Director Bryan Singer teases a major X-Men character reveal

X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer - ever the plugged-in, social media-loving, 21st century filmmaker - dropped a huge tease about the upcoming movie via Instagram on Tuesday. It looks like the 2016 film will be the first X-Men film to feature an important group of X-Men characters: The Morlocks.

According to Singer's post, one of the sets to be featured in Apocalypse will be Caliban's place of business. For the uninitiated, Caliban is notorious for two things: being a member of the Morlocks, and becoming one of Apocalypse's Horsemen.

It's that first bit that's a big deal. The Morlocks named after the creatures from H G Wells's The Time Machine -first appeared during writer Chris Claremont's run on Uncanny X-Men. The photo posted by Singer appears to show their underground hideout and is a good sign that they might appear in his new film.