Bryan Singer talks 'X-Men: Apocalypse' mass destruction and returning characters

Director Bryan Singer brings X-Men: Days of Future Past to comic book movie fans on May 23, but some fans have already turned their eyes toward X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016.

Singer spoke to Total Film magazine (via Comic Book Movie) and revealed that the sequel would feature far more destruction than any other X-Men film.

"We're going to deal with the notion of ancient mutants - the fact they were born and existed thousands of years ago. But it'll be a contemporary movie. Well, it'll take place in the '80s. The '80s is a period now. It's hard for me to believe that!" he said. "Apocalypse will have more of the mass destruction that X-Men films, to date, have not relied upon. There's definitely now a character and a story that allow room for that kind of spectacle." 

Singer also spoke about the progress on the movie and said, "We're currently breaking the story. We're almost ready to go. Dan Harris, Michael Dougherty and Simon Kinberg are in the office across the street from me, working on story stuff right now. It's great to have Dan and Michael back." 

The magazine asked the director what characters, other than First Class mutants, fans can expect in Apocalypse.

"I don't want to get too specific, but we'll introduce familiar characters in a younger time. That'll be fun to show the audience," he said. "I call these movies in-between-quels. It's a mind-[frick] sometimes in terms of where things fall in the timeline!"

Finally, the magazine asked if Singer would like to tell more stories beyond Apocalypse.

"Yeah, there actually are," he said. "It all stems back to when I did [the first] X-Men. You always want to know where a character's going to go, what their future's going be like. You can always sequelise. But on that film I also had actors asking 'Who am I? Where did my character come from?' So as a director you always need a backstory to give your actors. It may not be the right backstory, but it's one you can give the actor to help them understand their character. These prequels are really exciting for me because they give me a chance to explore ideas I came up with more than a decade ago." 

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