Why Marvel Was Never Going to Announce the X-Men Reboot at SDCC | Comic Con 2026

With the 2026 Comic-Con drafting to a close, we’re each inactive digesting Saturday night’s large Marvel sheet news… oregon what small determination was of it, really. Sure, we got a caller Ghost Rider movie announcement, to prima Ryan Gosling, arsenic good arsenic authoritative confirmation that not lone is Black Panther III coming from Ryan Coogler, but it volition prima Alien: Romulus’ David Jonsson arsenic T’Challa’s now-adult lad Toussaint. There were assorted different bits revealed astir Avengers: Doomsday and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, yes, but not lone did the 1 large announcement that galore fans were hoping for ne'er come, we truly shouldn’t person adjacent expected it successful the archetypal place: Yes, the X-Men big-screen reboot went unmentioned.

Now, we cognize this movie is successful improvement astatine Marvel, adjacent if the workplace hasn’t formally announced it yet. Thunderbolts manager Jake Schreier is reportedly connected committee to bring a full caller instrumentality connected the Merry Mutants into the MCU, seemingly erstwhile The Multiverse Saga comes to a adjacent with Avengers: Secret Wars successful 2027. The happening is, Marvel brag Kevin Feige and his squad person plentifulness connected their minds close now, and starting up promotion connected a movie that isn’t adjacent successful accumulation yet is acold from a priority.

They Already Have X-Men!

Look, the thought of a brand-new, MCU-specific squad of mutants is of people exciting, but the information is that erstwhile Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, and hence the rights to the X-Men movie bid that debuted backmost successful 2000, Marvel Studios has begun integrating those fan-favorite takes connected the characters into the MCU. There was Patrick Stewart arsenic Professor Xavier successful Doctor Strange successful the Multiverse of Madness, Kelsey Grammer’s Beast successful The Marvels, and much recently, a assortment of OG X-Men (and their Brotherhood of Mutants frenemies) popping up successful trailers for Avengers: Doomsday.

Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and James Marsden (Cyclops) each took the signifier astatine Marvel's SDCC sheet this year. (Photo Credit: Joe Scarnici, 2026 Getty Images)

Indeed, a clump of the actors who play those characters were connected signifier for the Doomsday information of the MCU sheet connected Saturday, including Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), James Marsden (Cyclops), and Grammer. How awkward would it beryllium to beforehand a caller squad of X-Men portion the aged squad is lasting onstage? (I conjecture inquire Letitia Wright, who whitethorn oregon whitethorn not person had problems with Marvel during accumulation of Black Panther 2, but either mode is present being replaced arsenic the bearer of that mantle.)

Fans emotion the Fox X-Men, and the precise quality of the multiversal Doomsday and Secret Wars is the cleanable mode to bring them afloat into the fold. They’ve inactive got immoderate clip successful the spotlight left… earlier Marvel presumably wipes retired their precise existence, that is!

The Sadie Sink/Jean Grey/Spider-Man: Brand New Day Situation

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is retired this coming Friday, and everyone and his mutie member believes that histrion Sadie Sink volition beryllium playing 1 of the astir celebrated X-Men of them all: Jean Grey. The mode Marvel/Sony person hidden who the quality is up until this point, positive the information that she seems to person caput powers (based connected the trailers) and she’s got, you know, reddish hair, each surely could beryllium clues that the Stranger Things prima is going to beryllium the archetypal of the rebooted X-Men who we meet.

I’m personally inactive not convinced that it’s Jean Grey successful Brand New Day. And I’ve surely been incorrect before! But the thought that Feige would present the caller X-Men successful a co-production with Sony conscionable seems off.

Let’s accidental Sink is successful information playing Jean Grey. Then you could spot however that would enactment Feige successful a hindrance successful presumption of maintaining a immense secret.“

But let’s accidental that Sink is successful information playing Jean, aka Marvel Girl/Phoenix. Then you could spot however that would enactment Feige and his radical successful a spot of a hindrance successful presumption of maintaining what would beryllium designed to beryllium a immense spoiler – and without a uncertainty is thing they’ve gone retired of their mode to support concealed this long. To past instrumentality the signifier six days earlier the movie opens and denote a caller X-Men squad – which volition presumably see Jean – would undo each of that hard work.

Feige Needs to Focus connected Avengers: Doomsday Right Now

Right now, Feige is focused connected promoting Doomsday, which is conscionable 5 months distant and, frankly, designed to beryllium a rejuvenation of the sagging MCU. Spider-Man is fundamentally retired of his hands astatine this constituent (and besides is chiefly Sony’s occupation connected the selling side).

It’s nary concealed that the MCU has taken a tumble since Avengers: Endgame. The nonaccomplishment of its biggest draws – Robert Downey, Jr. arsenic Iron Man, Chris Evans arsenic Captain America, and Scarlett Johansson arsenic Black Widow – positive the oversaturation of MCU movies and, successful particular, tv bid connected Disney+ has led to the wide consciousness successful the zeitgeist that Marvel’s champion days are down it. Feige is simply a crisp dude – helium fundamentally created the MCU and reshaped Hollywood successful the process – truthful you tin beryllium definite that he’s precise alert of however large the stakes are for Avengers: Doomsday.

And truthful helium needs to marque definite this mega-movie, which seemingly stars astir each Marvel quality ever enactment connected screen, is simply a hit. That’s wherefore helium loaded the signifier successful Hall H with Avengers and X-Men and Fantastic Four members and more. He’ll get to his caller X-Men a mates of Comic-Cons down the line, but close present helium has to prioritize.

But what bash you think? Should they person announced the caller X-Men astatine Comic-Con 2026? Vote successful our canvass and let’s sermon successful the comments!

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