Simon Kinberg
X-Men: Apocalypse will bring together the X-Men trilogy, according to Simon Kinberg.
Kinberg is on board to write and producer X-Men: Apocalypse, which is looking to repeat the success of X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past.
And Kinberg says that the focus of the film really will be to bring to a close the stories of Charles, Erik, Raven, and Hank.
Speaking to Yahoo, Kinberg said: "The thrust of [Apocalypse] is really to complete the trilogy we began with 'First Class' - to complete the stories of young Raven, young Hank, younger Charles and Erik.
"And complete this trilogy of four people who began the films in sort of disparate and in different worlds - even if they knew each other, in the case of Charles and Raven.
"We've followed them over what will be the span of decades... So really that'll be the thrust of that film. There will be familiar characters and new characters that we haven't seen... ever... but it'll be the completion of what we began in First Class."
Kinberg has teamed up with Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris, and Bryan Singer to work on the screenplay, while Singer has been announced as the film's director.
James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Hout will return as Charles Xavier, Magneto, Mystique, and Beast.
Days of Future Past hit the big screen earlier this year, and enjoyed huge critical and commercial success. Having taken over $746 million at the global box office, it remains the third highest grossing movie of 2014.
X-Men: Apocalypse is set to hit the big screen 19th May 2016 and will film next year.
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