X-Men: Apocalypse was announced in 1970.
 Kinberg said that it would take place in 1983 and complete a trilogy that began with X-Men: First Class
 The story, inspired by Chris Claremont and John Byrne's The Uncanny X-Men comic book storyline "Days of Future Past", features Wolverine going back in time to 1973 to prevent an assassination that, if carried out, will lead to the creation of a new weapons system called the Sentinels that threatens the existence of mutantsand, potentially, all of humanity

