The current run of X-Men prequel films are set to come to an end this year with X-Men: Apocalypse. After altering continuity in X-Men: Days of Future Past, the mutants will team up once more in order to fight their biggest menace to date: Apocalypse, the first being born with the mutant x-gene. Being the final movie in what is being considered a ?prequel trilogy,? Jennifer Lawrence (who plays anti-hero mutant Mystique) has previously stated that Apocalypse will be her last X-Men movie, apparently leaving fans without hope for a fourth movie featuring the ?First Class? crew. Although she may no longer be contractually obligated to appear in future X-Men movies, that doesn?t necessarily mean the Academy Award winner wouldn?t be up for more. Speaking to Empire, Lawrence revealed she is eager to reprise her role as the shape-shifting mutant in future X-Men movies, while also sharing the reason why she loves working in ensemble movies like these, saying: ?I am dying to come back. I love these movies, I love being in them. I love ensemble movies because it?s not on anyone?s shoulders.? While the First Class ensemble, who have largely remained as regulars throughout the trilogy, seem open to more movies (Empire reports James McAvoy ?spoke casually? on the set of ?the next one?), director Bryan Singer says Apocalypse marks the end of a ?natural prequel trilogy,? meaning the contracts of key actors will likely come to an end as well.
