has signed to play the titular villain of X-Men: Apocalypse according to Variety. The rising star (Inside LLewyn Davis, Drive,  A Most Violent Year) has a role in Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens.

Apocalypse was seen in the post-credits sequence of X-Men: Days of Future Past.

In comics Apocalypse’s real name is En Sabah Nur meaning “The First One” and considered the first mutant born in ancient Egypt. En Sabah Nur was raised by a tribe called Sandstormers who lived by the credo survival of the fittest, Continue reading OSCAR ISAAC as Villain of X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

X-MEN APOCALYPSE Embraces 1980’s

Uncanny X-Men #377 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #377 courtesy Marvel

X-Men: First Class was set in the 1960’s.

X-Men: Days of Future Past got groovy in the 1970’s.

X-Men: Apocalypse will be totally 1980’s.

 

Producer Simon Kinberg says he and director Bryan Singer are enjoying writing the sequel with that time period.

 

“We’re having a lot of fun with the idea of the 80s. It’s a decade that Bryan and I both grew up in and so the music, the style, the aesthetic, the legacy of 80s movies is something we’re really having fun with,” Kinberg told Collider. Continue reading X-MEN APOCALYPSE Embraces 1980’s

BRYAN SINGER Confirmed To Direct X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Uncanny X-Men #377 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #377 courtesy Marvel

Bryan Singer will return to direct X-Men: Apocalypse and three favorite team members will be recast.

 

Singer signed on with Fox for the 2016 release according to Deadline and from this synopsis, fans can look forward to seeing younger versions of Scott Summers, Jean Grey and Storm.
The sequel is being scripted by Simon Kinberg from a story written by Singer, Kinberg, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris.

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What JAMES MCAVOY Thinks Will Happen In X-MEN APOCALYPSE

Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy from X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com
Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy from X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com

James McAvoy returns as Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men: Apocalypse.

 

In X-Men: Days of Future Past there a moment between McAvoy and Patrick Stewart you could call the passing on of the role.

 

McAvoy may be becoming more like Stewart and the Xavier we all knew from comics. He may go bald. Continue reading What JAMES MCAVOY Thinks Will Happen In X-MEN APOCALYPSE

NEW MUTANTS In X-MEN APOCALYPSE? For Your Consideration

The New Mutants graphic novel cover courtesy Marvel
The New Mutants graphic novel cover courtesy Marvel

X-Men: Days of Future Past introduced two new mutants from the New Mutants era to the cinematic Children of the Atom. With the news that X-Men: Apocalypse will be set in 1983 I couldn’t help but think of popular mutants born in the 80’s.

 

In Days of Future Past, Sunspot (Adan Canto) got to use his solar energy powers against the Sentinels. Producers chose to amp the Brazilian mutant’s power beyond just super strength. Roberto Da Costa could fly and blast heat at the relentless robots. Sunspot was one of the founding members of the New Mutants.

 

Warpath (Boo Boo Stewart) used his tracking ability, super strength and fighting skills with big — knives against the Sentinels. Warpath actually started out as a Hellion (a student of Emma Frost and the Hellfire Club.) James Proudstar blamed Professor X for his older brother’s death and joined the Hellions in his quest for revenge by taking his brother’s X-Men code-name Thunderbird. James would later reform and join Cable’s original X-Force then become an official X-Man.

 

Could more third and fourth generation X-Men join the next sequel in the fight against Apocalypse? Continue reading NEW MUTANTS In X-MEN APOCALYPSE? For Your Consideration

DEADPOOL VS. X-FORCE Preview

Deadpool vs. X-Force #1 courtesy Marvel
Deadpool vs. X-Force #1 courtesy Marvel

Big guns, muscles and pouches plus, bigger guns? It must be the 1990’s.

 

If seeing Warpath and Sunspot in X-Men: Days of Future Past makes you nostalgic for the good old X-Force days then hold on.

 

Warpath, along with Cable, Cannonball, Boom Boom and Domino are back to take on the Merc With a Mouth in a brand new limited series that brings back the original X-Force.

 

Marvel shared a preview of Deadpool vs. X-Force #1 by writer Duane Swierczynski (Cable) and artist Pepe Larraz (Wolverine and the X-Men) with covers by Shane Davis. Continue reading DEADPOOL VS. X-FORCE Preview

SENTINELS of X-MEN FUTURE?

X-Men #68 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #68 courtesy Marvel

The Sentinels were as chilling and relentless as longtime X-fans expected them to be in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

 

Director Bryan Singer and the X-Team showed us the original Sentinels as created by Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage) and the adaptable versions of the future. In an unique twist from comics lore, Trask used the shapeshifting genes of Mystique in order to make the robots adapt to any prey’s powers.

 

X-Men Apocalypse is the next movie in which the immortal first mutant will appear be the villain but is Team Fox X-Men finished with the Sentinels? Continue reading SENTINELS of X-MEN FUTURE?