Kevin Feige is trying to put the ex in “X-Males.” The Marvel Studios head mentioned throughout a press convention, as reported by Selection, that he shall be recasting iconic characters for the upcoming “X-Males” film directed by “Thunderbolts*” helmer Jake Schreier. Feige cited that the comics centered on adolescents, hinting that the reboot would too.
“They’ve been a spot to inform tales about younger individuals who really feel completely different and who really feel Different and who really feel like they don’t belong,” he mentioned. “That’s the common story of mutants, and that’s the place we’re going.”
Feige confused that Schreier’s iteration shall be a franchise “reset” and kill the multiverse second as soon as and for all. “Reboot is a scary phrase,” he mentioned. “Reboot can imply loads of issues to lots of people. Reset, singular timeline — we’re pondering alongside these strains. […] ‘X-Males’ is the place that may occur subsequent.”
Marvel acquired Fox again in 2017. The ensemble casts of earlier “X-Males” motion pictures are set to reprise their roles for “Avengers: Doomsday,” with Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, and Kelsey Grammer amongst these returning. Nevertheless, that could be their last bow as these characters after the occasions of 2027’s “Avengers: Secret Wars.”
“We’re using that [story] not simply to spherical out the tales we’ve been telling post-‘Endgame,’ simply as importantly — and you’ll have a look at the on the ‘Secret Wars’ comics for the place that takes you — it very, very a lot units us up for the longer term,” Feige mentioned. “‘Endgame,’ actually, was about endings. ‘Secret Wars’ is about is about beginnings.”
The rumored forged for Schreier’s “X-Males” film contains Harris Dickinson as Cyclops, Sadie Sink as Jean Gray, Margaret Qualley as Rogue, Julia Butters as Kitty Pryde, and Jesse Plemons as Beast (Plemons may even be within the “Starvation Video games” franchise now too, with “The Starvation Video games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” author Michael Lesslie behind the “X-Males” script.)
Feige in contrast the “X-Males” “reset” to different beloved franchises, together with James Bond and the current DCU “Superman.”
“Amy Pascal and David Heyman at the moment are looking for a brand new James Bond,” Feige mentioned, referring to the producers of Amazon MGM’s upcoming Bond movie. “David [Corenswet], the brand new Superman — he was superior. That may all the time be the case.”