The younger actors introduced in "X-Men: First Class" James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto) Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Nicholas Hoult (Beast) and Lucas Till (Alex “Havok” Summers), etc. are contracted for three films and are locked in to return.
This time the mutants will take on Apocalypse, aka. En Sabah Nur. In the comics, En Sabah Nur is the world's first mutant who was born in Egypt around 3,000 BC and had access to advanced technology.
We were told that the studio originally wanted "Inception" and "The Dark Knight Rises" actor Tom Hardy to play the bad guy in the film. But he is also being courted to star in Fury and "End of Watch" director David Ayer's film version of the DC Entertainment's "Suicide Squad" comic book as well.
The character was teased in the post-credits scene of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" (Played by Brendan Pedder).
Singer told the trade: "‘Apocalypse’ will have more of the mass destruction that 'X-Men' films, to date, have not relied upon. There’s definitely now a character and a story that allow room for that kind of spectacle."
Chloe Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld, Elle Fanning, Ben Hardy, Charlie Rowe and Timothee Chalamet are all under consideration for the two key roles of younger incarnations of Jean Grey and Cyclops in the 1980s-set film The adult incarnations of the characters were played by Famke Janssen and James Marsden in various chapters of the film series.
Moretz and Fanning have reportedly met with Singer in recent weeks for the young Jean Grey part, but official test offers for the role have not been made yet. Singer is going with an established name for Jean because the role is expected to recur in future movies.
The trio of guys trying out for Cyclops aren't household names. Hardy is a UK soap star, Rowe is a regular on FOX's TV show "Red Band Society," and Chalamet landed a role in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi film Interstellar.
A younger version of Storm (Halle Berry) is also expected to appear in the film, but no word yet on who might be cast.
It is likely that Channing Tatum will debut as the X-Men mutant Gambit here before getting a solo film
"X2: X-Men United" and "Superman Returns" screenwriters Mike Dougherty and Dan Harris as well as Simon Kinberg are writing the script for "Apocalypse" .
Production is slated to begin in the Spring. The film will hit theaters on May 27, 2016 opposite Alice in Wonderland 2
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