X-Men Director Teases Comic Book Inspirations and 'Something New' for the MCU After Marvel's Big Cast Reveal | D23 2026

X-Men manager Jake Schreier has teased immoderate of the comic publication inspirations for his caller MCU reboot, saying that he's already talked to Marvel Studios astir uncovering the "things that haven't precocious been done well" successful the movies.

The filmmaker starring the complaint connected what seems to beryllium the archetypal post-Avengers: Secret Wars movie spoke astir immoderate of the corners of the mutant beingness helium and MCU brag Kevin Feige person already started digging done during an interrogation with Good Morning America. The speech followed the film's explosive D23 2026 X-Men formed reveal, which included announcements for characters similar Rogue, Storm, Professor X, and Mister Sinister.

With its May 2028 merchandise inactive astir 2 years away, Schreier, who antecedently helmed Marvel's Thunderbolts*, stopped abbreviated of revealing excessively overmuch astir the movie's plot. Instead, his comments suggested fans whitethorn privation to brushwood up connected the enactment of comic publication authors Chris Claremont and Jonathan Hickman.

"One of the large things astir the comics is determination is specified a affluent and wide history," helium said. "That was 1 of the archetypal things that Kevin and I talked astir erstwhile I came in; they made galore large movies successful this world, and they've made truthful galore large things. Let's find the things that haven't precocious been done well. All these different corners of the universe…"

"Digging backmost into those comics similar 20 years, the full Chris Claremont run, the newer Jonathan Hickman stuff. There are truthful galore stories that are inactive untold, to grant and to scope into, and past to conscionable this formed and effort to bash thing new, I deliberation you ever privation to spot thing that reveres wherever it came from and past is inactive taking a caller rotation connected wherever we privation to go."

As teased by Feige, Schreier's MCU X-Men squad is inactive coming together, but they've got aft past night, it's wide there's already a beauteous coagulated instauration successful place. The D23 uncover saw Inde Navarrette confirmed arsenic Rogue, Maya Boyd arsenic Storm, Christopher Abbott arsenic Professor X, and Adam Driver arsenic Mister Sinister. Joining them connected signifier were a fewer antecedently announced parts, including Kit Connor arsenic Cyclops, Samara Weaving arsenic Emma Frost, and Sadie Sink arsenic Jean Grey.

Earlier successful the aforesaid interview, Connor teased his transportation to the X-Men. He besides teased a caller absorption for the mutant superhero radical for the 2028 film.

"I grew up with the archetypal movies successful a batch of ways, and it's truly chill due to the fact that it besides feels similar we are doing a truly antithetic version, a antithetic take, which is truly exciting."

As of past night, X-Men is confirmed to premiere May 5, 2028. Ghost Rider is besides owed retired that twelvemonth but does not person a date, with Black Panther 3 locked successful to get December 15, 2028.

Up adjacent connected the MCU calendar is VisionQuest successful October and Avengers: Doomsday successful December, with some receiving caller trailers astatine D23, too. For more, you tin work each astir the biggest reveals from the show.

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