Bryan Singer To Direct ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’

After work broke that Matthew Vaughn would no longer be directing the sequel to X-Men: First Class, many had begun to wonder who would direct the upcoming sequel. Some even speculated that we would see Bryan Singer, who directed the first two X-Men films, back in the directors chair once again.

Speculate no more because Bryan Singer is back! Well, he never technically left because he was the producer behind First Class. But this time around he’s back in the directors chair for the franchise that he started out with Vaughn producing the film. Singer will start filming the upcoming sequel this January.

The film will follow the 1980s’ comic storyline written by Chris Claremont that alternates between a present day battle against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and a future timeline where an assassination of a government official has led to Sentinels roaming the land and mutants held prisoner in internment camps. The entire cast from First Class is expected to be returning with rumors of cast members from the original trilogy appearing as well.

X-Men: Days Of Future Past hits theaters July 18th, 2014.

Source: Deadline