Via his Twitter stream, X-MEN: APOCALYPSE co-writer/producer Simon Kinberg has revealed that today marks the first day of shooting on the May 27, 2016 release.
Day 1 of the Apocalypse.... Back to the 80s.... pic.twitter.com/0ecjnXX23l
— Simon Kinberg (@Kinberg) April 27, 2015
Notably, RotJ opened on May 25 back in 1983. APOCALYPSE opens almost exactly 33 years later (off by a couple of days).
Concurrently, helmer Bryan Singer Tweeted/Instagrammed an image of Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler in the film. The image URL Singer linked out to appears to be offline for some reason, but here's the pic all the same…
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