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'X-Men: Apocalypse' Movie News: Character Details Revealed for Upcoming Franchise Film
Entertainment Weekly has just dropped their cover for their next month's issue that features a up close and personal look at some of the characters from the upcoming, 'X-Men: Apocalypse.'
The cover features Olivia Munn as Psylocke, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, and Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse.
"He's believed to be the first mutant, whatever that means," says Isaac. "He is the creative-slash-destructive force of this earth. When things start to go awry, or when things seem like they're not moving towards evolution, he destroys those civilizations."
Accompanying these first looks, EW dropped some exclusive details on the upcoming movie. Its slated to be the succession of last year's successful 'Days of Future Past' and will take place 10 years after those events.
"The Big A awakens from his Egyptian tomb, sizes up the global '80s vibe, and decides he's not down with the Reagan era. "It's a chaotic world of conflict and war and destruction," Singer says. "It's one giant civilization that now requires one giant culling. That's why he needs special assistants in this process." He finds teenage Storm living on the streets in Cairo, Angel (Ben Hardy) duking it out in a fight club in Berlin, and Psylocke (Olivia Munn) working behind the Iron Curtain for the mutant-broker Caliban. But his big get is Erik, who has been attempting to live a "normal" life in Poland. "He's fallen in love and he's basically left his metal ways behind," Fassbender says. Pretty quickly, though, his world is shattered and "normal" is no longer an option. Says Fassbender, "Apocalypse finds Erik at a low ebb and recruits him," cites EW.
The film will also star old faces such as Jennifer Lawrence as Raven, and Charles McAvoy as Professor Xavier. Newcomers also include Alexandra Shipp as Storm, Sohie Turner as Jean Grey, and Tye Sheridan as Cyclops.
'X-Men: Apocalypse' premieres in theaters on May 27, 2016.