X-Men 5th Installation in 2016

X Men fans are in for a treat - after the director revealed the release date of the fifth installment of the franchise.

Bryan Singer indicated in a brief tweet that the next movie would be on screens in 2016. 

He also gave hardcore fans of the comic book adaptation a hint at the plotline - by referencing a new villain, Apocalypse.

'#Xmen #Apocalypse 2016!' Bryan tweeted to his more than 130,000 followers.

 

Big announcement: Bryan Singer announced another X-Men was coming via Twitter

As hardcore X Men fans will know, a series of X-Men comic books in the 1990s featured a 5,000-year-old mutant named Apocalypse who destroys the weak and becomes one of the X-Men's primary villains.

Bryan has been readying his third film in the franchise, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, which is scheduled for release on May 23, 2014.

 

The star-studded cast features Hugh Jackman reprising his role as Wolverine, Patrick Stewart returning as Professor Charles Xavier and Jennifer Lawrence back as a young Mystique.

  

Out next year: Jennifer Lawrence as a young Mystique was shown in a teaser for X-Men: Days Of Future Past released in October

Days Of Future Past takes off where the 2011 prequel X-Men: First Class ended with the young mutants in the 1960s grappling with their newfound powers.

Bryan in 2000 directed the original X-Men movie that featured Hugh, Patrick, Sir Ian McKellen as Magneto and Halle Berry as Storm.

The original X-Men ushered in a new era of big-screen adaptations of Marvel Comics characters with Spider-Man in 2002 followed by films about Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers.

Bryan has been praised by hard-core comic book fans for his big-screen adaptation of the X-Men characters and storylines.

The director first gained attention for his 1995 crime film The Usual Suspects and also directed the 2006 film Superman Returns. 

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