Now that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed that Jake Schreier is ready to helm the X-Males reboot for the MCU, the Thunderbolts* director is lastly free to speak in regards to the mission… form of. There are nonetheless these Marvel snipers to contemplate.
Whereas talking with The Playlist, Schreier was requested if the brand new movie can be “recognizably totally different” from the X-Males motion pictures produced by twentieth Century Fox. “Yeah, I believe that’s honest to say,” he mentioned. “There’s that purple sniper dot on the market someplace, … However to have the ability to discover the entire concepts which can be inherent to that wealthy supply materials, but additionally at the dimensions inherent to the supply materials, that’s like a really uncommon and lucky alternative. That’s very thrilling.“
The director added, “What I can say is, it’s simply inherently attention-grabbing and sophisticated materials… The core thought of what ‘X-Males’ is entails complexity. It’s an unimaginable alternative with tremendous attention-grabbing characters and [much] inner battle. These characters are wrestling with their id and place on the planet—that’s inherently attention-grabbing and sophisticated materials.“
Along with confirming Scherier’s involvement final week, Feige additionally mentioned that the script is underway. “Jake’s an extremely sensible man, and he’s an extremely proficient filmmaker. We had an ideal expertise with him on Thunderbolts*,” Feige mentioned. “And when you noticed that film, what he did with these character interactions, he additionally has his pulse on, shall we embrace, a youthful demographic. He’s youthful than me for certain, however he’s tapped into that in a means that I believe was necessary for Thunderbolts*, way more necessary for X-Males. As a result of X-Males, because it was within the comics, will likely be a really youth-oriented, centered and forged film.“
Earlier than we get this new group of X-Males, we’ll reunite with a number of of the OG mutants within the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. The movie is ready to function appearances from Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr, Alan Cumming as Kurt Wagner, Rebecca Romijn as Raven Darkhölme, James Marsden as Scott Summers, Kelsey Grammer as Hank McCoy, and doubtlessly extra. Doomsday is ready to be launched in theaters on December 18, 2026.