Don’t Expect The Classic Cast In ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’
By Russ Fischer/April 21, 2014 11:00 am EST
Simon Kinberg is writing both films, and at WonderCon this past weekend he explained a few things about the intersection of X-Men: Apocalypse and the “classic cast” led by Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. That is, there probably won’t be any.
Kingberg talked to HitFix at WonderCon, dancing around something many fans have assumed: that the end of this film will find the future of the “classic cast” eliminated, and with the exception of the time-traveling Wolverine, the need for the cast with it. (That’s a guess, not a plot spoiler.)
That assumption is bolstered by Kingberg’s further comments:
Certainly things that take place in ‘Days of Future Past’ in the past have an impact on the future. That’s the whole point of the plot and, I can say, in at least the vaguest of terms there care repercussions from what happens in 1973 that ripple all the way forward in time. Which means they would ripple through the time periods of the original ‘X-Men’ movies. That’s a vague answer to your question.
We’ll get a much better idea of what the future holds when X-Men: Days of Future Past opens on May 23.
[Apocalypse] really follows the ‘First Class’ cast. Meaning it is a sequel that will feature McAvoy, Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nic Hoult and that cast. It is not a sequel that would necessarily feature Ian, Patrick, Halle and the original cast. It would take place roughly between the past of ‘Days of Future Past’ and when ‘X-Men’ first started.
