{"id":35113,"date":"2014-11-24T18:13:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T23:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=35113"},"modified":"2014-11-24T18:13:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T23:13:27","slug":"oscar-isaac-lands-titular-villain-role-for-x-men-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/24\/oscar-isaac-lands-titular-villain-role-for-x-men-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Isaac Lands Titular Villain Role For X-MEN: APOCALYPSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/oscar-isaac.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/oscar-isaac-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"oscar-isaac\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director Bryan Singer has found who will embody the titular villain for the next installment of the <strong>X-Men<\/strong> fanchise, <strong>X-Men: Apocalypse<\/strong> &#8211; Oscar Isaac.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2014\/film\/news\/oscar-isaac-x-men-apocalypse-casting-1201342774\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a>, Isaac was an early contender for the role and the yardstick which Singer seems to have measured other actors up for the role against.<\/p>\n<p>Isaac will be joining returning <strong>X-Men<\/strong> franchise stars Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult and possibly Hugh Jackman for the film.<\/p>\n<p>As the last <strong>X-Men<\/strong> film <strong>Days Of Future Past<\/strong> did in relation to its predecessor, <strong>Apocalypse<\/strong> will jump a decade forward from <strong>Days Of Future Past<\/strong>&#8216;s 1970s setting into the `80s. Variety also quoted Singer as stating that the film&#8217;s level of destruction will live up to the villain&#8217;s name &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Apocalypse<\/strong> will have more of the mass destruction that <strong>X-Men<\/strong> films, to date, have not relied upon. There\u2019s definitely now a character and a story that allow room for that kind of spectacle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This will be the second big franchise role for Isaac following his breakout performance in last year&#8217;s <strong>Inside Llewyn Davis<\/strong>. He recently wrapped shooting for an unspecified supporting role in <strong>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Cameras are expected to role on <strong>X-Men: Apocalypse<\/strong> in Spring 2015 for a May 27, 2016 release.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the the post-credit scene from <strong>Days Of Future Past<\/strong> that teased the upcoming appearance of Apocalypse.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LhiqQy5M9mk\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The actor adds another franchise to his resume.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/24\/oscar-isaac-lands-titular-villain-role-for-x-men-apocalypse\/\" title=\"Oscar Isaac Lands Titular Villain Role For X-MEN: APOCALYPSE\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[2762,6886],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-oscar-isaac","8":"tag-x-men-apocalypse"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35113"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=35113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}