One aspect that Fox has been shying away from in regards to their X-Men franchise is space travel, something which has been prevalent in the comics over the years – although that may all be about to change:
While on the set of the latest film X-Men: Apocalypse, ScreenRant caught up with the film’s director, Bryan Singer who revealed some information on the titular villain’s origin, including a hint at some extra-terrestrial origins. He told the website:
“The way I describe him the most, the best is he to me is the God of the Old Testament and all that comes with that. If there isn’t the order and the worship then I’ll open up the Earth and swallow you whole, and that was the God of the Old Testament. I started from there and when Oscar and I met we began discussing, since he isn’t really God, he’s the first mutant perhaps, but he’s not god necessarily, he’s imbued with certain unique powers. Some of them may or may not be from this Earth, we don’t know.”
It’s the use of the term ‘Not of this earth’ that has many fans excited, especially given how the inclusion of space opens up a lot of options for future stories, including a more accurate Phoenix story, something which Singer also commented on:
“The full Phoenix story, I have no idea. I would have to re-explore that. If it’s already been explored, to re-explore and retell it. Plus the Phoenix story in the comic book has the Shi’ar Empire and the moon.”
Before going on to discuss the Celestials:
“With that you never know, but as far as the idea of that brewing within her, without giving anything away say absolutely that interests me and you may find a piece of that in this film.”
He does go onto express his interest in directing a cosmic based film, possibly after stepping away from the franchise for a while, similar to what happened with First Class:
“I could see myself coming back around and finding myself in space with a bunch of mutants on a mission, in that environment. Perhaps not the same tonal quality of James Gunn, but doing something outside of what I’ve done before that somebody else helped me lay the groundwork for. So I might be returning to X-Men but it might be a whole different thing, and that could be appealing.”
It would definitely be an interesting change for the franchise, and given Marvel’s recent success into the cosmic universe with Guardians of the Galaxy it’s definitely something which Fox should consider.
Source: ScreenRant
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