I always complain about superhero movies and how they’re oversaturating the market. I make an exception for one franchise though: the X-Men. Ever since they rebooted the franchise with X-Men: First Class, this franchise has been one of my favorites. To me, mutants are always going to be more compelling than Batman, Iron-Man, Captain America or whatever. I realize that I’m in a minority with that, and so be it. But I love Michael Fassbender as Young Magneto, I love James McAvoy as Young Charles Xavier, and many of the young actors filling these mutant roles are doing good work.

As for this rebooted franchise (which has deep connections to the original), this year’s film will probably be the last for this cast. Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy have all fulfilled their three-film contracts and I think all of them are eager to step away now. So… enjoy them in what will likely be their final outing. Here’s the latest trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse.

I like how Fassbender-heavy this one feels. Magneto is a great ambiguous villain/anti-hero, and I’m interested in seeing what happens in his scenes with Apocalypse. Oscar Isaac is Apocalypse, and something is bugging me… what are they doing to his voice? His real voice is lovely and deep, but they’re doing weird post-production work on it. Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) is the young Jean Grey, and J-Law returns as Mystique, obviously, and Nicholas Hoult returns as Beast. I liked Evan Peters’ version of Quicksilver (and Magneto is his daddy!), Rose Byrne returns as Moira and what else? I’m not looking forward to Olivia Munn’s Psylocke, but that’s just because Munn plucks my last nerve.

So, yeah. I’m into this. I’ll watch it in the theater.

Photos courtesy of Getty, production stills.