This doesn't surprise me that much. If this was right after X3 or Origins I'd be really surprised, but the series has been riding pretty high lately. First Class was excellent, The Wolverine was also really good, and we've got Singer back for an adaptation of one of the more iconic X-Men story lines and fans seem to be really excited about it (who wouldn't be though with Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan and James McAvoy in one movie?). Yeah, it's a bit early to announce another movie, but then again, the studio has probably seen most, if not all, of Days in unfinished form so maybe they are that confident and wanted to lock in the main cast early.

And I do indeed have all four volumes of the Age of Apocalypse in trade paperback. Not to mention the 10 year anniversary series, all the related stuff from recent Uncanny X-Force arcs, and a solid chunk of the Age of Apocalypse ongoing series until I had to drop it for budget reasons.

I like Apocalypse more than I probably should. There's just something appealing about a guy who just wants to kill the weak.