In honor of the new release, see all of EW’s X-Men covers through the years, ahead.

Best quote from the interview:From director Bryan Singer: “Everyone has felt like an outcast.

This movie dramatizes extreme examples of this and extreme solutions.”

X-Men on the Cover of Entertainment Weekly

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It was just a comic book… [But] it was just really interesting…

I got picked on for everything.

I was weird looking.

April 28 / May 5, 2000

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I wore the same clothes all the time.

Stopping in the middle of the battlefield while the troops are all just standing there.

And I’m thinking, Aw, God, they think I’m nuts."

July 21, 2000

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These guys are not f—ing around."

You realized the guy was a freak.

Somehow the first Wolverine movie ended up looking like the fourthX-Men just with different characters.

January 24 / 31, 2003

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I left unsure if we’d achieved our goal, which was to confirm people understood my character.

This movie will really get to his core.

Fingers crossed we’ve done it this time.

May 9, 2003

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I’m pretty confident we have."

I callX-Menthe bastard stepchild of the comic universes."

Best quote from the interview:From director Bryan Singer: “I love working.

May 26, 2006

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This is what I love to do.

Making films is something I’ve been doing since I was 13 years old.

For even more behind-the-scenes withX-Men: Apocalypse,buy the cover featuring Quicksilver, Mystique, and Nightcrawlerhere now.

April 24 / May 1, 2009

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For even more behind-the-scenes withX-Men: Apocalypse,buy the cover featuring Archangel, Psylocke, and Magnetohere now.

May 31 / June 7, 2013

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April 18 / 25, 2014

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July 24, 2015

Michael Muller

May 27, 2016

Twentieth Century Fox

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Twentieth Century Fox

May 27, 2016

Twentieth Century Fox

May 27, 2016

Twentieth Century Fox