X-Men: Apocalypse is a ‘big monster movie’

Bryan Singer says the next X-Men film “really feels different”.

The director takes the helm once again for the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse. The feature will pick up from where X-Men: Days of Future Past left off, and is under a lot of pressure to live up to its predecessor.

But Bryan says he is doing his best to treat the latest movie as an entirely separate vehicle.

“It’s a big monster of a movie,” Bryan told Empire magazine. “The stakes are so high and global and the villain
is so mythic. It’s definitely an X-Men movie, but it really feels different.”

Oscar Isaac stars as the titular villain in the film, which tells the tale of the X-Men sending Wolverine back into the past in a bid to change the future of the world.

The setting of the movie means that fans of the franchise will be introduced to the younger versions of their favourite characters.

New cast members joining the film include Tye Sheridan as the young Cyclops, Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner as Jean Grey and Alexandra Shipp as Storm.

Writer/producer Simon Kinberg told the outlet that the roles are certainly not to be considered as cameos.

“They’re as much a part 
of the movie as our main cast,” he said. “Scott is not yet the squeaky-clean leader. Storm is
 a troubled character who is going down the wrong path in life. And Jean is complex, interesting and not fully mature. It’s fun to see someone struggling with their powers when you know one day they’ll become the most powerful person in the world.”