Trending News|August 24, 2015 02:45 EDT
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Movie Update: Production Wrapped Up, Director Bryan Singer Talks Upcoming Film
Director Bryan Singer has recently announced via his Instagram post that production on 'X-Men: Apocalypse' has been completed. Singer posted a photograph from the film's set with the caption "That's wrap up on main unit. But still more to shoot over the next few weeks with second unit. But now ... the wrap party! #xmen #xmenapocalypse."
IB Times reports that the picture show 'X-Men: Apocalypse' crew members filming a scene, while a glimpse of a woman can be seen in the production monitors. It appears that the woman is standing in what seems to be an X-Men mansion. She is seen dressed in a white jacket and black trousers.
In addition to the photo from the film's set, Singer also shared a photograph of a list of cocktails available at the film's wrap-up party. The menu seems to be inspired by the film's characters and includes drinks called The Nightcrawler, The Mystique, The Angle and The Apocalypse. Interestingly, the title of the menu card reads as "X-Men: Apocalypse" Akkabra 2015.
Since filming of 'X-Men: Apocalypse' began in Montreal in April 2015, Singer has been sharing various behind the set images via his Instagram account. The story of the movie revolves around Egyptian villain Apocalypse portrayed by Oscar Isaac. According to reports, 'X-Men: Apocalypse' will be different from previous 'X-Men' movies.
Talking about the upcoming movie, Singer told Yahoo Movies, "[You will see] some images and treatments of 'X-Men' powers you've never seen before and some action and some pretty epic scope and some pretty major stakes. Like global stakes."
'X-Men: Apocalypse' will also feature younger version of a mutant series, including Angel and Storm. According to reports, this will set the foundation for the characters. However, the official plot of 'X-Men: Apocalypse' is being kept a tight secret.
The film stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Olivia Munn, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Lucas Till, Josh Helman, Lana Condor and Ben Hardy. While Simon Kinberg penned the screenplay, John Ottman has created the music for 'X-Men: Apocalypse'.
'X-Men: Apocalypse' is set to hit theaters on May 27, 2016.