Now playing around the world and opening in North America this weekend is directorBryanSinger’sX-Men: Apocalypse. To help promote the film, Fox recently held a big press junket in London, and while there I got to interview screenwriter/producerSimon Kinberg. During the wide-ranging interview he talked about deleted scenes, how one of them featured Nightcrawler breakdancing in the mall, ifTaylor Swiftwas Dazzler, the status of theNew Mutantsmovie, the finalHugh JackmanWolverinemovie, if we’ll get aDeadpool 2and3before theX-Forcemovie, and a lot more.
Here’s the official synopsis forX-Men: Apocalypsefollowed by what Kinberg and I talked about, as well as some links to our recentX-Mencoverage:
Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.
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