Bryan Singer and screenwriter Simon Kinberg are busy at work on the script for X-Men: Apocalypse . The highly anticipated sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past is set to be released in May of 2016 and though it has not been confirmed, Singer is likely to return to direct.

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We recently had the opportunity to speak with Erik Lensherr aka Magneto himself, Michael Fassbender, about his upcoming musical turn in Frank. During the course of our conversation, we touched on his hopes for Apocalypse.Though both First Class and Days of Future Past had separate overarching baddies, Magneto has remained, for the most part, a villain. When asked if he was looking forward to the prospect of going up against a character like Apocalypse, the actor responded, "Yeah, I mean, I haven't got a script or anything yet, but I'm always excited to see where Simon Kinberg's going to go with the next X-Men. X-Men's been great to me and allowed me to do so much, including films like Frank. I've had a lot of fun with the cast and with the character, Magneto. So I had a good chat with Simon [Kinberg] when we were on our way to Moscow, and we tossed around some ideas on the plane over there. So I'm pretty excited to see how it all comes together."In these most recent iterations of the character, we've seen Magneto's backstory, what made him who he is. We've seen what drives him and how far he's willing to go when he feels that the Mutants are threatened. So the question becomes, where will the character go from here?"Well, I can't really tell you," Fassbender laughed when we asked what he'd like to explore in the character next. "I want it to be in the next one! I've had these conversations with Simon and there's a certain strand of his story that I think is pretty interesting and would like to explore, if we could."As to what that story thread may be, our best guess is a variation on Magneto taking over the school - or the X-Men - in a more heroic manner. Though, we've also kicked around a few other ideas we'd like to see.Leave us your best guess in the comments below!

X-Men: Apocalypse opens in May of 2016.Roth Cornet is an Entertainment Editor for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @RothCornet and IGN at Roth-IGN