This has been an exciting week for superhero/comic book films. From the news of a third solo Wolverine film being in development, to the announcement that Fast and the Furious actress Gal Gadot was officially cast as Wonder Woman in the Man of Steel sequel (as well as in the planned Justice League film), it seemed that news could not get any better. Well, this week just got a whole lot better as X-Men director Bryan Singer officially announced that he would finally be bringing the X-Men villain Apocalypse to the big screen in his followup to X-Men: Days of Future Past. The film will be titled X-Men: Apocalypse.
For those that are not sure who Apocalypse is, he is an ancient Egyptian who is believed to be the first mutant. He gained control of advanced alien technology which granted him vast powers, including the ability to heal from mortal wounds, the ability to withstand virtually any disease, as well as immortality. Apocalypse is most notably known to be featured in storylines that include time travel. Due to that little tidbit of information, the possibility of the time-travelling mutant Cable being teased or most likely fully introduced in Days of Future Past just increased.
On top of the news Apocalypse would be the villain for X-Men: Apocalypse, Singer gave assurances that the X-Men timeline's continuity problems would be fixed and most, if not all, questions would be answered in X-Men: Days of Future Past. He also expressed interest to expand on the X-Men universe by bringing in more mutants and stories to tell.
I, for one, am excited about this news. I have been an X-Men fan from the beginning (minus X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and I would love to see more characters finally have their big screen debut in an X-Men feature film. To be honest though, I'm still waiting on a Deadpool film. There have been rumors that Deadpool is still in the works, but I have not heard if that project has finally received the green light or not. It will also be interesting to see if Fox begins to do the same thing as Marvel by releasing two X-Men films per year. Regardless, we still have to wait until Days of Future Past makes it into theaters before we know for sure what the direction of the X-Men franchise will be.
X-Men: Days of Future Past will make its way into theaters May 23, 2014.
Source: Screen Rant
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