"X-Men: Apocalypse" director Bryan Singer is a big fan of "Game of Thrones" and he's seeing parallels between his movie and the hit HBO TV series. And no, it's not just because Sophie Turner is in both.
In an interview with Yahoo Movies, Singer said that there's a crossover between the two as they both feature a younger generation learning who they are and where they belong, coming to grips with the power they posses.
"I like how the show's about different groups of people moving towards a common goal. They don't even know if that's the right goal ... But for some reason they want that power," he said.
The first trailer for "X-Men: Apocalypse" dropped sometime early December 2015 and we got to catch a glimpse of Apocalypse, looking every bit more of a villain compared to the first look we got earlier in 2015, as well as a new team of X-Men featuring Cyclops, Nightcrawler and Jean Grey.
Typically, an "X-Men" movie will have you pitting humans against mutants. In "Apocalypse," humans and mutants must work together to defeat Apocalypse, an adversary from the ancient times who believes himself to be a god. And to him, it does not matter if an individual is human or mutant because he cares more about the distinction between the weak and the strong. (Take a wild guess which side favors.)
As the end of three stories (the first X-Men movie came out in 2000), "X-Men: Apocalypse" will undoubtedly have emotions running high but these will revolve around darker themes like death, revenge and torture.
"X-Men: Apocalypse" will star James McAvoy as Professor Xavier, Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Evan Peters as Quicksilver, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nightcrawler, Alexandra Shipp as Storm, Lucas Till as Havok, Olivia Munn as Psylocke, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert and Josh Helman as William Stryker.
It is due for release on May 27, 2016.
