I was a huge “X-Men” fan growing up, and wanted to badly to love the movies. But I didn’t. In fact, I hated them all – at least until Fox reinvented the franchise with X-Men: First Class. I was sure that was going to be a wonderful moment in time that could never be replicated again, especially since Bryan Singer took over as director. But then, they shocked me again with their adaptation of X-Men: Days of the Future Past, which may just be even better than First Class. With that, I’m now over the moon in anticipation for Singer’s X-Men Apocalypse, in theaters May 27th, 2016 with Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Munn, Rose Byrne, Ben Hardy, Lucas Till, and Oscar Isaac all starring.
Singer has been having a lot of fun with his social followers, and being that we pretty much already know what the characters look like, has been sharing tons of behind-the-scenes goodies from concept art to on-set stills.
This morning he dropped a bomb, sharing our first ever look at Let Me In and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes‘s Kodi Smit-McPhee as the legendary Nightcrawler! He replaces Alan Cumming as a younger version of the blue spawn of Mystique and Azazel, and looks surprisingly similar. In my opinion, Cumming was a phenomenal Nightcrawler and easily one of the best characters in the initial trilogy. I’m truly excited to see this character return.
Other young mutants being re-introduced are Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, and Alexandra Shipp as Storm.
Will we see Cable? Rob Liefeld says “No,” and that sucks.