X-Men: Days of Future Past is still five months away, yet the stage has already been set for its sequel. Yesterday, director Bryan Singer confirmed that X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s follow-up, X-Men: Apocalypse, will be coming out in May 2016. The news comes a bit too premature to announce, doesn’t it? In a way, the announcement somewhat spoils X-Men: Days of Future Past where the events of that film kind of spin-off into an alternate reality where the titular villain Apocalypse rules the world.
Also announced yesterday was the hiring of writer/producer Simon Kinberg (Fantastic Four reboot) to help create a large, cohesive universe for the Fox Marvel properties (X-Men and Fantastic Four) in the same vein as the Disney Marvel films (Iron Man, Captain America, Avengers, etc.). Kinberg’s been a busy man as of late, helping produce the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII, but his role as Fox’s version of Kevin Feige might be his biggest role to date.
What do you guys think of all of this news? I love the idea of an Age of Apocalypse adaptation, but I’d have held onto announcing the film until after Days of Future Past, perhaps in a post-credits scene or something. As for Kinberg’s hiring, I love it; I just hope that it’ll lead to a crossover between Fox and Disney’s properties for a true cohesive universe.
[via /Film]