X-Men: Apocalypse - May 27, 2016

[Niltusk]

The only thing I remember this dude from is him and Renner meeting up in the cabin in the last Bourne flick, so I don't have much to go by.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Watch Drive. Savage film.

 

[GasparZizou]

Oscar Isaac, I'm intrigued, the dude is a terrific actor.

 

[SNIKT1950]

Great casting choice. The guy's a fantastic actor. He'll probably get an Oscar Nomination for A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

 

[nexus]

I think it's a good choice. He could be like Xerxes in the 300 mutating from a normal Middle Eastern human to a giant with blue skin a wacky mouth, red eyes and armor. Then he can become technorganic in the modern era.

I'm more interested in the casting of Cyclops, Jean, and Storm. Quicksilver is already confirmed to return. I really hope they do Warren Worthington Angel (later transformed into Archangel) and are able to throw in some more ringers like Iceman, Polaris, Psylocke and Nightcrawler. Depending on Cyclops's relationship to Havok (brother, son, nephew), maybe they can even bring that character back or have a second version. Since everything was essentially retconned to flush the Ratner version they can bend the rules a little more to fill out the roster. I am dreading Channing Tatum as Gambit.

 

[jye4ever]

I guess were getting a modernized, no giant blue guy with a giant "A" belt buckle version.

 

[jye4ever]

Published November 24, 2014 by Devin Faraci
Oscar Isaac Is Apocalypse In X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Llewyn Davis hates the X-Men.


One thing I'll say for X-Men: Apocalypse, sight unseen - it'll have a great cast. The returning Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence are being joined by Oscar Isaac, who will play Apocalypse, one of the most boring villains in the history of the X-Men.

It's hard for me to explain it to certain people, people who grew up on the cartoon and stuff, but trust me when I tell you that Apocalypse is a bad, bad character. Because he isn't a character. He's a plot device with tubes on his arms. The X-Men comics were soap opera, where relationships and ideas motivated everything (which is why the Professor X/Magneto duology remains such fertile storytelling ground), but Apocalypse isn't really motivated by anything but action. Later stories have retconned him in big ways, attempting to weave him into the universe of the X-Men better, but in the end he's just a story device, not a real character.

Which is why I'm hoping Oscar Isaac joining the film means Simon Kinberg's script does something with the character. Isaac is in a good place right now, and while A Most Violent Year probably won't get him an Oscar nomination it's certainly placed him in the path of one in the future. He has the Star Wars saga in his back pocket, and he's turned down Marvel Studios for the Doctor Strange role, so he's not hurting for work. He must have seen something in this script that he can work with.

Hopefully he won't be just mocapping a ridiculous purple guy with lines on his face. I'd like to see Apocalypse totally redefined for this movie, made into a character who means something and maybe even is fun as a character, not just as a Boss Villain.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

Oscar Isaac just got cast as Apocalypse!

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’: Oscar Isaac Nabs Villain Role | Variety

Great Actor. Interesting pick

 

[SNIKT1950]

I think it's a good choice. He could be like Xerxes in the 300 mutating from a normal Middle Eastern human to a giant with blue skin a wacky mouth, red eyes and armor. Then he can become technorganic in the modern era.

I'm more interested in the casting of Cyclops, Jean, and Storm. Quicksilver is already confirmed to return. I really hope they do Warren Worthington Angel (later transformed into Archangel) and are able to throw in some more ringers like Iceman, Polaris, Psylocke and Nightcrawler. Depending on Cyclops's relationship to Havok (brother, son, nephew), maybe they can even bring that character back or have a second version. Since everything was essentially retconned to flush the Ratner version they can bend the rules a little more to fill out the roster. I am dreading Channing Tatum as Gambit.

Tatum's actually become a really good actor. He'll be up for an Oscar for FOXCATCHER.

 

[karamazov80]

he's turned down Marvel Studios for the Doctor Strange role, so he's not hurting for work. He must have seen something in this script that he can work with.

I wouldn't be surprised if Marvel Studios doesn't even have a script for Strange at this point.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

I think it's a good choice. He could be like Xerxes in the 300 mutating from a normal Middle Eastern human to a giant with blue skin a wacky mouth, red eyes and armor. Then he can become technorganic in the modern era..

Ideally in the past he'll be standard the In the future he's bigger and bulkier via CGI

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I think it's a good choice. He could be like Xerxes in the 300 mutating from a normal Middle Eastern human to a giant with blue skin a wacky mouth, red eyes and armor. Then he can become technorganic in the modern era..

Well, he always had the grey skin and blue lips, and I think his ability to change size is part of his mutation, so really, all they have to do is paint the guy grey and blue. I would give him black eyes with no pupils, like an alien.

 

[Brainiac]

Well, he always had the grey skin and blue lips, and I think his ability to change size is part of his mutation, so really, all they have to do is paint the guy grey and blue. I would give him black eyes with no pupils, like an alien.

good idea specifically the eyes I would do that too

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

Instagram

Pretty cool ^

 

[jye4ever]

I don't know why, but these 2 seem like they go together.

 

[pturtle]

X-MEN: Oscar Isaac On Humanizing 'Apocalypse'; Possible 'Archangel' Appearance

"In the early conversations we talked a lot about that [Apocalypse's distinct point of view and agenda]. Of course, you read the comic book, and [Apocalypse is] not so shaded with gray -- except his face. [Laughs] That's the only thing gray about him. Just as Bryan's done with the other films, I think he seeks to find something a little more interesting than the archetypal aspects of the characters, which work really well in print, but for a film I think you want to see a bit more of the -- for lack of a better word -- humanity in [Apocalypse]; because ultimately this is a story about humans. It's just different symbols for different things that we feel, so with this character I am incredibly interested in the challenge of finding someone that's psychologically interesting and compelling, and actually the spiritual aspects of the character."

Most X-Men readers will know that by far the most popular story arc featuring Apocalypse deals with the ancient mutant transforming Warren Worthington III, aka Angel, aka Archangel, into Death -- one of his four horsemen. It's something fans would go crazy to see on film, but the problem is the Angel character doesn't actually exist in the new movie timeline...yet anyway. Worthington was played by Ben Foster in X-Men: The Last Stand however, and since Singer brought back Ellen Page's Kitty Pryde for Days Of Future Past is there any chance he'd do the same with Foster? Isaac doesn't know, but it definitely seems like something he'd like to see happen. "He's a great actor," he tells the site when quizzed about Foster's possible return. "I don't really know how they're going to put all that together or exactly what characters, or how that's going to work. But I know Angel and Archangel in particular were some of my favorite characters in that storyline. That was such a cool and dark storyline. I think that would be a cool thing to see on film." Is that something you'd like to see? Or would you prefer a new actor in the role? Much more at the link below.

He will probably be too you to be Archangel in this, so I doubt it.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I hate when actors try to get all philosophical and **** about their movie and character. It's like dude, you're playing a 12 foot grey and blue mutant...enough with the humanity crap. Just give us a bad ass villain who likes being bad because he can and no one can do crap about it.

 

[jye4ever]

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[Sachiel]

 

[DiFabio]