The great MCU X-Men film would be on track with the director of Thunderbolts*
Coming on the critical success of his film, Jake Schreier would have the keys to the truck to adapt the mutants with Kevin Feige.
A great power, great responsibilities …
Marvel adage may well apply to Jake Schreier. While he has just made the MCU’s only film which has been able to attract rents since Avengers: Endgamethe director of Thunderbolts* is on the verge of taking braid within the franchise. Indeed, he will be in discussion with the boss, Kevin Feigeto assume the heavy task of the introduction of X-Men into the Marvel universe, with this long-awaited film.
According to several sources, Jake Schreier would be in the running to run the next big film X-Men of Marvel Studiossays variety.
Nothing has yet been signed, but Schreier would now be at the top of the short-list of Disney And Marvelcarried by the unexpected critical success of Thunderboltshailed as one of the best received films of the MCU for years. Despite a shy start to the American box office ($ 76 million), the film appealed to criticism and the public, to the point that the studio hopes it will last for indoor duration.
Scenario side, it is Michael Lessliewhich managed the adaptation of the book Hunger Games: the ride of the snake and the birdwho would be in charge of writing the script, with Kevin Feige to production. For the moment, no details on the cast, the plot or the release date has been revealed.
It will be the first film X-Men Solo since the acquisition of the 20th Century Fox by Disney in 2019. But the mutants have already started to resurface in the Marvel universe. After the announced tidal wave of Deadpool & Wolverine and the upcoming arrival of Four fantastic MCU version, this new opus would mark a real cinema rebirth of X-Men.
Even Disney CEO, Bob igerbelieves in it. This week, he qualified Thunderbolts of “positive“For the MCU, after a hollow period marked by the semi-scales of Ant-man and the wasp: Quantumania,, The Marvels or Captain America: Brave New World. “We have learned that quantity does not always rhyme with quality”, he admitted Wednesday during a call to investors. “”By refocusing and emphasizing quality, Marvel can bounce back. Thunderbolts is the best proof of this. “
