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First info on the next X-Men movie teased by Simon Kinberg

Amidst the flood of cascading geekdom surrounding Captain America in recent weeks, it's easy to forgot that another big superhero film is only mere weeks away from release. On May 27th, X-Men: Apocalypse will hit theaters; the sixth main installment in the franchise.

With only spin-offs and solo films confirmed for the future of the film series, and many of the movies' actors hinting that this is the end of the X-Men saga, fans have wondered where the franchise will go from here. Producer Simon Kinberg, speaking to Coming Soon, gave us a little insight by revealing that the next film will be set during the 90’s.

This would make sense, as every X-Men movie since the release of First Class has been set a decade apart starting in the 1960's. However that also begs the question, does this mean that we'll be seeing an all new mainline X-Men movie?

Maybe, against all odds, they'd be crazy enough to produce a feature length film using the X-Men Animated Series (OK, maybe that's just a personal fantasy).

The X-Men franchise seems very up in the air. With all the talk about Apocalypse, it does seem like Bryan Singer and Co. may be putting these characters out to pasture, especially as its lead character Wolverine will only be played by Hugh Jackman one last time.

And with James McAvoy rumored to star in the New Mutants film, my money is on that spin-off being the film Kinberg is referring to, acting as a transition into a brand new mainline X-Men franchise featuring said New Mutants. Whatever the case, I'm sure we'll have a better clue of how everything will play out when X-Men: Apocalypse drops May 27th.

Tom Caswell

Enjoying the nerd renaissance one hulk smash at a time! Find me @GreatBriTom Tweeting and Instagramming!

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