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The Geekscape ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Special!

by Jonathan

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ is upon us! And that means Ian Kerner is back on the podcast to help us break it all down! What was changed from the original comics? What worked? What didn’t? And really, what does this latest installment mean for the future of Fox’s Merry Band Of Mutants? If you’ve seen ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ look no further for your in depth analysis than our Geekscape Special podcast! Enjoy!

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Here Are Four Gorgeous New Posters For ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: Following the insanely cool trailer from just a couple of weeks back, Fox today debuted four gorgeous new character posters for next month’s X-Men: Apocalypse, each image depicting one of Apocalypse’ four horsemen.

In the film, “Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. 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.”

Take a look at the new X-Men: Apocalypse posters below (via the film’s official Twitter account), and let us know what you think! The film hits theatres on May 27th!

Let’s Go To War: Watch The ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Super Bowl Spot!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: This is a damned cool spot. As much as I loved seeing Krang for the first time in the just-released new teaser for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows, the total destruction witnessed in this new spot for X-Men: Apocalypse might be the coolest Super Bowl trailer thus far (well, unless you count Ant-Man and Hulk fighting over a Coke as a Super Bowl trailer).

In the film, “Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. 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.”

Take a look at the X-Men: Apocalypse Super Bowl spot below, and let us know what you think! The film hits theatres on May 27th!

‘X-Men Apocalypse’ Gets A Stunning New Poster!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: The very first trailer for X-Men Apocalypse launched earlier today, and probably stopped the Apocalypse / Ivan Ooze comparisons for good.

Seriously, the character looks astonishingly powerful, and with Psylocke (Olivia Munn) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) on his side (among others) it’s going to be an impossibly tough battle for McAvoy’s Xavier and company.

If that bad-ass trailer wasn’t enough, Fox has just debuted a stunning new poster for the film, which features an angry Apocalypse crushing… what else but a human skull.

Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. 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.

Take a look at the new poster below, and let us know if you’re excited for the film!

Apocalypse

APOCALYPSE IS HERE – Official Trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse

by Bigyanks

The ‘X-Men: Apocalypse‘ trailer is upon here, all praise Apocalypse!! Oscar Isaac will portray En Sabah Nur (better known as Apocalypse), is a centuries-old mutant who was worshipped in Ancient Egypt as a God. After awakening in the 1980s, he is dissatisfied with the state of the mutant’s on the planet, and goes on to recruit Psylocke (Olivia Munn) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) to be a part of his Four Horsemen to help him cleanse the world.

I’ve always been a great fan of the X-Men Franchise, so i’m definitely excited to catch the latest installment. I think my favorite thing about the X-Men franchise is that instead of rebooting the series it decided to keep the history and continuity of the earlier films. Which probably had more to do with keeping Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. And to rectify the not so popular ‘Last Stand’, and the status of the staple X-men characters it went back and time and retconned it. GOTTA LOVE COMICS!!

X-Men Apocalypse hits theaters on May 27th.

Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. 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.

M&M’s Reveals The Official Synopsis For ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: The official synopsis for X-Men: Apocalypse has finally been revealed.

By M&M’s.

Yep. The candy revealed a partnership with 20th Century Fox today, which officially began with the debut of this synopsis, and a ‘cute’ photo of M&M’s dressed like Storm and Magneto.

In any case, here are the goods:

Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, opening in theaters everywhere May 27, 2016.

 

Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible.

 

Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. 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.

And the actual goods:

Mars Incorporated - X-Men Apocalypse

In any case, what do you think of the synopsis? Do you like what we’ve seen of Apocalypse thus far? Or are you still trying to get passed the Ivan Ooze comparisons?

Here’s Your First Official Look at The X-Men of ‘X-MEN: APOCALYPSE’!

by Bigyanks

This weeks Entertainment Weekly is featuring X-Men: Apocalypse. On the cover we have Psylocke, Magneto, and Apocalypse and set photos of some of the cast.

Cover

We also get a  first look at new comers Psylocke (Olivia Munn) and Punk Rock Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan). The returning mutants are Magneto with a new look (Michael Fassbender), Professor X (James McAvoy), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), and Quicksilver (Evan Peters) who also is sporting an official outfit. No pics of Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee) though, he was probably the only thing I enjoyed about X2.

While we haven’t seen everyone in official  outfits, Storm and Psylocke seem to stick close to the the 80’s sexy outfits. I have already seen some grumblings regarding the look of Apocalypse. In one of the photos he is resembling Ivan Ooze from the Power Rangers Movie. At this point It’s really hard to judge the costumes until we see it on the big screen and in action so I’ll reserve judgement.

Apocalypse

Quicksilver

Prof X

Storm

Magneto

Olivia Munn Is Psylocke In ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: Just days after confirming that Ben Hardy would be playing Angel in next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse, the director has again taken to Twitter (and Instagram) to reveal another mutant (and cast member) for the anticipated film.

Attack of the Show! and The Newsroom actress Olivia Munn has been tapped to play Betsy Braddock / Psylocke in the film. In case you’re not familiar with the character, Wikipedia states that “Originally presented as a precognitive in the pages of Captain Britain and then as a telepath, the character eventually acquired the body, skills and elements of personality of a Japanese female ninja known as Kwannon. Later, Psylocke somehow acquired the telekinesis of Jean Grey.” Sounds pretty bad-ass.

Excited to welcome @oliviamunn as Betsy Braddock! #Psylocke #XmenApocalypse #XMEN

A photo posted by Bryan Singer (@bryanjaysinger) on

With three mutant filled feature films set to arrive from Fox next year (X-Men: Apocalypse, Gambit, and Deadpool), things are about to get even busier for comic book fans. Are you down for Olivia Munn as Pyslocke? Is there someone else you’d rather see in the role? Sound out below!

Ryan Gosling Will Not Appear In ‘Logan’s Run’

by Derek Kraneveldt

Variety’s Justin Kroll today announced the following unfortunate news via twitter:

Last we heard of the film (which is a remake of a 1976 novel adaptation), Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn was set to helm the project. I’m sure I wouldn’t be alone in saying that another collaboration between Refn and Gosling would have been simply wonderful.

I’m starting to wonder if the film ever will happen. For as long as I can remember the remake has been “in development” (Wikipedia says since 1990). There have been a number of big directors attached to the film over the years, such as Joel Silver and Bryan Singer before current helmer Refn.

I was a huge fan of the original film, and was quite excited for the prospect of a modern remake when I first heard about it (I believe I was around 12). Excitement has obviously wavered over the years, though it would of course be nice to see something come out of the project.