X-Men: Apocalypse brings in X2 writers

Bryan Singer is busy developing the next X-Men movie, X-Men: Apocalypse, despite X-Men: Days of Future Past not coming out until 2014. Singer has brought in X2 writers Mike Dougherty and Dan Harris to join Days of Future Past writer Simon Kinberg to develop the Apocalypse story.

We still have no details on what exactly this movie will focus on, but there is a lot of speculation the movie will focus on the Apocalypse storyline of En Sabah Nur's origin in Egypt. If you are unfamiliar with the Age of Apocalypse arc, basically it is another time traveling story where Professor X is killed before forming the X-Men. Apocalypse conquers the world and mutants become the superior and dominant species. Magneto brings the X-Men together to defeat Apocalypse and restores the original timeline. In a way I think this new movie could be a direct continuation to Days of Future Past seeing that both ideas are related to time travel.

We shall see! 

Bryan Singer will replace Matthew Vaughn for X-Men sequel

With the departure of Matthew Vaughn happened for the upcoming First Class sequel happened there were questions about who would step in to fill the director's chair. We now have confirmation that Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2) will be directing X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Production is set to begin early in 2013 for a release of July 18, 2014.

Matthew Vaughn out of X-Men: First Class sequel

With no explanation at this moment it has been announced that Matthew Vaughn has left the director's chair for X-Men: Days of Future Past, the sequel to X-Men: First Class. Despite his departure the cast is still intact, including Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender, and they are still aiming for the July 2014 release. There are replacements being thrown around already and the one at the top of the list is Bryan Singer.

Singer directed and wrote X-Men and X-2 along with having a writing and producing credit for X-Men: First Class, so his involvement wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. Hopefully he steps in to fill the empty chair.