Which X-Men Will Appear In X-Men: Apocalypse?
How can we possibly know that? Well, actually, we can. In fact, director Bryan Singer has already talked about it.
Apocalypse will pick up the action in the past sometime after Days of Future Past’s climax in 1973, meaning that we’ll likely see the return of Professor X (James McAvoy), Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Beast (Nicholas Hoult) and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence). In addition, Singer also said that young versions of Gambit and Nightcrawler would be a part of the film.
Nightcrawler, the teleporting mutant played by Alan Cumming in X2: X-Men United, has yet to be cast, but Channing Tatum will fill the boots and trenchcoat of the Cajun rogue Gambit. You may remember that Taylor Kitsch played the part in X-Men Origins: Wolverine to no critical acclaim.
So that’s what’s confirmed. But who else might play a part in the film? One supposes Hugh Jackman could come back as Wolverine and resolve the sorta cliffhanger that DOFP left him in. While the actor has made suggestions that his days as a mutant may be numbered, he still has a starring role in the third solo Wolverine movie to complete, and thus may change his mind (again).
Havok and his fellow mutant Vietnam vets Toad, Ink and Spyke may also be back, and there are rumors that we’ll see Professor X recruit young Cyclops, Jean Grey and Storm, which would bring the series full circle as they’re the most senior members of the X-Men in the first film. But failing all that, there’s still hundreds of other mutant characters, X-Men, allies and villains, for Singer and Co. to tap into.
Stay tuned…