Though production on the new film doesn’t kick off until April, avowed social media fan Bryan Singer is keeping the world up to date about the early progress on X-Men: Apocalypse. His latest offering, sent online via his Instagram account, is a look at some production concept art from the movie.
[Some production art. #XmenApocalypse #GrantMajor I was a little busy but will continue to snap more.](https://instagram.com/p/zLKm8cRD_A/)
A photo posted by Bryan Singer (@bryanjaysinger) on Feb 16, 2015 at 11:52am PST
Crafted by the film’s production designer, Lord Of The Rings veteran Grant Major, the image is a tantalising look at what could be a pivotal moment for Oscar Isaac’s titular threat, appearing to show En Sabah Nur on the precipice of becoming Apocalypse. Of course, we’ll have to wait for trailers or the movie itself to see how that actually plays out compared to his comic book origin.
With a script from **Days Of Future Past’**s Simon Kinberg plus Singer and old collaborators Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris, Apocalypse is set in the 1980s and finds Xavier (James McAvoy), Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) facing off against massively powerful mutant Apocalypse alongside younger versions of Jean Grey, Scott “Cyclops” Summers and Ororo “Storm” Munroe, to be played by Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan and Alexandra Shipp respectively.
Rose Byrne is back as Moira MacTaggert, and there will be appearances from Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and, reportedly, the older Magneto, played as usual by Ian McKellen. X-Men: Apocalypse will be out here on May 19, 2016 and we can expect to see more images from shutterbug Singer as the film progresses.