--- description: The director of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' has posted an Instagram photo of the beginning of the next 'X-Men' film title: X-Men Director Bryan Singer Teases X-Men: Apocalypse image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03dc676883b7d404/69869a03cd6848cc9c0957af/x_men_apocalypse.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # X-Men Director Teases Sneak Peek of _X-Men: Apocalypse_ by [Mirren Gidda](/author/mirren-gidda/) ## Mirren Gidda Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 1, 2014 2:17 PM CUT  James McAvoy portrays Charles Xavier in a scene from "X-Men: First Class." The “X-Men” franchise will get another boost in 2016 with the release of “X-Men: Apocalypse.” James McAvoy portrays Charles Xavier in a scene from "X-Men: First Class." The “X-Men” franchise will get another boost in 2016 with the release of “X-Men: Apocalypse.”Murray Close—AP by [Mirren Gidda](/author/mirren-gidda/) ## Mirren Gidda Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 1, 2014 2:17 PM CUT Get excited, Marvel fans: The director of _X-Men: Days of Future Past_ posted a photo of the treatment for _X-Men: Apocalypse_, the next film in the franchise. Director Bryan Singer created a new Instagram [account](http://instagram.com/bryanjaysinger "undefined") Tuesday to which he immediately posted the image. Singer’s picture shows part of the first page of the treatment for _X-Men: Apocalypse_. The treatment, which can be thought of as a detailed synopsis, seems to continue where the post-credits scene of _X-Men: Days of Future Past_ left off. The film opens in Ancient Egypt. We’re immediately confronted with the four horsemen — Pestilence, War, Death and Famine — who are the servants of Apocalypse, the film’s main villain. The photo has done more than set fans’ pulses racing. The image, and a [photo](https://twitter.com/BryanSinger/status/480861626174697472 "undefined") Singer tweeted last week of him and the film’s co-writers, indicate that the director will be working on the film, something which some observers doubted after [allegations](http://time.com/88234/bryan-singer-hollywood-scandal/ "undefined") of sexual abuse emerged against the director in April and May. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2945135/x-men-apocalypse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2945135/x-men-apocalypse/"},"headline":"X-Men Director Teases Sneak Peek of X-Men: Apocalypse","datePublished":"2014-07-01T14:17:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:55:09.863Z","description":"The director of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' has posted an Instagram photo of the beginning of the next 'X-Men' film","url":"https://time.com/2945135/x-men-apocalypse/","keywords":["sexual abuse","Hollywood","film","X-Men"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03dc676883b7d404/69869a03cd6848cc9c0957af/x_men_apocalypse.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mirren Gidda","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mirren-gidda/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03dc676883b7d404/69869a03cd6848cc9c0957af/x_men_apocalypse.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"James McAvoy portrays Charles Xavier in a scene from \"X-Men: First Class.\" The X-Men franchise will get another boost in 2016 with the release of X-Men: Apocalypse.","caption":"James McAvoy portrays Charles Xavier in a scene from \"X-Men: First Class.\" The X-Men franchise will get another boost in 2016 with the release of X-Men: Apocalypse.","creditText":"Murray Close—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2945135/x-men-apocalypse/","name":"X-Men Director Teases Sneak Peek of X-Men: Apocalypse"}}]}] ```