X-Men: Apocalypse announced that Singer would direct the film. Singer has called the film "kind of a conclusion of six X-Men films, yet a potential rebirth of younger, newer characters" and the "true birth of the X-Men". Singer said that Apocalypse is the main focus of the film. Kinberg said that the younger versions of Scott Summers, Storm, and Jean Grey appearing in the film are "as much a part of the film as the main cast". He described Summers as "not yet the squeaky-clean leader", Storm as a "troubled character who is going down the wrong path in life", and Grey
X-Treme X-Men and followed the rift, leading into the X-Termination crossover with Astonishing X-Men and Age of Apocalypse. During the crossover, AoA Nightcrawler's trip home resulted in the release of three evil beings that destroy anyone they touch. Several casualties resulted, including the AoA's Sabretooth, Horror Show, and Fiend, as well as the X-Treme X-Men's Kurt Waggoner, Xavier and Hercules. The crossover ended with the apparent destruction of the AoA universe. The surviving X-Treme X-Men team members, Dazzler, Sage, Howlett, and Corporal Summers all remained on Earth-616. X-Treme X-Men X-Treme X-Men is the name of two comic book series published by Marvel