X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
With the emergence of the world's first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
Director: Bryan Singer
Writers: Simon Kinberg (screenplay), Bryan Singer (story)
Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence
X-Men: Apocalypse is a 2016 American superhero film based on the X-Men that appear in Marvel Comics. It is the ninth installment in the X-Men film series. Directed by Bryan Singer, with a screenplay by Simon Kinberg from a story conceived by Singer, Kinberg, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, the film features an ensemble cast starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn and Lucas Till. In Apocalypse, ancient cyber-mutant Apocalypse awakens and plans to take over the world, so the X-Men need to stop him and defeat his team, the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse.
The film was announced by Singer in December 2013 with Kinberg, Dougherty, and Harris attached to develop the story. Casting began in October 2014 while principal photography commenced in April 2015 in Montreal, Canada, and ended in August of the same year. X-Men: Apocalypse premiered in London on May 9, 2016 and will be released in North America on May 27, 2016 in 3D and 2D, and in IMAX 3D in select international markets. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed over $103 million.
CAST
- James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier / Professor X
A mutant pacifist and the world's most powerful telepath. He is the founder of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and the X-Men. McAvoy shaved his head for the role.
- Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto ("War")
A mutant with the ability to control magnetic fields and manipulate metal who becomes the last of Apocalypse's horsemen, known as War. According to Fassbender, Lehnsherr has fallen in love with a woman in Poland and is trying to live a normal life there. Bill Milner appears in archival footage as a young Erik Lehnsherr.
- Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkhölme / Mystique
A mutant with shapeshifting abilities. According to Singer, Raven is on her own, helping rescue mutants who are oppressed or enslaved, including Nightcrawler. Lawrence said "she hears about what happened to Erik and she wants to seek him out and help him."
- Oscar Isaac as En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse
The world's first and most powerful mutant, born in ancient times with a variety of superhuman abilities such as telekinesis and telepathy as well as technopathy, super-strength, size-control each power augmented after merging with Celestial technology and a special cyber-suit. Isaac described Apocalypse as the "creative-slash-destructive force of [the] Earth." He added, "When things start to go awry, or when things seem like they're not moving towards evolution, [Apocalypse] destroys those civilizations."
- Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy / Beast
A mutant with blue fur, prehensile feet and superhuman physical abilities. Hank acts as a teacher in Xavier's school and he builds inventions for troubled students. He also built the X-Jet.
- Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert
A CIA agent who first met and fell in love with Xavier in X-Men: First Class, where he wiped portions of her memories of him and the X-Men at the end. Simon Kinberg said they are "essentially, strangers" when they meet in this film.
- Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers / Cyclops
A mutant that fires uncontrollable, destructive optic beams and wears a visor or sunglasses to stabilize and contain them, and the younger brother of Havok. Sheridan describes Cyclops as "angry and a bit lost." He added, "He's now learning about being a mutant and trying to handle his powers." Havok brings Cyclops to Xavier's school so that the professor could help him with his powers.
- Sophie Turner as Jean Grey / Phoenix
A mutant who is scared of her telepathic and telekinetic power and one of Charles Xavier's most prized students. Turner states that she was cast in the film because of the "dark side" of her character Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones. She compares Jean to Sansa and described being an outcast in the human world, who struggles with her power and gift, the same way Sansa felt, who wanted to live a normal life. Turner learned archery in preparation for the role.
- Olivia Munn as Elizabeth Braddock / Psylocke ("Pestilence")
A mutant with telepathic and telekinetic abilities, who becomes the second of Apocalypse's horsemen, known as Pestilence. Her abilities also include projecting purple psychic energy, usually into the form of an energy blade that can burn through metal. When using her telepathic powers, a butterfly-shaped purple aura appears around her face. Munn described Psylocke as "very lethal, very powerful and very strong." She practiced sword fighting in preparation for the role. According to Singer, Psylocke is working behind the Iron Curtain for the mutant-broker Caliban.
- Lucas Till as Alex Summers / Havok
A mutant who has the ability to absorb energy and release it with destructive force from his body, and the older brother of Cyclops.
- Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver
A mutant who can move, think, and perceive at supersonic speeds, and the son of Magneto. Describing the relationship between Quicksilver and Magneto, Peters stated, "I have learned that he's my father at this point and I am trying to ... I don’t know what I can say. I'm trying to ... Yeah. It's like an adoptive child or any kind of child who has a strange father trying to ... He knows who he is now so he is trying to find him. He's been searching for him. It's been 10 years and he hasn't found him and then something happens."
- Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
A German teleporting mutant and one of Charles Xavier's new students. Singer said that Nightcrawler is rescued by Raven and is a source of comic relief.
- Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe / Storm ("Famine")
An Egyptian mutant orphan who can control weather who finds a father figure in Apocalypse and becomes the first of his horsemen, known as Famine. Shipp shaved her head partially, and sported a Mohawk for the role. According to Singer, Apocalypse finds teenage Storm living on the streets in Cairo, Egypt and immediately recognizes her potential. Recruiting her for the goddess she is, he offers her sanctuary. She joins him under the pretense that he can provide her with the guidance she's been longing for.
- Josh Helman as William Stryker
A military officer who hates mutants. Ten years since Days of Future Past, Stryker has been developing his own plan for how he wants to proceed with the "mutant problem".
- Ben Hardy as Warren Worthington III / Angel / Archangel ("Death")
A mutant with bird like feathered wings who becomes the third horseman known as Death, gaining metallic wings as a result. He is based on a famous X-factor storyline in the comicbook event Fall of the Mutants. Hardy practiced indoor skydiving in preparation for his role.
- Lana Condor as Jubilation Lee / Jubilee
A Chinese-American mutant student at Charles' school who has the ability to create psionic energy plasmoids.
- Additionally, Hugh Jackman makes an uncredited cameo appearance as Logan / Wolverine, and Tómas Lemarquis portrays Caliban, a mutant with the ability to sense and track other mutants. X-Men co-creator Stan Lee continues the tradition of making a cameo appearance in a Marvel film, but this time appears with his wife Joanie Lee. The Blob makes an appearance in the film as Angel's opponent in an underground fight club although the actor portraying him has not been confirmed. Archive footage of Caleb Landry Jones as Sean Cassidy / Banshee, Éva Magyar as Edie Lehnsherr, Georg Nikoloff as Mr. Lehnsherr was used in the film. Kinberg confirmed that the after-credits scene mentioning Essex Corporation by name, will affect and set up the upcoming Wolverine sequel, as well as Gambit and the next X-Men film following those.
Filming
Principal photography commenced on April 27, 2015 in Montreal, Canada. In late August, the first-unit production for the film wrapped, with second-unit production wrapping on September 4, 2015.[citation needed] Additional filming took place in January 2016.
Music
On March 2, 2015, it was announced that John Ottman, who composed the scores for X2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past, would return to write and compose the score for Apocalypse. On May 20, 2016, the official soundtrack was released as a digital download. In addition to Ottman's score, the film features Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", during the scene where Quicksilver evacuates the Xavier Mansion.
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