In 1983, Alex Summers takes his brother Scott to Professor Charles Xavier's educational institute, hoping that Xavier and Hank McCoy will teach him to control his mutation for shooting optic beams. In the process his followers are killed and he is entombed alive. Following a ceremony in which his consciousness is transferred into another man’s body in order to gain his healing factor, he and his four followers are ambushed.

In 3600 B.C., the aged but powerful mutant En Sabah Nur rules ancient Egypt. A sequel, titled Dark Phoenix, was released on June 7, 2019. The film received mixed reviews, with critics praising its themes and acting performances, while criticizing its overloaded action and the portrayal of Apocalypse. X-Men: Apocalypse premiered in London on May 9, 2016, and was released in the United States on in 3D and 2D, and in IMAX 3D in select international markets. Casting began in October 2014, while principal photography commenced in April 2015 in Montreal and ended in August of the same year. The film was announced by Singer in December 2013, with Kinberg, Dougherty, and Harris attached to develop the story. In the film, the ancient mutant En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse is inadvertently revived in 1983, and he plans to wipe out modern civilization and take over the world, leading the X-Men to try to stop him and defeat his team of mutants. It is the sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, and Lucas Till.

It is the sixth mainline installment in the X-Men film series and the ninth installment overall. The film is based on the fictional X-Men characters that appear in Marvel Comics. X-Men: Apocalypse is a 2016 American superhero film directed and produced by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg from a story by Singer, Kinberg, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris.

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