Speaking about the sustainability of superhero movies, such as the X-Men series in which he plays Magneto, he told news.com.au, “Things will go the way they will. Things will always run their course at some point”.
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In the screening I was at this got the biggest laugh of the night, and it’s not hard to see why – in recent years, the world and timeline of Fox and Bryan Singer’s X-Men movies have become increasingly confusing, muddled and contradictory. In the latest clip for the film, which you can watch below, we get a small but potent reminder of the fury that Fassbender brings to his role, one of the most important characters in the X-Men mythology.
Synopsis: It’s the ’80s, and the X-Men unite to take on the world’s first mutant, who is intent on destroying the world. Who will reign supreme in the new class of the X-Verse? As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.
Things get complicated for Xavier when Apocalypse persuades Magneto (Michael Fassbender) to join his cause, alongside fellow disenchanted mutants Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Angel (Ben Hardy, aka EastEnders’ Peter Beale) and Psylocke (Olivia Munn).
As for a future installment, he said it will be set in the 1990s, but declined to comment further about the plans.
“Our villains are not black and white and they are not just dark, and whether evil or good, they are always complex, and I think that’s what differentiates our universe from all the other different comic franchises”.
And the age issue is important.
But when I look at the characters in X-Men: Apocalypse, I don’t see or believe that they’ve been fighting for justice for two decades.
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The director, known for such films as “The Usual Suspects” (1996)”, “X-Men” (2000) and “X2: “X-Men United” (2003), returns to movie theaters for the first time since “X-Men: “Days of Future Past” (2014).
