Following a number of leaked images of the much-awaited "X-Men: Apocalypse" movie that hit cyberspace, news of the rumored trailer will soon drop together with the October 2 release of Matt Damon's "The Martian", according to Heroic Hollywood.
Although it's unlikely for the trailer to make its first debut online, speculations are it will also be debuted in conjunction with another superhero movie - the X-Men spinoff "Deadpool", that is.
In related news, Movie Web states that the very first glimpse of the trailer was seen during Comic-Con but it is yet to be certain if the trailer, said to be released in October, is similar to the leaked footage. Nevertheless, the production surely has more footage to work with, especially now that the film has wrapped.
IGN spoke with Michael Dougherty, who helped director Bryan Singer and writer-producer Dan Harris craft the story for "X-Men: Apocalypse." His first screenplay credit was for "X2: X-Men United" with Dan Harris and David Hayter.
"It was great because it felt like a reunion. Bryan essentially got the band back together. It was myself, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg, and we just became this little team. It was neat to get reunited, not just with people behind the camera, but also with the characters. Writing for Mystique, or Professor X, it just felt comfortable," when asked what it was like to return for the franchise.
As for Apocalypse, fans got an early look at the villainous character during the end-credits sequence in X-Men: Days of Future Past, where the young En Sabbah Nur created the Egyptian pyramids through telekinetic abilities. This is what Michael Dougherty had to say about their approach toward Apocalypse:
"It was interesting because, the way that Bryan approaches the X-Men franchise is making it as realistic as possible and as grounded as possible. With someone like Apocalypse, it's tricky because he's literally such a giant character. What was fun was talking about, let's say the first mutant was really worshipped as a deity? Once you take that seed and run with it, the character kind of writes itself. The idea that he sort of comes from a world where things might have been reversed, where mutants weren't a persecuted minority, that there was a period where they were considered supernatural deities, it's a fascinating premise. And what happens when that character, in sort of a Rip Van Winkle fashion, enters our world where everything's flipped. It sets up a character that's relatable, in a weird way. It made that character not just a big guy hellbent on world domination, but it gave him a heart that I think we can all relate to."
Director Bryan Singer has confirmed that "X-Men: Apocalypse" will end the trilogy that started with "X-Men: First Class" and "X-Men: Days of Future Past." However, where this franchise leads us is something uncertain as of now.
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