I couldn't seem to find a dedicated thread for this movie. Here's information regarding "Days of Future Past:"
http://www.villainsandvigilantesforum.com/public_html/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=...And here's new information about Apocalypse:
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/heres-the-first-photo-of-the-god-like-villain-12425...Here's the First Photo of Oscar Isaac as the God-like Villain of 'X-Men: Apocalypse'
Gwynne Watkins
July 16, 2015
We’ve heard all about the awesome powers of new X-Men villain Apocalypse — and now, we’re getting our first look at Oscar Isaac’s giant blue baddie. Isaac makes his costumed debut on the cover of the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, alongside X-Men: Apocalypse co-stars Olivia Munn (joining the team for this film as telepathic ninja Psylocke) and Michael Fassbender (reprising his role as mutant leader Magneto). Check out the photo above.
Described by actor Isaac as “the first mutant,” Apocalypse is an ancient, god-like Egyptian mutant who has taken it upon himself to destroy civilizations he deems unworthy of existing. In X-Men: Apocalypse, he is hellbent on bringing the 1980s to an early end — and thanks to the EW cover story, we have some new details about how the story unfolds. The new film takes place 10 years after the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past (which was set in 1973, except for the scenes that occurred in the future). That’s when Apocalypse awakes from a centuries-long slumber.
“It’s a chaotic world of conflict and war and destruction,” director Brian Singer tells the magazine. “It’s one giant civilization that now requires one giant culling. That’s why he needs special assistants in this process.”
The “special assistants” Apocalypse recruits include a young Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Psylocke, and most significantly, Erik, a.k.a. Magneto, whose attempt at reforming and living a “normal” life has recently ended in tragedy.
Elsewhere in the mutant universe, Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) is teaching his students to control their powers at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. (EW doesn’t specify, but these students are likely to include a young Jean Grey, played by Sophie Turner, and Cyclops, played by Tye Sheridan.) When his old friend Raven, a.k.a Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) learns about Apocalypse’s agenda, she reunites with the professor — and urges him to help save the world (and rescue their estranged friend Erik from his own self-destruction).
By introducing younger versions of characters from the original X-Men trilogy, X-Men: Apocalypse sets the stage for a new generation to take over the franchise. But Singer assures fans that the current cast will get the send-off they deserve.
“This is kind of the introduction to [the young mutants],” says Singer, who directed three previous X-Men films. “At the same time, it has concluding aspects of those previous stories.”
Read more of the EW story here, and click here for more cast photos. X-Men: Apocalypse opens in theaters on May 27, 2016.
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