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Following the soft release of the Thunderbolts movie, which has since been rebranded to New Avengers, and following the poor box office debut, it’s reported that director Jake Schreier is now in talks to direct the X-Men reboot at Marvel Studios, set within the MCU.
What are the details?
The news comes via Deadline, who says Schreier is in early talks for X-Men. The film will be released following Avengers: Secret Wars, as Feige previously confirmed a new age of mutants follows the film. No release date has been set.
While Deadline spins BS that Thunderbolts is a big success (it’s among the worst-performing MCU movies at the box office), it’s said that Schreier took a meeting with Marvel this past week and is Kevin Feige’s top choice to direct X-Men.
It’s added that Feige is producing the X-Men movie, which has writer Michael Lesslie penning the screenplay, who recently wrote The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes starring Rachel Zegler.
Deadline continues and says that Feige and Marvel are taking their time in deciding who directs X-Men, just like they took their time deciding on the writer. It’s said that following months of internal meetings, that Marvel decided on Jake Schreier due to the positive reception to Thunderbolts.
Is Jake Schreier a good choice for X-Men?
I’ll say why the box office is bombing, Thunderbolts does have good production, special effects, acting, and Schreier did a good job directing, probably the best the MCU has seen post-Endgame, along with Spider-Man: No Way Home and Deadpool & Wolverine. If they can nail the story for X-Men, and don’t screw it up as Feige has done with everything else as of late, the X-Men should be in good hands with Jake Schreier.
The article also says it’s seeming likely that Schreier will direct X-Men due to Schreier turning down other projects.
A bonus is that Schreier is also said to be a big fan of the X-Men comics. Post-Endgame, Feige hired creatives who don’t read and who don’t even like comics. Producers even told creatives not to read comics as they developed comic book movie properties. How’d that turn out?
Comic creators react
Update: Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld chimed in on X, suggesting high-profile names passed on Feige’s X-Men.
“If I told you the names that passed on this directorial opportunity, your heads would spin…” said Liefeld.
Legendary comic book writer Mark Millar, who wrote Old Man Logan and lots more, also replied: “Fox did such a phenomenal job with those movies in terms of casting, writing and directing. Who could top Jackman, McKellan or Fassbender? I honestly think it’s a poison chalice to take this stuff on. It just can’t be matched.”
Screenshot via X
What’s next for the X-Men in the MCU?
What’s next for the X-Men in the MCU is that the Fox Marvel characters are returning for Avengers: Doomsday.
The confirmed cast includes Patrick Stewart back as Xavier, Ian McKellen as Magneto, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, James Marsden as Cyclops, Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler who just dropped that huge spoiler, Channing Tatum is back from Deadpool & Wolverine as Gambit, and rumors also offer Famke Janssen is back as Phoenix Jean Grey.
“}]] Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier is in talks to helm Marvel Studios’ X-Men reboot set after Avengers: Secret Wars, with Feige producing. Read More