'X-Men: Apocalypse': Why fans are also talking about this 'X-Men' film
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
The newest entry in the 鈥淴-Men鈥� series, 鈥淴-Men: Apocalyse,鈥� will arrive in theaters later this month, but some are already looking ahead to a future, possibly more-violent-than-usual 鈥淴-Men鈥� film.
鈥淎pocalypse鈥� will be released on May 27 and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and Oscar Isaac. Since the 2011 movie 鈥淴-Men: First Class,鈥� which kicked off a prequel series, the series has brought on more and more new actors to play these younger versions of 鈥淴-Men鈥� characters. 鈥淎pocalypse鈥� introduces new players such as Sophie Turner, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Alexandra Shipp as young versions of Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, and Storm, respectively.聽
The story centers on how the characters deal with the villain Apocalypse (Mr. Isaac), who recruits characters such as Magneto (Mr. Fassbender) and Storm to his cause.聽
The movie arrives following the success of 鈥淔irst Class鈥� and the 2014 movie 鈥淴-Men: Days of Future Past.鈥�
However, another 鈥淴-Men鈥� movie is also currently making news. Producer Simon Kinberg recently discussed an upcoming 鈥淴-Men鈥� film based around the character Wolverine, who is played by Hugh Jackman. Unlike past 鈥淴-Men鈥� installments 鈥� and most superhero movies 鈥� Mr. Kinberg says the upcoming movie will be rated R.
鈥淚t is an R-rated movie,鈥� he said in an interview with . 鈥淚t鈥檚 violent. It鈥檚 kind of like a Western in its tone.鈥澛�
Traditional wisdom holds that blockbusters, a category which usually includes superhero films, would try to be rated PG-13. As聽 noted in 2013, 鈥淭he biggest box-office money-makers, like 鈥業ron Man 3鈥� or 鈥楾he Hunger Games: Catching Fire,鈥� are purposefully PG-13 to connect all 鈥榝our quadrants鈥� 鈥� both young and old, and men and women. If a film is rated R, you鈥檙e eliminating the young crowd (mischievous teen theater-hoppers notwithstanding).鈥澛�
The superhero film 鈥淒eadpool,鈥� which was released earlier this year, defied that logic, with the R-rated movie becoming the highest-grossing movie of the year domestically so far.聽
Reports say the studio behind the 鈥淲olverine鈥� film was already thinking about an R rating. 鈥淸Hugh Jackman] always intended to up the intensity factor in his final turn as Wolverine, even before the stunning box-office performance of the R-rated 'Deadpool,鈥欌�� 飞谤辞迟别.听
But the success of 鈥淒eadpool鈥� likely didn't discourage this thinking. 聽
