Sequels Ideas for the next trilogy (X4-6) - NOT spin-offs

[FieryBalrog]

the xmen just wouldn't be the same without the professor.

I dont think the Prof is truly essential as long as a replacement is there, the best replacement would be either Jean or Scott, traditionally the keepers of Xavier's dream from the comics.

They're getting along decently without the Prof in the comics right now.

 

[Matthias]

Well, it's more or less official that there will be more X movies as Donner, Penn, and Ratner have all made statements saying one way or another, that there'll be more. I'm very glad to here this and knew that X3 wasn't going to be the end. My statements in my initial post have been backed up by official sources (more or less) and it's good to hear from Donner that they planned on doing up to 9 or 10 X-men movies.

With that said, I would like some feedback on my new and improved story ideas from five posts back (#22). Please tell me what you think.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

hey dude, i love the "Beyond Good and Evil" story line i think that is not possible to be confined into one movie so here is a suggestion for your trilogy (which for the most part would be movies i would be interested in)

X4-Sinister, and the Hellfire club: i think that this could be an incredible epilouge for the pheonix story, and help to introduce cable (being he is one of the main characters in BGE) like the sinister take over of the savage land or something cool like that with sauron etc..

X5-Beyond Good and Evil pt 1: in this first one Bishop comes back in time to the present to stop the Mutant plague (made up by Creed i think, also could be the legacy virus maybe just as like a teaser) Cable, in his timeline goes to apacolypse nebecanezer chamber to kill him, where apacolypse steals his time travel device, and travels through time, simultaniously Bishop is going back to his future where apacolypse knocks him off course...the movie would end with like a battle with sinister and the mauraders and they capture jean...cable comes to the present, on greymalkin, to find xavier and takes him to the nebecanezer chamber where apacolypse sets a trape to take xavier, movie ends..

X6-Beyond Good and Evil pt. 2: Apacolypse has captured all of the most powerfull pyschics in the world, and also has been aided by some of the most powerful villans in the world (Sinister, Magneto) when Apacolypse capture xavier, Wolverine followed them through the time portal...the other xmen plus cable use greymalken and cerebro to locate where the professor is, and they use greymalkens time travel capabilities to take them there..where Magneto is planning to sabatoge Apacolypse, and a huge battle for the fate of mankind lays in the axsis of time

 

[DemonicAngel]

Just to start off this is assuming that cyclops does not bite the dust in x3 and the prof. does.

X4- Start off the next on with Sinister being the main bad guys with his whole gang and maybe add a few to it that have not been touched yet in the other movies even if they were not in the gang in the comics just so we can see some of our favorites. But this would be a good story line to give scott and jean their screen time and let wolverine take the backseat. What sinister plans to do I don't really care as long as it is not something corny and impossible (not that I believe in mutants but, you know) Throughout the whole movie lead the audience to believe that sinister is the leader of everything then at the end leave us hanging with sinister being beaten by the x-men but he escapes and we see him walking around in the dark and we hear this voice but we can't see anything, sinister is obviously terrified, the voice is telling him that he had failed and then we see a bright light and sinister screams and we catch a glimpse of apocalypse, credits!!!

X5- The X-men still don't know of Apocalypse, all they know is that something is up because all the mutant news on the tv and radio has stopped, it is almost like all the mutants have dissapeared and they are trying to figure out whats up. Meantime, Apocalypse wants to either kill Jean for her powers or turn her to his side, either or he doesn't really care. Jean wakes up in the middle of the night and scott is like, "WTF" and she knows something in going to happen. Then half the mansion and just completely demolished and everyone else in also now like "WTF" At first all we see 3 lights flying across the sky, then like 60 little nobody mutants come storming in. It is a huge battle bringing in even the students. Angel and Storm go flying up to see what is hovering above them then all we see is the X-Men staring up into the sky and seeing lightning and fire. Down comes storm but luckely wolverine runs and catchs her, i know, awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!! Angel is taken though and they all think it is over until something else comes down and knocks the crap out of jean and another that pics her up and takes her. Short version: X-men now angry, apocalypse happy, and cyclops weeping!!!!!! They all go after her and you all can imagine the rest. The main parts are Angels loses his wings and gets metal ones, I want Rogue to get her new powers her and have to deal with killing someone, preferably young, The end almost all the X-men are near death, Angel cam to his senses after storm kicked his ass but he is also down now with the rest of the team and Apocalypse thinks he has one, but oh no, Jean is severly p.o.ed!!!! Her eyes turn red and she start to hover and fire engulfs her from within. She flies at Apocalypse and without even trying takes him down. Scott looks up and sees Jean staring at him and she flies out of the building.

X6- I want to bring in the Hellfire Club and the Friends of Humanity. This one picks up like the next week. Jean is still missing, the X-Men are really beaten up, and once again cyclops will be weeping. Storm, the healthiest one, is watching the tele and hears about the Friends of Humanity and she decides to do some recon. She takes Kitty with her and they go to scope out the situation. While there they are seen and they are caught on video tape fighting off the humans. The escape but now the world is really pissed at them and the word is out that they work in a school. The school is on the brink of beaing closed because of the word getting out and yes, scott is still weeping. After a lot of the students leave even though they have no where else to go, the x-men are all alone when a beautiful woman comes in the door with white hair and clad all in white. She tells them that she is there to help them find Jean and that Jean and her were really close till a year ago, that is when she died, sort of. She tells them she is a mutant and that she is has the same powers as the prof. and is even as stong and that Jean contacted her the night before. The woman offers to help find jean and the others agree. Blah blah blah they find jean but the woman betrays them and in comes a group of a bunch of peoplewho kick the x-mens @$$ and they run off with jean. The fight though, since it was very big and loud catchs the attention of the friends of humanity who decide to follow the hellfire club and burn crosses on their yard and all that fun stuff. To stop ranting on, the x-men go after her and when they get there they go into the building and the FoH follow them and it is an all out war for Jean between these 3 groups, you all can imagine the rest!!!

I know I left a lot of stuff out but you all get the drift. The side stories I would like is the first one to be of Rogue leaving Ice-Man for sleeping with Kitty and hooking up with the new guy Gambit who may be bad and everyone is not sure. The second one will be the morlocks and Beast trying to help them cause they are dieing from living in the sewers and them helping out with the fight. The third one will be of Rogue feakin' out with her new powers, angel is messed cause he lost his wings and they start to flirt cause Gambit to regret turning good. The good thing about these movies though is we can bring in who ever and however many people we want. idk, I am really tired so be kind, lol

 

[L0ngsh0t]

dude i love your ideas....my only thing...i think the apacolypse story line should be the last movie they do, because in my opinion you can't go any further then apacolypse, you can't go from apacolypse to the hellfire club, there is just no comparisen, he's too huge, and he is such a threat to all of man kind, i think your ideas are great, but the order in which movie appears is off alittle

 

[DemonicAngel]

Well, the next one isn't just the hellfire club, jean in is the phoenix again and the hellfire club is using her, so it will be another big plot. I want the hellfire club to be bigger though than they were in the cartoon, like, I want to have the power that Wal-Mart does in the economic world. I don't want it to be a bunch of people who dress like idiots cause they don't know what year it is, I would like to bring in the idea that mutants are taking over the normal humans world from under they're feet. That is kind of why they want jean. Also since that would be the last one I want it to be a lot more about the way people feel towards mutants cause that was always the main story line in the begining and it feels like that keeps getting pushed to the side lines. U know!?!

 

[X-Maniac]

What we've seen so far is Magneto's attempt to expand mutant power, and take power, by force -- through war and machines to create mutants or destroy humans.

We've seen the direct approach.

Now we need to see the indirect approach. Mutants rising to power secretly and subversively within society, within the government, within the world of industry, protecting their gene pool. The 'villains' are obvious - Hellfire Club, Sinister, Apocalypse. And maybe Arcade being employed by the main villains to test the X-Men and weed out the weaker ones.

Without knowing who's left at the end of X3, it's hard for me to name who i want to see in it for sure.

Another angle could be Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch taking revenge on the X-Men for the death/injury of their father Magneto in X3. Scarlet Witch would need to look very different to her comicbook look, as Phoenix is very 'scarlet' in X3.

 

[Hellion]

Hellfire Club-I agree about the whole guessing if Emma's good and bad. I always pictured having Emma joining the X-Men and then have the Hellfire Club take revenge on her for leaving the club...esatablish she was a powerful member with valuable resources and the Hellfire Club hunts her down.

Haven-I think Haven could provide an interesting story. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't she...She believes humans and mutants could coexist, but only through disasters and chaos...disasters and chaos she would create...

Sinister-depending on how X3 goes...and no Apocalypse.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

no apacolypse...? i don't understand the apacolypse haters...HE IS THE APACOLYPSE how deeper of a story do you need, the end of the world, chaos, anarchy, the x-men have to fight that...how do you stop the end of existence? that poses more of a threat then anything the hellfire club does

i also don't want to sound anti-hellfire club, cause they are cool...just i do not think they are as cool of a story as the apacolypse

 

[FieryBalrog]

I'd also rather see Apocalypse, HFC has never been that interesting except for their role in the Phoenix story.

 

[DemonicAngel]

this is why I want to bring phoenix back for the end along with hellfire club, and what X-Maniac said is what I want to do, put the Hellfire Club in the position of a big corporate buisness and they are trying to steal the world in a different way. And apocalypse rocks, the only thing though is I dont really want the whole he was a egyption(sp?) god thing or whatever it is, I just want him to be a kick ass uber-powerful mutant

 

[DroolingforGwen]

X4: I think you need to introduce Sinister..but the hellfire club makes the most sense here for continuity... I just hope Cyclops isn't killed off in X3 because he plays such a huge role in both the Sinister and Hellfire club series... Magneto and his children getting revenge is too much to cram in... but they could work as subtle villains who continue in their father's footsteps...
X5: Sinister SInister and more SInister... intro to Apocalypse...
X6: Bring back everyone to face Apocalypse and the four horsemen...

 

[BobJM]

X4:

Introduce Friends of Humanity and Graydon Creed, a presidential candiate in the wake of the attack on the U.S. military compound Alcatraz.

Return of Nightcrawler, departure of Colossus (goes home to tend to his sick sister or have a possible small role).

Have Bastion assigned by the government to jumpstart Project Wideawake with an assault on Xavier Mansion with a team of experimental Sentinels.

Intoduce Nathan Essex (not Sinister yet) as a frail, timid scientist with connections to Wolverine's past (Weapon X scientist). Also, have him obsessed with Dr. Grey's (a former colleague) DNA physical makeup.

Storm and Scott are now running the school, due to Xavier's death, and Beast, Logan, and Jean (in hiding) round out the faculty.

Rogue and Bobby are still students, senior class, along with Kitty, Jubilee, and Siren.

Because Xavier was the only person in contact with the school's secret group of men and women funding the school, Warren and his family are now donating money to the school. (Angel has a small role).

Jean Grey is having trouble controlling the powers inside of her. They seem to be growing, yet they may be expanding to quickly for her to withstand.

Genosha is introduced as a mutant island outside of U.S. territory built in response from the devestation in San Fransico (which is still being rebuilt). This compound, much like Alcatraz, can contain Omega powered mutants. Unbeknownst to the Presidential cabinet, mutants are being abused in Genosha.

Logan-Jean-Scott love triangle reachs its climax in a fight between Scott and Logan that leaves a bit more than a few bumps and bruises on the two.

Magneto, cured by the government and in a federal prision, is bordering insanity as his desire to become mutant again reaches fatal limits.

Sebastian Shaw, a wealthy philanthropist and the founder of the esteemed The Shaw-Worthington Gentlemen's Club (known as the Hellfire Club to its members) is funding the Sentinel program as well as hiding his own agenda with the beautiful, yet deadly co-founder, Emma Frost.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

whoa whoa whoa...

so for one your assuming, halley berry, james marsden, and famke jannesen all come back to even less screen time, because of the ever growing mutants, like beast, angel nightcrawler, iceman etc..

your kicking colossus out? wtf he hasn't even really been in a movie yet...we have not seen him in a movie yet, 23 seconds in X2 dosent count, he needs more screen time.

what the hell is wrong with you Sinister turned sinister in like 1886 or something Essiex is over a century old

angel in only a small role?

you obviously have no faith or belief in growing character arc's, youf keeping every character the exact same as they will be in x3

angel, iceman, nightcrawler, shadowcat, and colossus all need bigger roles, as there mutant power expands, their character depth should be as well

 

[BobJM]

Whoa Whoa Whoa...L0ngsh0t, before you go ranting on and telling me how dumb my ideas are, let me explain.

so for one your assuming, halley berry, james marsden, and famke jannesen all come back to even less screen time, because of the ever growing mutants, like beast, angel nightcrawler, iceman etc..

You said anyone's role is getting cut down. James Marsden will be able to be expanded with the absence of Angel and Colossus (large characters in X3). Famke will have a large role, as well as Halle. Wolverine would still have his "hero of the movie" role. Beast may be cut down slightly, like in the comics, he is usually there, but not the star.

your kicking colossus out? wtf he hasn't even really been in a movie yet...we have not seen him in a movie yet, 23 seconds in X2 dosent count, he needs more screen time.

I just never really like Colossus and besides, he's getting a large role in X3. And these are my ideas, remember, I'm not saying its definite.

what the hell is wrong with you Sinister turned sinister in like 1886 or something Essiex is over a century old

Nothing is wrong with my, good fellow, I believe I am quite sane. Umm, didn't Jean Grey become Phoenix in a spaceship? Weren't there alien forces and the Shiar? Yes, I pretty sure she did. Yet, in the movies, *GASP* they altered it a bit, making it a bit more believable to the masses who were paying to see it. These things happen, pal, changes are made. Sorry.

angel in only a small role?

Would you rather him be cut out completely like Nightcrawler?

you obviously have no faith or belief in growing character arc's, youf keeping every character the exact same as they will be in x3

I think Brett Ratner said that he is completing several character ars in X3, in case its the last one.

angel, iceman, nightcrawler, shadowcat, and colossus all need bigger roles, as there mutant power expands, their character depth should be as well

They don't need to be expanded, except, I wouldn't mind seeing Nightcrawler. They aren't the X-Men, anyway. And the only character in you list that may get cut or downsized is Colossus. He was in both X2 and in X3 he has a large role.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

Whoa Whoa Whoa...L0ngsh0t, before you go ranting on and telling me how dumb my ideas are, let me explain.

You said anyone's role is getting cut down. James Marsden will be able to be expanded with the absence of Angel and Colossus (large characters in X3). Famke will have a large role, as well as Halle. Wolverine would still have his "hero of the movie" role. Beast may be cut down slightly, like in the comics, he is usually there, but not the star.

-i agree cyclops should have a bigger role, but fact is he just won't, if he wasn't a terribley important character in the origin movie, when there where only 4 xmen, he won't be in X4 when there are going to be even more imporatnat characters inrtoduced (i.e. Gambit)

-Halle Berry is out, thats fact, she wasn't going to come back for this, she was promised more screen time, she dosen't really care about these types of movies, it's like kirsten dunst with spiderman 3, she's just done, no more storm-

-As with Famke, and Hugh, i see the same problem, they both have enjoyed the ride X-men has taken them on, but 3 movies as the same recognizable character is alot for any actor, i think it's a pipe dream that both if not even one of the two comes back...if one of the two does, i more then likely see it as hugh jackmen-

-and beast role get cut down? your basically making the xmen movies that have already been made-

I just never really like Colossus and besides, he's getting a large role in X3. And these are my ideas, remember, I'm not saying its definite.

-well then that is your opinion, but he is a good character, and one of the old school xmen, who is desperatley in need of his due story about his sister and such-

Nothing is wrong with my, good fellow, I believe I am quite sane. Umm, didn't Jean Grey become Phoenix in a spaceship? Weren't there alien forces and the Shiar? Yes, I pretty sure she did. Yet, in the movies, *GASP* they altered it a bit, making it a bit more believable to the masses who were paying to see it. These things happen, pal, changes are made. Sorry..

yes, but your talking aliens and ****, compared to a mad scientist that can easiley be explained through a sinister back story, bond style, when he has wolverine, or cyclops chained up in the savage land or something

Would you rather him be cut out completely like Nightcrawler?

-no, i would rather have he be a main character, who still struggles with the fact, that it is really tough to hide those wings of his, and in turn, turns into archangel. again, he has a story that could easiley be adressed in the movie, and make for an interesting conflict-

I think Brett Ratner said that he is completing several character ars in X3, in case its the last one .

-exactly, exactly exactly, Cyclops, Jean, Wolverine, Storm, and Rogues character archs are complete in this movie, so they don't have to be in another xmen movie, so other character arcs can be explored-

They don't need to be expanded, except, I wouldn't mind seeing Nightcrawler. They aren't the X-Men, anyway. And the only character in you list that may get cut or downsized is Colossus. He was in both X2 and in X3 he has a large role.

colossus wasn't in x2, he had the smallest of teaser cameos

 

[BobJM]

L0ngsh0t, I understand where you and several of the board members are coming from. From my knowledge, many people are into this idea of a younger, new team for the next trilogy. See, in my eyes, they aren't the X-Men.

The X-Men, in my eyes, are the following:

• Jean Grey
• Cyclops
• Wolverine
• Storm
• Beast
• Nightcrawler
• Rogue
• Iceman

The other mutants featured in these movies, I believe, are and could be called X Factor, Generation X, New Mutants, or whatever. Just not the X-Men.

I would be up to seeing a spinoff based on these characters, but I'd much rather see an X4 with the team I have stated above.

Here could the roster for a Young Mutants Spinoff

• Rogue
• Iceman
• Colossus
• Shadowcat
• Angel
• Jubilee
• Siryn
• Artie/Leech
• Gambit or another new character

 

[L0ngsh0t]

right, i agree with you, but, the fact is, out of the 5 original xmen (being Storm, Cyclops, Jean, Wolverine, and Rogue) i think you're lucky if two of them return for a fourth

i think a logical X4 team is

Beast
Wolverine
Shadowcat
Rogue
Iceman
Colossus
Gambit
Nightcrawler
Angel
Jubilee
Pyslocke

somthing like that, that is probobly to many anyways but you know where i am going with it

also minor critque on your two lists, Angel, and Iceman are two of the 5 original Xmen from the comics, i think of those before the rogues, storms, and nightcrawlers who came in the 70's or so, i wasn't sure weather you where referring to who the xmen are, or who they are in contrast to the movies

i dunno, i just, if there not going to use cyclops the right way, and not tell storms stories from africa with the shadow king, and if there story arc's are over...why not just get into the other xmen, who are just as cool, and have other stories to tell

 

[americanguy96]

I like this team:

*Rogue (But what if she is depowered?)
Iceman
Shadowcat
Colussus
Leech
Siryn/Jubilee (Either one)

I don't want a huge jamboree in the next movie they make, they need to keep it simple at first, quality not quantity.

 

[BobJM]

right, i agree with you, but, the fact is, out of the 5 original xmen (being Storm, Cyclops, Jean, Wolverine, and Rogue) i think you're lucky if two of them return for a fourth

i think a logical X4 team is

Beast
Wolverine
Shadowcat
Rogue
Iceman
Colossus
Gambit
Nightcrawler
Angel
Jubilee
Pyslocke

somthing like that, that is probobly to many anyways but you know where i am going with it

also minor critque on your two lists, Angel, and Iceman are two of the 5 original Xmen from the comics, i think of those before the rogues, storms, and nightcrawlers who came in the 70's or so, i wasn't sure weather you where referring to who the xmen are, or who they are in contrast to the movies

i dunno, i just, if there not going to use cyclops the right way, and not tell storms stories from africa with the shadow king, and if there story arc's are over...why not just get into the other xmen, who are just as cool, and have other stories to tell

I understand that getting Halle and Ian and everyone back will be hard and most likely, several will not come back. But I have no doubt in my mind that Famke and James would not jump at the chance. Both are great actors, but seriously, what else are they doing. I know Kelsey is signed for two more. Hugh is doing Wolverine so I don't know if he wants to do five movies of the same character, but who knows. He jumped at the chance for this one and the wolverine movie, so maybe he truly does enjoy portraying the character.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

right right

well i think Jackmen loves it, i think you could sell him on another movie if it was good

i think because of what james marsden chose to do this time around, with superman returns basically taking prority over X3, and Famke seems like that halle berry type, where she could get sick of the role cause she could care less about it besides its a big role for her

 

[FieryBalrog]

X4:

Introduce Friends of Humanity and Graydon Creed, a presidential candiate in the wake of the attack on the U.S. military compound Alcatraz.

Return of Nightcrawler, departure of Colossus (goes home to tend to his sick sister or have a possible small role).

Have Bastion assigned by the government to jumpstart Project Wideawake with an assault on Xavier Mansion with a team of experimental Sentinels.

Intoduce Nathan Essex (not Sinister yet) as a frail, timid scientist with connections to Wolverine's past (Weapon X scientist). Also, have him obsessed with Dr. Grey's (a former colleague) DNA physical makeup.

Storm and Scott are now running the school, due to Xavier's death, and Beast, Logan, and Jean (in hiding) round out the faculty.

Rogue and Bobby are still students, senior class, along with Kitty, Jubilee, and Siren.

Because Xavier was the only person in contact with the school's secret group of men and women funding the school, Warren and his family are now donating money to the school. (Angel has a small role).

Jean Grey is having trouble controlling the powers inside of her. They seem to be growing, yet they may be expanding to quickly for her to withstand.

Genosha is introduced as a mutant island outside of U.S. territory built in response from the devestation in San Fransico (which is still being rebuilt). This compound, much like Alcatraz, can contain Omega powered mutants. Unbeknownst to the Presidential cabinet, mutants are being abused in Genosha.

Logan-Jean-Scott love triangle reachs its climax in a fight between Scott and Logan that leaves a bit more than a few bumps and bruises on the two.

Magneto, cured by the government and in a federal prision, is bordering insanity as his desire to become mutant again reaches fatal limits.

Sebastian Shaw, a wealthy philanthropist and the founder of the esteemed The Shaw-Worthington Gentlemen's Club (known as the Hellfire Club to its members) is funding the Sentinel program as well as hiding his own agenda with the beautiful, yet deadly co-founder, Emma Frost.

I like your ideas!

 

[tonytr1687]

X4:

Roster -
Cyclops
Jean Grey
Wolverine
Storm
Beast
Angel
Rogue
Iceman
Colossus
Kitty Pryde

Trask and Sinister are the villians. The Mutant Massacre storyline is played out with the Morlocks (Callisto, Leech, Caliban, Masque, Marrow, and others) getting attacked by the Marauders (Gambit, Sabretooth, Arclight, Scrambler, Scalphunter). Angel has his wings injured in the battle. Cyclops-Sinister connection is explored as well as the Wolverine-Sabretooth connection. Gambit and a more confident Rogue become infatuated with each other and he defects to the X-men at the end. Sentinels have been mass produced and are patrolling the country. They are especially in pursuit of a now normal Jean who is in hiding at the mansion. Apocalypse is subtly hinted at. After discovering his connection with Sabretooth, Logan realizes there is still more to learn about his past. This is who he is and he cant change that. Sabretooth escapes the climax so Logan decides to leave the school and pursue him (leading into his spinoff). He tells Gambit to take care of Rogue, thus handing over the torch of "franchise star" to him. Storm's encounter with Marrow prompts her to leave back to Africa, but before she does she teaches Rogue to pilot the X-jet (remember the end of X2), thus handing over her reigns to Rogue.

X5:

Roster -
Cyclops
Jean Grey
Gambit
Rogue
Beast
Angel
Iceman
Kitty Pryde
Colossus

Sinister is gathering his forces so he can free a "mysterious ancient mutant" from its tomb. Havok is the main new character. Connection and relationship with Cyclops is explored. Genosha is established and Havok is being held there. Rescue mission ensues. Rogue gains her super-strength and flight abilities. Scott and Jean get married, but in the end Jean is taken by Sinister and turned back into Dark Phoenix. Angel is also taken and becomes Archangel. Apocalypse is released. Iceman is dumped by Kitty and Bobby starts becoming the wisecracker we all know.

X6:

Roster -
Cyclops
Wolverine
Storm
Gambit
Rogue
Beast
Nightcrawler
Iceman
Colossus
Kitty Pryde
Havok

Age of Apocalypse. Bishop the main new character. An all-out world war has started as Apocalypse has unleashed his four horsemen (Jean, Angel, Sinister are three of them) and the Legacy Virus (supposed to weed out the weak of both humans and mutants: survival of the fittest). Nightcrawler, Wolverine, and Storm return to help the X-men. Beast is working on a cure for the virus. Concentration camps, Sentinels, the Four Horsemen, the Legacy Virus, World War III...the world has turned to chaos. But Bishop has traveled back in time to stop it. Kitty and Colossus become romantically involved, but Colossus dies from the virus.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

i've said it before i'll say it again, good luck translating AoA to screen, i am under the impression you don't exactly know what AoA is, but it isn't the future, that would be easy, it is an alternate present where xavier is dead! good luck explaning that to the general public, if you think days of future past wouldn't translate good, there is no chance in hell AoA translates to the big screen

 

[Hellion]

X4:

Roster -
Cyclops
Jean Grey
Wolverine
Storm
Beast
Angel
Rogue
Iceman
Colossus
Kitty Pryde

Trask and Sinister are the villians. The Mutant Massacre storyline is played out with the Morlocks (Callisto, Leech, Caliban, Masque, Marrow, and others) getting attacked by the Marauders (Gambit, Sabretooth, Arclight, Scrambler, Scalphunter). Angel has his wings injured in the battle. Cyclops-Sinister connection is explored as well as the Wolverine-Sabretooth connection. Gambit and a more confident Rogue become infatuated with each other and he defects to the X-men at the end. Sentinels have been mass produced and are patrolling the country. They are especially in pursuit of a now normal Jean who is in hiding at the mansion. Apocalypse is subtly hinted at. After discovering his connection with Sabretooth, Logan realizes there is still more to learn about his past. This is who he is and he cant change that. Sabretooth escapes the climax so Logan decides to leave the school and pursue him (leading into his spinoff). He tells Gambit to take care of Rogue, thus handing over the torch of "franchise star" to him. Storm's encounter with Marrow prompts her to leave back to Africa, but before she does she teaches Rogue to pilot the X-jet (remember the end of X2), thus handing over her reigns to Rogue.

X5:

Roster -
Cyclops
Jean Grey
Gambit
Rogue
Beast
Angel
Iceman
Kitty Pryde
Colossus

Sinister is gathering his forces so he can free a "mysterious ancient mutant" from its tomb. Havok is the main new character. Connection and relationship with Cyclops is explored. Genosha is established and Havok is being held there. Rescue mission ensues. Rogue gains her super-strength and flight abilities. Scott and Jean get married, but in the end Jean is taken by Sinister and turned back into Dark Phoenix. Angel is also taken and becomes Archangel. Apocalypse is released. Iceman is dumped by Kitty and Bobby starts becoming the wisecracker we all know.

X6:

Roster -
Cyclops
Wolverine
Storm
Gambit
Rogue
Beast
Nightcrawler
Iceman
Colossus
Kitty Pryde
Havok

Age of Apocalypse. Bishop the main new character. An all-out world war has started as Apocalypse has unleashed his four horsemen (Jean, Angel, Sinister are three of them) and the Legacy Virus (supposed to weed out the weak of both humans and mutants: survival of the fittest). Nightcrawler, Wolverine, and Storm return to help the X-men. Beast is working on a cure for the virus. Concentration camps, Sentinels, the Four Horsemen, the Legacy Virus, World War III...the world has turned to chaos. But Bishop has traveled back in time to stop it. Kitty and Colossus become romantically involved, but Colossus dies from the virus.

I like...but instead of Dark Phoenix...what about the Goblin Queen for your Jean X5 idea...No Madelyne but Sinister turns Jean into the Goblin Queen and her new powers will help Sinister free Apocalypse. Another thing I always thought would be interesting...instead of using time travel...introduce X-Man or maybe even Cable as a creation of Sinister's...have him kidnap Cyclops and Jean...and X-Man or Cable could be a result of an experiment. Its a way of not using the time travel thing mostly.

Just an idea...take it as you will.