While doing press to promote the upcoming release of X-Men: Apocalypse , the film's director, Bryan Singer, said future X-Men sequels could explore the comic book's cosmic elements.

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Singer told Fandango , “I imagine – and this is the first time I’ve actually answered the question this way – but another thing that’s been introduced in the comics is a big alien, interstellar tenant within the X-Men universe that hasn’t been explored. And to me, that might be kind of fun because I’m a huge Star Wars and Star Trek fan, and exploring the X-Men universe and being able to utilize that would be exciting, visually."Possible cosmic elements for a future X-Men movie include the Dark Phoenix saga, the Shi'ar Empire, and even the Brood. It should also be noted that Cyclops and Havok's dad, Christopher Summers, became the space-faring Corsair and led the pirate crew called the Starjammers.Whether the next X-Men movie takes place in space or not, producer Simon Kinberg recently confirmed it will be set in the 1990s