Writer Simon Kinberg teased details regarding FOX’s upcoming production “X-Men: Apocalypse.”
During an interview with Latino Review, Kinberg remained coy about dishing details but claims the production would like to tie historical events into the upcoming “X-Men” movie.
“I don’t want to get to specific,” Kinberg said. “We love the alternate history thing. It started in ‘First Class’ with the Cuban Missile Crisis. It’s something that we picked up on with the JFK back-story for ‘Days of Future Past.’ It’s something as a writer that I’ve always loved and I know it’s something Lauren Shuler Donner, the other producer and Bryan Singer loves. So, we will take advantage of the historical context of the 80’s.”
The Latino Review attempted to get information about the identity of the “Apocalypse” Four Horseman from Kinberg through a drinking game, but the writer couldn’t confirm any details.
“I don’t want you chugging beers on my behalf and I can’t tell you if you are right or wrong anyway,” Kinberg said. “But, I will tell you this and obviously there are a lot of different versions of the Horseman over the books, and this will not reveal any of the identities so I apologize in advance.
“I will let you know that our choosing of the Horseman was something that we, Bryan and myself took very, very seriously and did only after an exhaustive review of all the different Horseman, both in the comics and the cartoons who have at one point or another fallen under Apocalypse.”
However, Kinberg did comment on the possibility of an “X-Men” and “Fantastic Four” cross over film in the future.
“I would love to see the X-Men and Fantastic Four team up if only because I’m a fan and certainly it’s something we’ve thought about and talked about. The challenge is that they essentially live in different universes,” Kinberg said.
“X-Men: Apocalypse” will be released to theaters on May 27, 2016.
