Director Bryan Singer revealed that X-Men: Apocalypse would be hitting theaters in 2016 and now it’s been confirmed that he will be directing the film.

We’ve now learned that after X-Men: Days of Future Past is finished, Bryan Singer will start pre-production on Apocalypse and later direct the film. This will be the first time in 10 years that Singer will direct two X-Men films back to back.

Vulture reports that while Days of Future Past weaves together the veteran X-Men cast and the First Class cast, X-Men: Apocalypse will only focus on the characters that were introduced in X-Men: First Class.

Box Office Mojo confirmed that 20th Century Fox has set a release date for May 27, 2016 for the X-Men: Apocalypse. It will be a direct sequel to Days of Future Past which hits theaters this May.

The title is no doubt stolen from the villain Apocalypse, who in the X-Men world is regarded as one of the series’ most dangerous villains.

Like the X-Men, Apocalypse is a mutant, but unlike the X-Men, his specific mutations give him an almost God-like amount of power.

He can alter the molecules in his body to become anything – and we mean anything. In the past, he’s used his powers to change his form (like Mystique), but also change the needs of his body to match whatever environment he’s in.

He can also regenerate from injury, change his body to be invisible, flexible, incredibly small, or anything else he might need. He also has the ability to give himself any superpower, which as far as we’re concerned is just cheating.

Being a 5,000 year old being has given him plenty of time to quietly evolve underground. In the comics, time-travelling mutant Cable awoke him by changing the events of the past. Since Days of Future Past will be all about time travel, we expect that the team will accidentally awaken Apocalypse.

We recently reported that X-Men: Days of Future Past is the second most expensive film ever made by 20th Century Fox, behind only Avatar. We’re excited to see the studio ready to put money behind some new films with the younger cast members.