Co-written with Aaron Reese:
Days of Future Past may have just wrapped up at the box office, but we’re already thinking of the wonderful possibilities X-Men: Apocalypse, the next installment could offer – primarily the cast of the new generation of X-Men.
It’s safe to say X-Men: Days of Future Past has been a box office hit. Now the buzz for Apocalypse has been garnering press and attention from all over, and fans are bursting with questions. Who are the next wave of X-Men? How will Apocalypse be introduced to the cinematic universe? What does this mean for the future of the canon? Well, we can’t answer all of these questions, but we did take a stab at the new roster and cast for Apocalypse. After some diligent searching, endless name calling and intermittent side-eying, we’ve curated a list of our top picks for the future of the X-franchise, as well as some necessary character additions for Apocalypse. The young Storm, Jean and Cyclops have been confirmed for Apocalypse, and as per usual with these things, we (Aaron Reese and Scott Fraser) dug into it and geeked out accordingly with the latest GEEK Casting Call.
Where the lines of X-Men: First Class blurred regarding the Brotherhood of Mutants and the X-Men, Days of Future Past defined them, placing the canon’s mutants in their respective roles and pairings. What was clearer than ever was Professor X and Beast were the only remnants of the original cinematic X-team. Logan’s plea to Xavier is to found the X-Men, starting with the trio that builds the core cinematic team: Jean Grey, Cyclops and Storm. With the amount of intelligence between Beast and Xavier, it’s safe to assume that Cerebro is completely operational and has aided them on their global search for the new Children of the Atom.
James McAvoy and Nicolas Hoult have both been confirmed to return for Apocalypse. As Fox works on rebuilding the X-verse, it’s been clear that these two, along with Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence, are the new anchors of the franchise until the core trilogy is re-established. Which works quite well, an older Beast and Professor X teaching three young yet powerful mutants the ropes could be a heck of a lot better than the first stages of the Danger Room sequence we saw in First Class. In short, these two are the foundation of the X-Men to come, and surely this is a good thing.
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