It’s been clear for a while that Fox wants to build X-Men into as big and as frequent a franchise as it can, but there’s been no news on what was coming after next year’s X-Men: Days Of Future Past. However Bryan Singer has now let some news slip, simply tweeting “#Xmen #Apocalypse 2016!”
Fox seems to have confirmed the news, with Exhibitor Relations tweeting, ‘No stopping the X-Men franchise. Fox’s X-MEN: APOCALYPSE will drop May 27, 2016.’
In the X-Men mythology, Apocalypse is an 5,000 year old mutant with all sorts of powers emanating from the fact he can control all the molecules in his body – meaning he can shape-shift, has superhuman power, can interface with technology and his regeneration abilities have allowed him to live for millennia.
However, what’s not know at the moment is whether the villainous Apocalypse will be going up against the First Class mutants, the original cast, a mix of the two, or indeed if this will be the start of a brand new spin-off.