During an interview with Latino Review, X-Men screenwriter Simon Kinberg talked a little bit about what is coming for X-Men: Apocalypse, including some details about the Four Horsemen, as well as the status of Channing Tatum‘s Gambit.

The writer was asked if he sees the X-Men franchise as being a single narrative like Marvel Studios’ different phases, and this was how he answered:

“We think about these X-Men movies as spread over – X-Men: First Class, Days of Future Past to Apocalypse was imagined as a trilogy for us. It’s the Origin stories in some ways of Charles, Raven, Hank and Eric and we will be settling things up in Apocalypse that will be generating new stories. We look at it globally as to where to mutants fit into the world. That’s why we jump from the 60’s to the 70’s and now the 80’s. We really want to be able to track the progression of the world and where do mutants fit in that world. It’s a pretty radical thing to do in any movie but certainly in a superhero franchise where you are jumping a decade each time you make a film. The reason that it is globally is that we wanted to be able to track the impact of mutants and the emergence of mutants into the world. Personally, we are very clear from the beginning as to how Charles, Eric and Raven especially dovetail, duck and weave in and out of each others lives. We were building, in some ways, a trilogy that is a story of three people; a brother, a little sister and another man who comes, in some ways, as a brother and how that sister leaves with the new brother. The war for that [sister’s] soul between these two men defines First Class, Days of Future Past and Apocalypse . That’s a larger story we are telling even though each of those films is its own coherent and complete film. You can look at the arc of those three characters almost like a television show arcing over three complete episodes.”

Kinberg goes on to say that it will “take advantage of the historical context of the 80s.” They are covering a lot of historical ground here with these movies. It will be interesting to see what aspects of history they pull from that era to implement into the story they are going to tell. He was then asked about Tatum playing Gambit and if he’ll be introduced in a team movie before getting his own solo movie or vice versa.

“I genuinely don’t know the answer to that question. It’s something we are all talking about whether it would be good for Gambit to be in a mainline X-Men movie or he would be in his own stand-alone movie potentially one day to be able to be in another X-Men movie after his Gambit movie introduces him. I really don’t know the answer. I don’t think there is a hard and fast rule which way is better. I think both ways have worked and I think actually the real question will be is there a role that is strong and specific enough for Gambit in a mainline X-Men movie whether it be Apocalypse or [a] future X-Men movie that would be the right way to introduce the character. You don’t want to stick characters in these movies and manufacture something for them to do. You want the movie to tell you that it needs another character or ideally it needs this specific character.”

As for the Four Horsemen in X-Men: Apocalypse, he was coaxed into giving a little bit of info saying:

“I will tell you this and obviously there are a lot of different versions of the [Horsemen] 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 [Horsemen] was something that we, Bryan and myself took very, very seriously and did only after an exhaustive review of all the different [Horsemen], both in the comics and the cartoons who have at one point or another fallen under Apocalypse.”

well its a  while till both will be  made  but  what are your thoughts on this?

Andy Serkis is set to co-star in Star Wars: Epsiode VII and Avengers: Age of Ultron. During a recent interview with The Daily Beast, Serkis talked about his role in Age of Ultron and educating Mark Ruffalo and Joss Whedon in the art of performance capture:

“The difference for Mark [Ruffalo] this time around is that the Imaginarium, which is our performance-capture studio in London that’s providing all the performance capture for the Avengers movie, is providing education.  Previously, he would’ve walked onto a set and you’ve got Thor and all the other characters in their costumes looking magnificent, and then you’d have Mark in a grey motion-capture suit playing this enormous character, so it’s about giving the actor the right atmosphere and credibility for the performance, which we did in a number of ways. We had to educate the director that the actor owns the role, and what you get on the set is what you should be aiming to put into your cut as the final performance—with the rendering coming later on.”

Serkis went into a little more detail on how they brought the Hulk to life on the set of the film, saying:

“Also, we worked with Mark in really grounding him and playing with the digital avatar before going on set so he could see himself as the Hulk before going onscreen, and we put weights and inhibitors on him to give him the sense that his arms were these big, giant wrecking balls, and so that his biceps wouldn’t intersect with his body. We equipped him. We also gave him a sound system and pitch-modulated his voice so you could hear the enormous Hulk roar coming out of these speakers, so the crew would go, ‘Jesus! That’s Hulk on set!’ It gives Mark the sense of feeling better, and if he feels better, then he’ll be more comfortable in the performance.”

At one point in the interview he was asked if he would be playing Thanos on the set, who is being voiced by Josh Brolin. This was his reply:

“Um…I’d have to deny that character at this point. But I am playing a character. I was really thrilled that Whedon asked me to be involved. It’s fantastic. I’ve had a ball working with them, both as performance capture consultant through the Imaginarium, but also being asked to be in it. I can’t say anything more!”

what are your thoughts on this we  want to know!

Marvel just released an incredibly awesome new extended trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s packed full with never-before-seen footage that you’re going to love. This flick looks so freakin’ badass. I’ve also included a collection of 18 photos that were also released.

17 minutes of the film was recently screened tonight, and I’ve been seeing a ton of people raving about it on Twitter. Marvel has another big winner on their hands. The movie comes out on August 1st, and I couldn’t be more stoked!

what do u think of the new trailer? we want to know!

X-Men: Days of Future Past producer Lauren Shuler Donner has confirmed via Twitter that an extended director’s cut of the film will be coming to Blu-ray later this year.

She also confirmed that some of the scenes that will be included in the cut will involve Anna Paquin‘s Rogue. Awhile back director Bryan Singer said the scenes she was in ended up on the cutting room floor.

Those scenes were said to include an entire action sequence in which Iceman, Magneto, and Professor X rescue Rogue from the sentinels. In another part of the movie she uses her powers to help keep Wolverine’s mind in his younger body after he inadvertently injures Kitty. Other scenes that will most likely be included are other scenes with Mystique interacting with Beast and Wolverine, which is something we saw in the trailers for the movie.

I know i am excited to see the extra footage  what are your thoughts on this?