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X-Men: Apocalypse – Bryan Singer Teases Longer Runtime

By Steve Lam

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Variety was at the San Pedro International Film Festival where X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer took to the stage to reflect back on his big-break film The Usual Suspects.  In a brief mention about his latest project — X-Men: Apocalypse — Singer talked about the reasons for the film’s longer runtime.

"Usually they’re about two hours, but I might let this one be longer … There’s even an homage at the end — it’s going to get spoiled because they decided to use it in the trailer, which comes out in, like, six months — but it’s kind of a wrap-up of the six movies."

Check out the 3-minute 54-second video segment for his full explanation:

Longer runtime?  Sounds good to me.  I’m all about epic filmmaking.  I know some people beg to differ because they just want to get in and get out of the theater, but a film is supposed to be enjoyed.  And when you have a great filmmaker like Bryan Singer, a shorter film would go by in a flash.  If he needs the extra minutes to properly finish his narrative, then by all means, let the man take his time.

Official Synopsis: Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with X-Men: Apocalypse, opening in theaters everywhere May 27, 2016. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.

X-Men: Apocalypse has a planned release date of May 27, 2016 and will be directed by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg, Dan Harris, and Michael Dougherty, and will star James McAvoy as Charles Xavier / Professor X, Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellan as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkhölme, Nicholas Hout as Hank McCoy / Beast, Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver, Oscar Isaac as En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse, Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe / Storm, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers / Cyclops, Rose Burne as Moira MacTaggert, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler, Lana Condor as Jubilation Lee, Ben Hardy as Warren Worthington III / Angel, Olivia Munn as Betsy Braddock / Psylocke, and Lucas Till as Alex Summers / Havok.

Next: Rumor: X-Men: Apocalypse trailer on the horizon

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