Jake Schreier (‘Thunderbolts’) could be chosen to direct the new X-Men movie

After The premiere of Thunderbolts Two weeks ago, Marvel seems to have found a valley of economic and reputational stability within the film industry. Although yes, at the time of writing this article, these new avengers have only matched the 180 million dollars of their bulky initial budget. The criticism is on the contrary, much more unanimous, presenting us One of the best films made for the study in recent years. And it is precisely why from what from the house of ideas are proposed The new X-Men movie.

From the purchase of the 21st Century Fox in 2019 and after years of speculation about the incorporation of Charles Xavier students To the UCM (Marvel cinematographic universe), it seems that Kevin Feige finally and his team are really incorporating the creative license into their ecosystem of films and series. From Hugh Jackman’s return to Deadpool and Wolverine (2024), until the announcement of casting with the original characters and actors of patrol X in the next Avengers: Doomsdaythe presence of the mutant gene already seems almost a reality within the future organization chart. But even with all this, it is still necessary to formalize what will be the first feature film of these superheroes in the cosmos of tapes and marvelite series. A new X-Men film that has supposedly already been written by Michael Lesslie (The hunger games: ballad of birds singers and snakes), but it still does not have an official title. According to the American media, Schreier would be maintaining some Preliminary conversations Advanced enough to think that definitely, the man chosen for the position seems.

The new X-Men movie

Marvel has not officially pronounced, but it is no secret that since the acquisition of the major which also managed the rights of characters such as Daredevil o Bladein the comics company they had been working on the creation of a new X-Men movie for years. In the series of Ms. Marvel (2022) For example, the presence of the X-Men was mentioned while at the end of The Marvels (2023) There was a scene that hinted at the X-Men themselves.

Therefore and after confirmation that we will have again in Doomsday to figures such as Patrick Stewart like Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen as magneto oa Rebecca Romijn In the skin of mystique, every process around the future of these marginalized heroes has been accelerated to the point where we could have Schreier’s confirmation shortly as the maximum in charge of leading one of the most anticipated projects by fans.

As in most new productions of the study owned by Disney, we know between little and nothing we could see in the new X-Men movie. It is not clear What will the plot focusnor will we see a completely new cast that would be in charge of embodying the classic characters of Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Pícara and Company. The return of the characters and actors we met in the original tapes for Doomsday, seems to indicate a kind of farewell and generational relay that presents a whole series of incipient actors who continue with their legacy. The X-Men franchise is one of the most lucrative in the world of superheroes and so far, their 13 films have managed to collect more than 6,000 million dollars worldwide. As if that were not enough, the success of the continuation of the animated series of X-Men ’97 He has only increased the expectation to continue knowing, a little more about the universe of these charismatic characters that fight to defend a world that hates them.

Marvel’s future

Marvel rejected — ‘The fantastic four: first steps’ (Marvel).

While we put ourselves with patience to learn about new data from the new X-Men movie, in Disney they are already preparing what will be one of the great premieres of summer: The Fantastic Four: First Steps. He reboot From the Superheroic family, it opens on July 25, competing directly with the arrival of the last Superman of DC (June 7) and with the irruption in the billboard of Jurassic World: The Renacer (June 2).