Now that I have finally watched the DOFP, I have a theoretical plan of how the next batch of X films should play out. See the Avengers pretty much nailed the solo movies leading up to a massive team up mega movie. DC is for better or worse doing the opposite which is a risky move but that’s not what I want to talk about. See X-Men has the potential to be uniquely different, with most the core characters already established it doesn’t need introductory movies, but can gradually introduce them as time (or movies go on) like it has been doing.
The next instalment will be focussed on Apocalypse as the subtitle says, so why not use the formula the sage used. For the uninitiated the sage really started with the death of Prof X. Then all books seized production and only one book called X-Men Alpha was published. This was a bit larger than most books and stage the stage for things to come. Then the following months the books returned but where renamed. X Factor became Factor X, Cable was now X Man, Excalibre became X calibre and so on. Alpha basically segments the X-Men into various teams to repair time and save the original timeline. Then it all ends in X-Men Omega, which again is solo book and once again all books seize and it all ends in one huge team up escapade.
That is just the highlight of what happens, but if we translate that to movies we can position X-Men:Apocalyspe as the Alpha movie, setting the core villain and his reasons etc. This movie should leave the heroes shattered with almost all hope lost. The X mansion should be virtually destroyed. A few heroes defected to the dark side. Beast, Cyclops, Havok and Angel. Thus setting up the stage for Dark Beast, the Summers rivalry and the Archangel of Death. Prof should die ( yes again) this pushes Magneto to step up to be the hero we all need him to be. Patrick Stewart can stick around and do narration .
The “solo” movies should be the following:
X-Force (this has been confirmed more or less) focusing on a team prepped by Logan but he should only be in it in the beginning, he more or less brings a new team together for a mission. The team should comprise of Deadpool (the proper one), Victor Creed, the banter between these 2 could be fun, Blink, Sunspot and maybe Psylocke. They could be charged with finding a lost Mystique. Who may be held up at a sentinel factory. This could help usher in Deadpool a little better as he can go ape sh!t combat crazy on the sentinels without blood shed.
Wolverine should follow the aftermath of Scotts betrayal, one that is not fully inderstood. Sinister could feature here as the villain. With Logan and Jean tracking an evil Scott, we can see the Summers brother working with Sinister who actually has been preparing for this for decades and has them under mind control. Dark Beast could also feature here. Cyclops and Wolverine can be pitched against each other in an epic battle that leaves us with our favourite one handed mutant and a truer than one eyed Cyclops. This was never shown even in the comics and will make us fans loose our minds. The Movie shoud end with Scott returning to the good guys. Havok mind control gone but still evil. Sinister escaping and Dark Beast being split in 2. Good and bad with Hoult playing the good and grammer the Dark Beast. The movie can touch on the importance of Scott and his leadership skills and how Logan has come to respect the man he use to mock. It will also have moments that test Logan and Jean I their time together alone, but shows growth in Logan.
Gambit (or maybe Generation X) should be Magneto recruiting Gambit as thief to steal tech that he need t build a time machine. Given to a lead a team of Nightcrawler, Rogue, Morph and Colossus. Remy being in it simply for the pay cheque, but Kurt helps bring out the hero inside. Adding Rogue to the mix well no explanation needed why Gambit and Rogue need some on screen time together. Morph can bring some nice CGI with his different to Ravens morphing skills and his comedic aspects could be entertaining.
X Men should be heavily focused on damage control and taking out at least one major horseman, maybe Holocaust. It should comprise of Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Magneto, Iceman, Shadowcat, Storm, Bishop. Magneto will be trying to save humans in order to gain the alliance of humans. A nice plot twist to his past endeavours which gives us the opportunity to explore the other side of Erik, the man he would have been if not for his tragic past.
Cable is a character that has to be in this but I can’t see hum carrying a movie just yet and so should be in all of them in small doses or only added to X Force. Being from the future he knows what must be done but if we can couple him properly with Wade that could work well. Not sure yet, haven’t need some help on that.
There could also be a movie documenting the villain side of things as this time around that cast could get very large, with leader Apocalypse surrounded by his Horsemen, Mr Sinister (war) Archangel (death) Holocaust ( Famine) and ?????? ( Pestilence ) I know I will get a lot of flack for Holocaust as famine but my version he was a power draining mutant before his suit.
My work or plans may need a lot of fine tuning but I still stand firmly by how the layout should go, and once all the above have been made we can end it all in X-Men: Omega…. Or what ever title. Magneto facing of against Apocalypse. That would be epic. Beast against Dark Beast. Havok vs Cyclops.
Anyways…. That’s how I would do it….