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X-Men: Apocalypse Comic-Con Highlights


After successfully rebooting the X-Men franchise with Days of Future Past, Bryan Singer returns to Comic-Con with the highly anticipated sequel, X-Men Apocalypse.

The Hall H panel started with a sizzle reel celebrating the history of the franchise, including footage of Hugh Jackman's audition for Wolverine, and the moment Singer offered him the role. After the reel had ended Hugh Jackman took to the stage to discuss the footage and thank those involved in the franchise. It was this time that the actor dropped an Old Man Logan reference in regards to how young he looked, adding that he knows "they killed off Wolverine in the comic books recently, but in the movies he’s still alive."

The actor reiterated that he's coming back for one more movie and debuted a Wolverine image with the character giving the finger, or in his case, the claw.

Jackman then introduced Singer, who for a moment took over the moderator duties from Chris Hardwick to introduce the X-Men: Apocalypse cast onto the stage. Because he isn't the film, Jackman left but not before having a quick sit on Jennifer Lawrence's lap, and having Singer tell him that he wants him to have a cameo in Apocalypse.

- Taking place 10 years after the events of Days of Future Past, the World in Apocalypse has accepted mutants, meaning we will "find our characters in very different places."

- McAvoy stated that he was relieved to finally have been able to shave his head, after anticipating the change since First Class.

- "I'm more Raven," said Lawrence of the 1983 Mystique. "She didn't wanna be the face of a world that she felt didn't exist."

- Of Magneto, Fassbender says that, "When we meet him in this film he’s more of a simple guy. He’s sort of living a normal life and has kind of hung up his cape and his evil ways, and that’s where we discover him."

- Oscar Isaac spoke about playing Apocalypse, and revealed that "this world that we have, it’s not the world that should’ve been. God’s just been asleep, and God wakes up and realizes what’s happened and says ‘It’s gotta change.’" The actor also said that the villain's main power is that of persuasion, almost like a cult leader, which is certainly useful to "recruit" his four horseman, but I'm sure he will be forced to use his own fists at some point, so he might have more combat "appropriate" powers in Singer's version.

- Nicholas Hoult was also there but was unable to answer the question he was asked because he was "still psyched about that Deadpool".

- McAvoy then took a friendly stab at Patrick Stewart by saying that he tries to do what Stewart does but "you know, better."

- Hardwick then pointed out that it's crazy seeing Olivia Munn (Psylocke) sitting as a guest in Hall H, because they used to cover Comic-Con together.

- Of Angel, Ben Hardy revealed that "It’s like every angry, bitter thought I’ve ever had rolled into one person."

- Finally, the panel ended with Hardwick asked for the Deadpool and Fantastic Four panel members to return to the stage and join the X-Men, at which point Stan Lee came out and offered to take the picture, but he couldn't because he hadn't the camera. So who had it? Channing Tatum (Gambit) of course.
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