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SDCC: briefest snippet of Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse

July 12th, 2015 by Dave Bowling Comments

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Okay, it’s low quality. It’s shot on a mobile phone, at a weird angle and only takes up about 5% of the screen.

But merciful Odin, while you still can, check this out!

Apocalypse! Yes, the mutant-god of destruction himself has appeared in a very brief snippet of the trailer for the upcoming X-Men movie. And let’s face it, he looks freaking awesome. Yes, we know Oscar Isaac isn’t eight foot tall. But then, lots of people said that Hugh Jackman was too tall to play Wolverine. Trust Bryan Singer on this, we get the feeling Isaac is going to own this role.

X-Men: Apocalypse is scheduled for release on 27 May 2016.

Dave was born at an early age to parents of both sexes. He has been a self-confessed geek for as long as he can remember, having been raised through the 80s on a steady diet of Doctor Who, Star Trek, Red Dwarf and (sigh) Knight Rider. Throw the usual assortment of Saturday morning cartoons into the mix and we have something quite exceptional: someone with an encyclopaedic knowledge of utter tosh; a love of giant robots and spaceships fighting; and the strange desire to leap tall buildings in a single bound while wearing his underpants over his trousers. The death ray is currently in the works and one day you shall all bow to him, his giant space station and fleet of funky orange space shuttles...