It ’s tough out there for a superhero dealership . When director Bryan Singer fire up the current comic - rule book - movie delirium with 2000’sX - Men , he could have a crowd of casually powered mutants climbing the Statue of Liberty in India rubber suits . unproblematic and cheering . Now , to compete with Marvel ’s massive , multi - bifurcate Avengers dealership , skyscraper - size of it monster movies , and the gamut of foreign intrusion motion-picture show , the once - quaintX - Menfranchise is blowing out the activity and piling up the heroes . If infinite crossing over comic and 76 episodes of that ' 90s cartoon could do it , so can Singer , who returns for this summer’sX - man : Apocalypse .
Picking up where the time - bendingDays of Future Pastleft off , Apocalypsepits X - Men novel and honest-to-goodness against the satellite ’s first mutant : the purplish deity know as Apocalypse . Star WarsandInside Llewyn Davisactor Oscar Issac cake his phiz in composition to conflict returning regurgitate member James McAvoy , Michael Fassbender , Jennifer Lawrence , Nicholas Hoult , and Rose Byrne . Twenty - somethings Tye Sheridan , Sophie Turner , and Kodi Smit - McPhee joint the ensemble as younger version of the original X - Men cast . Olivia Munn co - stars as a psychic ninja . Got it ?
And as the new house trailer hints , there ’s more . Hugh Jackman come out in the final seconds , teasing the return of the serial ' key hero , Wolverine . UnlikeDays of Future Past , this is potential an rarefied cameo – Jackman ’s presently prepping for a third solo movie as the clawed character , which he claims will be his terminal clock time reprise the role . So savour this minute .
X - work force : Apocalypsestorms into theaters on May 27 .
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