To celebrate the first official day on set filming X-Men: Apocalypse, due out on May 27, 2016, director Bryan Singer has released this first look at the new Nightcrawler, played by Kodi Smit-McPhee. Check it out.

 

 

Last time we saw Nightcrawler (no relation to the recent Jake Gyllenhaal movie) in an X-Men film, it was X2 and the shape-shifting mutant was played by Alan Cumming (pictured below). 

See him in action below in one of our favorite scenes from the film, featuring Nightcrawler storming the White House.

X-Men Apocalypse will feature X-Men newcomers like Oscar Isaac (Apocalypse), Olivia Munn (Psylocke), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), Ben Hardy (Angel) and Alexandra Shipp (Storm), in addition to its returning cast, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult.

What do you think of the new Nightcrawler?