Which villain does Bryan Singer want to use next after X-MEN: APOCALYPSE?

While speaking with Empire on the set of X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, director Bryan Singer let loose that he’d like to tackle a particular villain in a potential, future sequel. “I’d love to use Proteus somehow,” he told the magazine, saying “There’s a lot visually you could do with a character like that.”

In the comics, Proteus is the mutant son of Moira MacTaggert (played by Rose Byrne in the films). He has reality warping and posession powers, living most of his life in forced seclusion at the Muir Island research facility.

Singer might have the chance to direct this character in the future. Even though he’s currently signed up to direct ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ for Fox, he says he doesn’t have plans to leave the X-Men franchise behind. “Abandoning the franchise is not something I think about. But I could not roll into another X-Men movie tomorrow. And I hope not to. I hope to take a break.”