2016 film by Bryan Singer X-Men: Apocalypse is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. A sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), it is the ninth in the X-Men film series. The film was directed by Bryan Singer, and written by Simon Kinberg, and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, and Lucas Till. In the film, the ancient mutant En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse is inadvertently revived in 1983 and plans to recreate the world in his own image, leading the X-Men to try to stop him and defeat his team of mutants. Wikipedia's most-read article for 3 days in a row: 698,988 views in all, peaking at 240,446 on May 28, 2016. Fri, May 27: 223,062 views Sat, May 28: 240,446 views Sun, May 29: 235,480 views Wiki link