New X-Men Apocalypse Poster Unleashes the Four Horsemen!

New X-Men Apocalypse Poster Unleashes the Four Horsemen!

Say Your Prayers

By Alex Burns

With Batman v Superman and Civil War grabbing all the headlines of late it's easy to forget we've also got potentially the most epic X-Men movie of all time releasing this Summer as well in the form of Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse. Well to give us all a little reminder 20th Century Fox have revealed this peach of a one-sheet. Showcasing the villanous Four Horsemen and Oscar Isaac's Apocalypse in all their terrifying glory, this poster is all kinds of beautiful. Actor Michael Fassbender stands front and centre, returning for his third X-Men outing as Magneto, this time he's joined by newcomers; Olivia Munn as Psylocke, Alexandra Shipp asStorm and Ben Hardy as Angel.

“Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshiped 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.”
 

X-Men: Apocalypse also brings back James Mcavoy as Professor Xavier and Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique who are joined by a young band of familiar X-Men including Tye Sheridan as Cyclops and Sophie Turner as Jean Grey. The film is set for release May 27th.

New 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Pictures Revealed - Plus Bryan Singer Addresses Costume Controversy

New 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Pictures Revealed

Plus Bryan Singer Addresses Costume Controversy

By Alex Burns

Happy Friday guys! Celebrate the beginning of your weekend with these awesome new snaps from the upcoming superhero movie 'X-Men: Apocalypse'! The follow-up to last years hit movie 'Days of Future Past' the movie promises to bring the new trilogy of X-Men films to a satisfying climax and features an all new enemy in the form of Oscar Isaac's titular villain 'Apocalypse'. There's also newly cast actors in familiar roles as we head to the 80's to see young versions of Jean Grey, Cyclops, Storm, Jubilee and more! Take a look through the newly released images for a closer look at the vast array of X-Men characters on show.

It's not just the pictures though, a lot of negative reaction made the rounds online and by office water coolers when we got out first look at the Apocalypse costume. Some pretty unforgiving comparisons to the Power Ranger villain Ivan Ooze and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr Freeze were but a few of the jabs directed at the outfit. The reaction was overshadowing the film itself and now Director Bryan Singer himself has come out with a reply to those comments.

"He'll be very similar to images in the comic. There's obviously something very futuristic and yet ancient to the design of both his costume and his physicality." Singer explained.

Well he certainly looks like he belongs in the 80's! I'm sure this getup will look a lot better in motion on the big screen, I get the feeling they'll use some movie magic trickery to have Apocalypse appear much larger than the rest of the characters. What do you make of the new images and Apocalypse look? Sound off in the comments! 'X-Men: Apocalypse' is set for release 2016.