X-Men: Days of Future Past is
nearly upon us, but we are already thinking about the next film in the X-Men
franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse, Singer announced a couple of months ago. Later
Singer revealed that the new picture would address the mutant origins and how “we
think about our Gods and our history and miracles and powers.”
In the latest edition of Empire, Singer
explained why do a mutant origin story and what was the basis for the story.
“One thing that interests me is the notion of
ancient mutants,” Singer says. “What would people thousands of years ago,
without the benefit of science, think mutants were? And more importantly, what
would mutants thousands of years ago think they were? Gods? Titans? Angels?
Demons? And if such mutants did exist thousands of years ago, what became of
them? Did one survive?”
Apocalypse or En Sabah Nur, is
the “ancient mutant” that Singer is talking about. He live 5000 years ago in
the city of Aqaba in Jordan and travel the world getting civilizations to
worship him like a god because of his mutant powers (Super-strength,
super-stamina, super-speed, invulnerability, he can fly and teleport,
telekinesis, he can change his form and size. He can also absorb and project
energy blasts as well as create force-shields. Due to his techno-organic body,
Apocalypse can directly interface with various technologies.)
Singer adds that X-Men Apocalypse
will be “more of a First Class sequel” and “It’ll take place sometime after
this movie. What happens in this movie brings about what’ll happen in that
movie.”
Screenwriter Simon Kinberg then
added:
“We like the stakes of it, and it
feels like a story that could impact a lot of our favorite characters in big,
dramatic ways. We feel it’s a very different story from Days of Future Past.
For starters, it’s a very different villain, and the characters will be in very
different places emotionally.”
Finally Singer dismissed the
rumors that in the post credit scene of Days of Future Magneto will be
possessed by an alien and transformed into Apocalypse:
“That’s not the case, and nor
will that particular thing be in the film,” said Singer. “People were concerned
we were making Apocalypse an alien. It’s odd. I don’t know where that came
from.”
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