Though a key player in the primary events of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Mystique wasn’t as much a focus as was the relationship between Charles and Erik. The next X-Men film, Apocalypse, will primarily focus on Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique and Nicholas Hoult’s Beast. Simon Kinberg dropped a few hints in an interview with Collider.
I will say that [X-Men: Apocalypse] is definitely the close of a trilogy for those First Class characters, which isn’t to say we won’t see them in future movies, hopefully we will, but it’s a completion of an arc for them. I think that the friendship between Erik and Charles, which has always been so integral to the franchise, is something we’re continuing to explore and hopefully deepen with Apocalypse. And the relationship between Beast and Mystique is a really interesting one that we didn’t have a lot of time to explore in Days of Future Past, so we’ll have an opportunity to do more of that in Apocalypse.
Part of what’s really interesting about Mystique’s character is that she is, in some ways, the child of both Erik and Charles. She grew up with Charles and then she sort of became a woman with Erik, so her being the cross-pollination, if you will, of those two philosophies and those two men is something we can explore in the movie too.
While not a definitive response, it still sounds like Mystique will have a bigger role. However, it could just be Kinberg ramping up some excitement for a solo Mystique movie. Again, nothing confirmed, but he has been talking at great length about how much he loves the character. And with a few solo Marvel projects being speculated for future Fox Marvel films, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to feature one with an Oscar-winning actress. Either way, she’s certainly one of the most conflicted and interesting characters of the X-Men franchise and I’m very much looking forward to seeing more of her on screen.
X-Men Apocalypse is currently planned to release in theaters on May 27, 2016.
Source: Collider