New X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Concept Art Features A Much More Comic-Accurate Look For En Sabah Nur

New X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Concept Art Features A Much More Comic-Accurate Look For En Sabah Nur

We saw alternate designs for Cyclops and Mystique earlier, and now take a look at some early concept art for the titular villain of Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse. You're gonna wish they went with this!

By MarkCassidy - Jun 23, 2016 04:06 PM EST
Filed Under: X-Men: Apocalypse
Source: Artstation.com


Though the final look of Oscar Isaac's En Sabah Nur in X-Men: Apocalypse actually turned out fine (obviously that's a matter of opinion), the initial images that were released of the character met with some pretty strong backlash. Well, this latest concept artwork from Jerad Marantz depicts an incarnation of the First Mutant that's much more in line with how he appears in the comics.

Marantz doesn't give any indication of how close his design came to being used for the actual movie, but there are probably quite a few fans that wish it had been.






Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.

X-Men: Apocalypse is still showing in theaters.
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MarkJulian
MarkJulian - 6/23/2016, 10:43 AM
They had that and went with the other look...?
Humperdink
Humperdink - 6/23/2016, 4:50 PM
@MarkJulian - Singer had this on the table and chose that other look?!

SaiyanGodGoku
SaiyanGodGoku - 6/23/2016, 5:05 PM
HOW ABOUT USING THE COMIC BOOK VERSION, IM SO SICK OF THIS BASTARD SINGER MAKING SHIT CHOICES THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS. ANYONE CAN GOOGLE APOCALYPSE AND SEE HOW HE SHOULD LOOK. [frick] YOU FOX [frick] YOU SINGER AND [frick] YOU VEGAN FOOD OPTIONS!!! GOKU OUT!!!
Franshu
Franshu - 6/23/2016, 5:51 PM
@MarkJulian - I actually like the movie look better. Please don't hit me.
KelvTwelve
KelvTwelve - 6/23/2016, 6:47 PM
@SaiyanGodGoku - Tbh, Apocalypse had a lot of problems and Singer has a really bad history of screwing over the comic book look for something he thinks is "more fashionable." The costumes at the end of the movie felt less like him embracing the comics but him "giving us what the fans want" in spite. Because they were terrible. They looked uncomfortable, they looked nonfunctional, and were just really really clunky.

HOWEVER, one of the decisions I thought worked in Apocalypse was making Apocalypse more mutant than god. If they had gone comic book accurate, we would've gotten someone who looks like a Thanos or Darkseid copy. Instead we got an honestly more creative design grounded in prosthetics than CGI. The more Egyptian driven concept is a move I applause and I think Apocalypse was a relatively well done villain (better than Ultron and Doomsday that's for sure).
paulyd3
paulyd3 - 6/23/2016, 7:24 PM
@SaiyanGodGoku - thank you please add wolverine and the rest of the x-men to that list.
SorceresSupreme
SorceresSupreme - 6/23/2016, 4:41 PM
Looks worse.
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