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Collider recently had the chance to chat with X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST writer and producer Simon Kinberg about the upcoming X-MEN: APOCALYPSE film which comes to theaters May 27, 2016.
As previously reported, Kinberg confirms that “Apocalypse” is the final film in the “First Class” trilogy, which brought stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult to the forefront of the X-Men franchise.
“I will say that [X-Men: Apocalypse] is definitely the close of a trilogy for those First Class characters, which isn’t to say we won’t see them in future movies,” Kinberg asserts. “Hopefully we will, but it’s a completion of an arc for them. I think that the friendship between Erik and Charles, which has always been so integral to the franchise, is something we’re continuing to explore and hopefully deepen with Apocalypse. And the relationship between Beast and Mystique is a really interesting one that we didn’t have a lot of time to explore in Days of Future Past, so we’ll have an opportunity to do more of that in Apocalypse.”
Kinberg says he’s interesting in further exploring Lawrence’s Mystique and where her path may ultimately lead.
“Part of what’s really interesting about Mystique’s character is that she is, in some ways, the child of both Erik and Charles. She grew up with Charles and then she sort of became a woman with Erik, so her being the cross-pollination, if you will, of those two philosophies and those two men is something we can explore in the movie too.”
On the film being set in 1983, he says that Bryan Singer and himself are having lots of fun with the time period.
“We’re having a lot of fun with the idea of the 80s. It’s a decade that Bryan and I both grew up in and so the music, the style, the aesthetic, the legacy of 80s movies is something we’re really having fun with.”
Click here to read more, including what Kinberg has to say about the film’s budget and the confidence that Fox has with this creative team after the success of DOFP.
Makes sense. Kinberg has also said previously that he sees ‘Apocalypse’ as perhaps being a dual narrative for Charles & Erik. I had imagined a sort of parallel tracts approach. Using Mystique as the median between the two men seems like a good idea, particularly given the development she’s gotten in ‘First Class’ and especially in ‘Days of Future Past’.
It’ll be interesting to see how they proceed after ‘Apocalypse’. It makes sense that that would wrap up the arc begun in ‘First Class’, but it’s nice to know that they’re not finished with this iteration of these characters. Assuming the actors are on board, there’s no reason not to continue to explore them. Though perhaps the method might change.