I haven’t yet seen X-Men: Apocalypse so I couldn’t tell you my opinion on it just yet, but the word now from Collider is that Simon Kinberg is poised to direct the next film in the franchise for 20th Century Fox. For this, the report also suggests it may possible, albeit currently unclear, that actress Sophie Turner may reprise her role as Jean Grey in the supposed film following earlier reports of Josh Boone’s own development of said film previous noted as being based on The New Mutants story back in 2015.
Kinberg shares credits on plenty of Fox’s Marvel treatments, namely X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse and Deadpool, as well as the latest series premiere of FX superhero series, Legion, and the upcoming release of the highly-acclaimed James Mangold-directed X-Men spin-off, Logan. Sources are also reporting that the new film will also forsee the return of James McAvoy in the role of Professor X while Kinberg is also producing the forthcoming Deadpool sequel for director David Leitch which is expected to roll cameras this summer.