Right here’s who may write and direct Marvel’s first X-Males film

When Marvel took the stage at Comedian-Con 2019 to announce what was coming subsequent to the MCU after Avengers: Endgame, I used to be excited to listen to when the MCU’s variations of Deadpool, X-Males, and Incredible 4 have been lastly turning into a actuality. Disney had simply accomplished its acquisition of Fox, so all these Marvel characters have been coming house.

Sadly, Marvel didn’t reveal any agency plans for these motion pictures on the time. A pandemic and a few trade strikes later, the MCU is about to welcome Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to the MCU by way of Deadpool & Wolverine. We’ll get the MCU’s Incredible 4 reboot subsequent yr as we transfer nearer to Avengers 5 and 6.

What we nonetheless don’t have within the MCU is the X-Men reboot we’re all ready for. We’ve got gotten loads of mutants thus far, however most of them are legacy characters from alternate realities.

Quick-forward to Could 2024, and there’s a big uptick in X-Males rumors. Marvel reportedly has favorites for the writing gig, and there’s an thrilling identify being tossed round for the director position, too. Some leakers additionally talked about actors Marvel is likely to be speaking to for key X-Males roles.

All this sounds nice for followers of X-Males. But it surely’s additionally superb information for The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars. If Marvel is getting nearer to saying its first X-Males film, it doubtless means Avengers 5 and Avengers 6 are nonetheless on schedule. Some spoilers may comply with under.

The Fox mutants

Marvel may not have introduced its X-Males reboot but, however we’ve seen loads of rumors over time. A few of them say that Marvel desires to provide the outdated Fox characters a correct send-off earlier than introducing a brand-new forged.

Deadpool & Wolverine is one method to make that occur. Wade Wilson and Logan will accomplice to assist the TVA with a crucial mission. They’ll encounter different Fox X-Males alongside the best way, or at the least that’s what Deadpool 3 rumors say. Deadpool and Wolverine may then seem in Secret Wars. Avengers 6 may also characteristic different mutants from the Fox universe.

The rumors make sense, too, as it will let Marvel honor the Fox universe of mutant motion pictures earlier than introducing the MCU’s X-Males variants.

Then there’s the character of truly bringing extra mutants to the MCU. Phases 4 and 5 launched two MCU-based mutants: Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) and Namor (Tenoch Huerta). The opposite mutants we noticed have been from different realities.

Marvel has to clarify why the MCU doesn’t have extra mutants proper now. It has to discover a approach for the X-Males to hitch the MCU in a fashion that doesn’t trigger complications in the case of the plot. Perhaps it’ll use Avengers: Secret Wars. No matter occurs in that film and the way it ends may result in the arrival of mutants within the MCU’s major actuality.

Who will write the MCU’s first X-Males film?

That’s why getting the X-Males story proper is essential, particularly provided that Marvel’s motion pictures haven’t been that nice in recent times. The studio desires to proper the ship and get again to telling nice superhero tales.

Marvel will want good writers for that, and it seems to be prefer it has narrowed its search to a couple names. Two of them leaked courtesy of Jeff Sneider by way of The Hot Mic podcast. Rafe Judkins and Michael Lesslie is likely to be within the working for the job. An announcement may drop earlier than Memorial Day, which is sort of thrilling information if correct.

Each are skilled writers, exhibiting that Marvel is on the lookout for high expertise for the X-Males job. Judkins already labored with Marvel on Brokers of Defend. He additionally wrote Uncharted and ran Wheel of Time for Amazon.

Lesslie wrote the script for The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Earlier than that, he labored on Murderer’s Creed.

Individually, well-known Marvel insider MyTimeToShineHello mentioned that Ryan Coogler is likely to be Marvel’s selection to direct the X-Males reboot. Coogler directed and wrote the Black Panther motion pictures and may make one other sequel. If Coogler have been to direct X-Males, which is one thing Sneider posed, he may also need to write the script.

It’s clear that Marvel has been engaged on bringing X-Males to manufacturing. We wouldn’t have all these rumors in any other case. There’s even a loopy rumor from the identical MyTimeToShineHello that claims Dwayne Johnson might join Marvel as an X-Males villain.

Avengers schedule is likely to be unchanged

As somebody who intently follows all Marvel rumors and leaks, I discover these purported X-Males developments thrilling. Not simply because I do need to see what the MCU’s mutants can be like in comparison with Fox’s variants, however as a result of I’m wanting ahead to seeing The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars. We’ve been ready for brand new Avengers motion pictures for too lengthy.

If Marvel is on the brink of make bulletins about its first X-Males film, it implies that Avengers 5 and Avengers 6 is not going to see any huge delays, if any. I’m assuming that the X-Males reboot will premiere after Secret Wars, after all. Then once more, we did see different hints that Marvel will stick with The Kang Dynasty title and release schedule.

If all goes properly, The Kang Dynasty will hit theaters in Could 2026, adopted by Secret Wars a yr later.

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