Brian Singer and Simon Kinberg Discuss Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse

You’ve seen all 25 magazine cover character reveals, and you’ve seen the latest official screenshots. Now you can hear about X-Men: Days of Future Past straight from the mouths of director Bryan Singer and writer Simon Kinberg. The two also opened up about their next X-Men film, X-Men: Apocalypse, which is based on the Age of Apocalypse storyline from the comics.

The interview appears in the new issue of Empire, but Coming Soon has posted some of the Q&A. A few questions kind of answer themselves. (Was anyone really confused about future Wolverine having metal claws? Like there isn’t a main character who possesses atomic-level control of all metal?) Then there are questions about the future of the franchise, including the introduction of the ancient mutant known as Apocalypse, who will be the main villain in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse.

Said Singer, “What would people thousands of years ago, without the benefit of science, think mutants were? And more importantly, what would mutants thousands of years ago think they were? Gods? Titans? Angels? Demons? And if such mutants did exist thousands of years ago, what became of them? Did one survive?"

Singer notes that X-Men: Apocalypse will be more of a sequel to 2011’s X-Men: First Class, though the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past, which opens on May 23, lead into Apocalypse.  Though it’s impossible to be sure, it sounds like the old guard cast -- Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry and company -- are out of the picture for good.

In the interview Singer takes time to quash a rumor (again) that is so insane I can’t believe it's still kicking around. In case you were worried, rest easy: Magneto will NOT be taken over by an alien intelligence and somehow become Apocalypse. Crisis averted!

Empire’s print edition also contains some new screenshots from DoFP. One of those images merits special attention. It features Evan Peters’ Quicksilver on the left looking a little nonplussed. But who in the name of Stan Lee is that little kid sitting on his lap? Is it possible, however unlikely, that we’re looking at Scarlet Witch, a/k/a Wanda Maximoff?

Evan Peters as Quicksilver and...?

As we know from the comics, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are brother and sister, which certainly fits with the image above. The only flaw in that theory would be their age; in the comics the two are twins, fathered by none other than Magneto. If Scarlet Witch is indeed depicted as a child in the Fox-backed DoFP, it would be a huge departure from the Elizabeth Olsen version of the character that will appear in Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015.

What do you think? Is that pink princess costume looking a little scarlet, or is it just witch-ful thinking?

(Oh, come on. Witch-ful thinking was hilarious. You loved it.)

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