‘X-Men Apocalypse’ Will Shoot In Montreal Next Year
With the summer of 2015 all but set, eyes have quickly turned to the summer of 2016. Most of the talk has been aboutBatman v SupermanandCaptain America 3, but don’t forget there’s another major superhero film coming mere weeks after those. It’sX-Men Apocalypse, the sequel to the massive hitX-Men Days of Future Past,which was the #4 movie of the summer grossing over $230 million domestic and $745 million worldwide.
The sequel is currently slated for release July 30, 2025 and the script hasbeen in progressall summer. Now, a report in a Canadian newspaper confirms filming will commence in April 2015 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Read -Men Apocalypsefilming below.
Journal De Montreal(viaCJADandComing Soon) confirm set construction for the film will begin at the end of this year at Mel’s Studio, whereDays of Future Pastalso shot, with cameras set to roll in April.
Since other 2016 releases such asBatman v Superman, TarzanandAlice in Wonderland 2are all already shooting, this news was certainly coming. April givesBryan Singer(whowe think will direct, but still hasn’t been confirmed due to his now dwindling legal troubles) less than a year to complete the film, which will surely have lots of effects and a huge cast.
No one has officially signed to star in the film yet but as it’s a follow up toX-Men: Days of Future Pastset in the ’80s, the smart money is on theFirst Classcast coming back. So Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult will all likely return. Producer/co-writerSimon Kinberghasalso said the sequelwill feature some of the original cast (Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, etc.) but it sounds like this time, their inclusion will be more on a story basis.
What is that story? We don’t know specifically but we know it’ll center around the ultra-powerful mutant Apocalypse, who we saw in the post-credits scene ofDays of Future Past. Singer and others have talked about how the idea of “Ancient Mutants” would be a driving force, too. You can readmuch more about that here.
SoX-Men Apocalypsefilming is on the way. Slowly but surely. Do you think it will compete with the DC and Marvel Studios films in 2016?
