X-MEN Director Jake Schreier On Bringing The Scale And Complexity Of The Source Material To The MCU

Just lately, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that Thunderbolts aka The New Avengers director Jake Schreier could be directing the upcoming MCU reboot of the X-Males, which is ready to observe a post-Avengers: Secret Wars comfortable reset of the Marvel Universe.

“Jake’s going to make a youth-focused reboot,” Feige stated. “That could be mirrored in mutant castings, and it’ll positively be felt within the tone and perspective of the movie.”

Now, in a brand new interview with The Playlist, Schreier expanded on Feige’s earlier feedback.

Cautious to not reveal an excessive amount of, Schreier agreed with Feige’s assertion including, “I imply, yeah, with out going into an excessive amount of—actually nearly any element. What I can say is, it’s simply inherently fascinating and complicated materials.”

In additional discussing the comedian e book origins of the characters, he acknowledged that the X-Males are extra about coping with inner struggles and fewer about exterior villains. 

“The core thought of what ‘X-Males’ is includes complexity,” he defined to the positioning.

“It’s an unimaginable alternative with tremendous fascinating characters and [much] inner battle. These characters are wrestling with their id and place on this planet—that’s inherently fascinating and complicated materials.”

When requested if his take shall be very completely different from the Fox period Hugh Jackman-led X-Males, he fastidiously replied, “Yeah, I believe that’s truthful to say.  There’s that crimson sniper dot on the market someplace, you realize….,” he acknowledged, making an often-used joke about Marvel Studios’ penchant for secrecy. 

“However to have the ability to discover the entire concepts which can be inherent to that wealthy supply materials, but additionally on the scale inherent to the supply materials, that’s like a really uncommon and lucky alternative. That’s very thrilling.”

Michael Lesslie has been tapped to pen the script for Marvel Studios’ upcoming X-Males reboot. Finest recognized for his work on The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, in addition to Macbeth and Murderer’s Creed.

Though many legacy X-Males actors from the Fox period are anticipated to make appearances in Avengers: Doomsday, none are anticipated to proceed on within the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s official X-Males reboot.

After Avengers: Secret Wars, at the moment slated for a December 17, 2027 launch, the franchise is anticipated to shift focus to a youthful, reimagined model of the mutant staff.

Whereas there’s an opportunity Marvel could tease and even debut the brand new lineup throughout Secret Wars, followers most likely shouldn’t anticipate any casting bulletins till after Avengers: Doomsday arrives in theaters on December 18, 2026.